Questions about grades

A free directory of restaurant health inspection results. Pick a state, county or city, or search by name, and see each place's latest inspection from the health department's public record.

So you can compare any two places, in any state, on the same scale. Health departments rate restaurants in different ways: some publish a score out of 100, others publish a count of violations, pass or fail, or their own words. Where the state publishes a score out of 100, that's the score we show, marked "Official score". Everywhere else, GradeLocal translates the official result into a comparable score and grade, marked "GradeLocal score". The official result is always shown on the card too, with a link to the full report.

For scores: A is 90 or higher, B is 80 to 89, C is 70 to 79 and D is below 70. For violation or observation counts: A is none, B is 1 or 2, C is 3 to 5 and D is 6 or more. For pass or fail results, a pass is an A, a pass with conditions is a C and a fail is a D. When the agency publishes its own letter, we use that letter. Every grade comes with a score out of 100 on the same scale.

A few records only say the inspection was filed, with no result we can turn into a score. Those cards show the official record and "Not graded".

Stars from GradeLocal members who signed in and rated a place, from 1 to 5. Each member gets one rating per place and can change it later. Member ratings are opinions. They never change the official rating.

It's the average score of every restaurant in the place you picked. Where the state publishes a score out of 100, we use that official score. Where it doesn't (for example, it publishes violation counts or pass or fail), we use GradeLocal's own score, worked out from each inspection result. Averages for those states are our estimate, not an official figure.

We update each state's records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. The date on each card is the inspection date. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on the card.

We're adding places as their records become available. Some states only publish records for certain cities or counties. If yours isn't here yet, you can join the waitlist when you pick it.

Claim your listing to fix your name, address or phone. The inspection result comes from the health department, so it can only change after a new inspection. If you think we copied it wrong, tell us and we'll check it against the public record.

No. GradeLocal is independent and isn't affiliated with any health department or government agency.