Here’s how Darien restaurants and other food-serving places fared in the latest inspection reports, released Thursday by the Darien Health Department.
Town Health Department ratings certificates are supposed to be displayed prominently, like this one at the Frosty Bear Cafe at Darien Library.
The department on Thursday released seven reports of inspection visits from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2. Of those, four inspections resulted in a “B” rating and three received an “A.” None were rated “C.”
Keep in mind that a food-serving establishment with a history of good ratings may occasionally get a poor inspection rating, occasionally the best do, and every restaurant normally gets a few things wrong.
Here’s an alphabetical list of the most recently released health inspection results (an explanation of how this list is put together is immediately below it):
—Greens on the Go — 23 Tokeneke Road — Feb. 8 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 91
—Hibachi Sushi Ya — 111 Old Kings Hwy. North — Feb. 8 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 88
—Hissho Sushi at Stop and Shop — Goodwive’s Shopping Center, 25 Old Kings Hwy. North — Feb. 8 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 99
—Rory’s — 416 Post Road — Feb. 6 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 94
—Palmer’s Market — 264 Heights Road — Feb. 6 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 90
—Ten Twenty Oyster Bar and Bistro — 1020 Post Road — Feb. 6 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 91
—Uncle’s Deli — 1041 Post Road — Feb. 6 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 93
Each link from an establishment’s name goes to the town Health Department’s web page showing that establishment’s recent inspection ratings; links from the inspection dates go to the Web page for the most recent inspection, if it’s been posted.
For restaurants and other food-serving establishments rated “C,” and for some others of interest to the public (like schools) additional information is given. When we provide that information here, then words within brackets (“[ ]”) have been added for clarity by Darienite.com; semicolons (“;”) separate individual comments by the inspectors. Each comment separated by semicolons is about a particular violation that triggers a deduction of one or more points from a perfect state score of 100.
How Darien’s Food-Serving Places Are Rated
Restaurants in town are rated under the Darien Health Department’s own A/B/C ratings system. Health inspectors also use the state health code regulations to score restaurants, with a perfect score set at 100, and demerits (of 1 to 4 points each) for various code violations.
The Darien system takes into account problems that are ongoing, so a restaurant scoring higher than others on the state scale may actually get a lower score on the Darien scale.
The “A”, “B” and “C” letter grades a restaurant gets in its last inspection will be prominent on these certificates, which must be posted where customers can see them, and you can use your phone and the “QR” code to the right of the letter grade to get to the department’s ratings website for more information.
Any establishment actually deemed unsafe can be closed by the town Health Department until violations are fixed.