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 five reports of inspection visits from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2. Of those, three inspections resulted in a “B” rating and two more received an “A.” No establishment was 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.
You can find the past several inspection ratings under the Darien ratings system for food-serving establishments along with copies of inspection reports, including state health code scores on this website.
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):
SCHOOLS
—Darien High School — High School Lane — Feb. 1 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 94
—Hindley School — 10 Nearwater Lane — Jan. 19 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 99
—Holmes School — 18 Hoyt St. — Jan. 19 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 99
—Middlesex Middle School — 204 Hollow Tree Ridge Road — Jan. 23 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 99
—Royle School — 133 Mansfield Road — Jan. 25 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 99
—Tokeneke School — 7 Old Farm Road — Jan. 23 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 98
BUSINESSES PRIMARILY SELLING FOOD
—Barvida — 879 Post Road — Jan. 24 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 91
—Cafe Nero — 1071 Post Road — Jan. 18 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 98
—Jake’s Place — 4 Ledge Road — Jan. 19 — Town Rating: A— State Score: 93
—Jennifer’s Kitchen — 284 Tokeneke Road — Jan. 25 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 88
—Mama Carmela’s — 1981Post Road — Jan. 9 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 95
—McDonald’s — Interstate 95 South rest stop — Jan. 18 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 97
—Nino’s — 390 Post Road — Jan. 23 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 94
—Sono Baking Company — 49 Tokeneke Road — Jan. 10 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 99
—Roost Kitchen and Coffee — 1950 Post Road — Jan. 9 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 94
—Shake Shack — 1340 Post Road — Jan. 11 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 96
—Subway — Interstate 95 North rest stop — Jan. 18 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 98
—Tengda Asian Bistro — Goodwives Shopping Center, 25 Old Kings Hwy. N. — Jan 25 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 91
—Thai Time — Goodwives Shopping Center, 25 Old Kings Hwy. North — Jan. 18 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 96
—Whole Foods Market — 150 Ledge Road — Jan. 18 — Town Rating: B — State Score: 92
OTHER
—Maplewood of Darien — 599 Post Road — Jan. 9 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 93
—St. Luke’s Parish — 1864Post Road — Jan. 19 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 99
—Wee Burn Country Club — 410 Hollow Tree Ridge Road — Jan. 11 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 96
—Wee Burn Country Club, satellite — 410 Hollow Tree Ridge Road — Jan. 11 — Town Rating: A — State Score: 97
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.
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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.