Recent Darien Restaurant Health Inspections: 1 Poor, 3 Fair, 8 Good

Here’s how Darien Health Department inspectors rated and scored restaurants and other food-serving establishments in town during recent health inspections.

This Darien Health Department certificate is supposed to be posted where patrons can see it at any food-serving establishment.

Restaurants in town are rated under the Darien Health Department’s own Good/Fair/Poor ratings system. Health inspectors also use the state health code regulations to score restaurants, with a perfect score set at 100, and deductions for various code violations.

The Darien system takes into account problems that are ongoing or that have been fixed, so a restaurant scoring higher than others on the state scale may actually get a lower score on the Darien scale, or vice versa.

You can find the past several inspection ratings under the Darien ratings system for food-serving establishments on this website.

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See also:

•  Darienite.com’s previous article listing restaurant inspection ratings
• Darien TV79’s interview with Health Director David Knauf and Sanitarian Mindy Chambrelli on restaurant inspections

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Jim Cameron recently interviewed Health Director David Knauf and Sanitarian Mindy Chambrelli on TV79 about restaurant inspections in town.

Any establishment actually deemed unsafe can be closed by the town Health Department until violations are fixed. Darien Health Director David Knauf says that has never happened in the time he’s been with the department.

Here’s an alphabetical list of the results of Darien health inspections (information is listed by name, address, Darien rating, state score; restaurants with “POOR” ratings in boldface and with additional information; we’ve also provided additional information on school inspections; inspectors’ remarks about individual violations of the state health code are separated by semicolons — “;”):

• Abello’s Deli — 72 Tokeneke Road — Sept. 10 — FAIR — 92
• Aux Delices — Goodwives Shopping Center, 25 Old Kings Hwy. N. — Sept. 3 — POOR — Inspector’s remarks: “Front display case not cold holding: cheese at 56 [degrees], lasagna at 57, turkey and pasta at 57; torn gasket in bain marie; flies present.”
• Bodega Taco Bar — 980 Post Road — Sept. 10 — GOOD — 93
• Carolyn’s Absolutely Fabulous Events LLC — 274 Middlesex Road — Sept. 10 — FAIR — 95
• Coromandel Cuisine of India — Goodwives Shopping Center, 25 Old Kings Hwy. N. — Sept. 10 — GOOD — 94
• Fisherman’s Net — 11 Old Kings Hwy. N. — Sept. 9 — GOOD — 93
• The Goose American Bistro & Bar — 972 Post Road — Sept. 15 — GOOD — 94
• Hindley School — 10 Nearwater Lane — Sept. 10 — GOOD — 98 — Inspector’s remarks: “Milk stored on floor in walk-in cooler.”
• Ox Ridge School — 395 Mansfield Ave. — Sept. 15 — GOOD — 99 — Inspector’s remarks: “Floor near grease trap needs cleaning; floor-to-wall juncture not covered under three-bay sink.”
• Stop and Shop — Goodwives Shopping Center, 25 Old Kings Hwy. N. — Sept. 8 — GOOD — 97
• Tokeneke School — 7 Old Farm Road — Sept. 9 — GOOD — 98 — “Cases of water stored on floor in storage area.”
• Upper Crust Bakery & Cafe — 980 Post Road — Sept. 15 — FAIR — 91 — Inspector’s comment: “Must fix hand sink by Tuesday, Sept. 22.”