Health Department conducts half a dozen recent inspections of local
food establishments
By Will Collette
On June
13, we ran an article on how well 35 Charlestown and other local
restaurants and food stores did in their most recent state Health Department
inspections.
Getting the best Health Department reviews for health and
safety in that earlier article were the Willows, Small Axe Café, Breachway
Grill, Wilcox Tavern, Gentleman Farmer, Dunkin Donuts, Matunuck Oyster Bar, Sea
Goose Grill, and Vetrano’s. Cumberland Farms was, far and away, the cleanest
food store.
Five of the establishments I listed in the June 13 article
have had new inspections since then – Dunkin’ Donuts, Galapagos (Dave’s Coffee),
Gentleman Farmer, George’s of Galilee and the Matunuck Oyster Bar.
I also added the Corner Deli to the list due to their recent
inspection results.
Here’s what the new Health Department inspections tell us.
There were three Charlestown inspections done on June 28 by
an inspector who clearly was watching sanitation issues very closely because
all three establishments took a big hit. They racked up a total of 21 violations.
The Corner Deli
drew nine violations, almost entirely for sanitation issues that seemed pretty
serious to me.
Dunkin Donuts,
which had been doing pretty well in prior inspections, drew five violations,
all for sanitation issues.
Galapagos, host
to Dave’s Coffee, drew seven
sanitation related violations.
The Gentleman Farmer
was inspected on June 14 and drew two food safety related violations.
George’s of Galilee
was inspected on June 25. In my June 13 article, I noted that they had only had
three violations in the last inspection. However, this new inspection drew ten violations for sanitation and food
safety issues.
Only the Matunuck
Oyster Bar came out clean in their latest inspection. That inspection was
done on June 1 and found no violations. In my earlier article, I noted that
they had drawn one minor violation in their prior inspection. They now top the
local charts for health and safety…not to mention being an outstanding
restaurant, in my opinion, that’s worth the sometimes long wait for a table.
Health Department reports are only one of many factors I
consider in making my personal choices about food establishments. You can look up these and other food
establishments for yourself by clicking here.
If I have mentioned one of your favorite spots and you want
to read more of the details behind my brief summary of their most recent
inspection report, that’s where you should go.
Also, for your convenience, I have cut-and-pasted the
inspection reports noted in this article into one document that you can read by
clicking
here.
Happy, and safe, eating!