Charlotte, N.C. -- You don’t want to know, but let’s face it, you do, you really do.
After all, you should know what’s happening behind the kitchen door at the places you eat.
Raw ducks hanging on the rim of this large garbage can? You’d want to know. Disgusting looking water coming for the faucet? You’d want to know.
In this story, I’ll show you the worst tummy turning appetite killing photos taken by health inspectors, and I’m going to show you how to search your favorite places on the go, right from their parking lot, before you go in and order.
We asked Heath Inspector Lynn Lathan “do you encourage people to actually go and check scores?”
“Absolutely, the only reason we do these inspections is for the public” she told us.
Back to those photos and why you should search these grades and violations. How about raw meat down on the floor on thin plastic? You’d want to know. Raw meat hanging in hallway, you’d want to know, and how about a mouse in the chips?
Trust me, you’d want to know.
You can find the scores and the violations to justify the scores out in 3 easy steps:
- Step 1: Download the WCNC mobile app to your phone. Then scroll to Restaurant Report Card where you’ll see our weekly restaurant stories. The search option will take you to the Mecklenburg County Health Department page.
- Step 2: Enter the name of your restaurant, and address if you if have it. That will pop up the latest inspection grade. If it’s below a 95, (or even if it’s above) click on the left, where it says inspections.
- Step 3: Click where it says violations, then read it and weep, the most serious ones are highlighted in Red.
So what might you find? How about a condom, out of the wrapper just lying on the table. Dirty pans, brown water, gunk in the kitchen, mice in the food, and condoms where they shouldn’t be, all good reasons to check the scores and the violations.