Uptown restaurant gets ‘B’ for ‘green growth’ on equipment: Scores (Oct. 17)
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- Pisco Gastrolounge scored 84.5% on Oct. 10 after multiple sanitation violations.
- Inspectors cited dirty equipment, improper storage, unlabeled foods and gasket damage.
- Mecklenburg database shows most A grades, permits revoke under 70% per state law.
An uptown Charlotte restaurant received a “B” grade from the Mecklenburg County Health Department for numerous health violations, including dirty equipment and improper food storage.
Pisco Gastrolounge (116 W. 5th St. in Charlotte) received an 84.5% score during an inspection on Friday, Oct. 10.
Violations the restaurant was cited for include:
- Plastic food container and wiping cloth stored in handwashing sink
- Box of unwashed potatoes stored above cooked potatoes in walk-in cooler
- Green microbial growth on soda gun stored as clean
- Numerous foods prepared without date labels
- Avocados stored with stickers
- Torn gasket on door of walk-in cooler
This is the restaurant’s first “B” grade.
Mecklenburg County sanitation scores
The Mecklenburg County sanitation grades database shows that at least 138 restaurant inspections were completed Oct. 10-16.
▪ Most restaurants received an A grade, or a score of at least 90%.
▪ One restaurant received a B grade, or a score of at least 80% but lower than 90%.
How to search NC restaurant inspection scores
Sanitation scores and their corresponding letter grades are used in North Carolina to assess restaurants’ adherence to rules and standards intended to mitigate and prevent the spread of food-borne illnesses.
You’ve likely seen sanitation grade cards at restaurants you’ve visited, and The News & Observer previously explained what those scores mean and how they’re calculated.
According to state law, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant receives a score of less than 70%.
You can search all restaurant inspections in Mecklenburg County at public.cdpehs.com.
