Restaurant health inspection grades in Connecticut
GradeLocal lists 534 Connecticut restaurants. Their average score is 90.8, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.
Who inspects restaurants in Connecticut
Darien Health Department violation counts, and the Farmington Valley Health District's published A, B and C ratings.
Coverage: Darien and Farmington Valley, 3 of 8 counties. All sources
What Connecticut publishes
The agencies behind our Connecticut listings publish the agency’s own letter grades and violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Connecticut score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How GradeLocal grades Connecticut restaurants
When the agency publishes its own letter, we use that letter. When an agency publishes an F, we show it as a D.
For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D.
Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.
There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.
How grades work has the full rules.
| Official result | Letter | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| A | A | 391 |
| B | B | 42 |
| 0 violations | A | 19 |
| 2 violations | B | 17 |
| 4 violations | C | 13 |
| 1 violation | B | 11 |
| 3 violations | C | 10 |
| 5 violations | C | 9 |
How Connecticut restaurants grade
The latest grade for each of the 534 listings.
Inspection dates in our Connecticut data run from Jan 13, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. 489 of the 534 listings (91.6%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.
Top-rated places in Connecticut
Every A-grade place in our Connecticut data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.
- ABarden Farm MarketNew HartfordGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 30, 2026
- ABlue BagelCantonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 30, 2026
- ALa FigataGranbyGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 30, 2026
- APrideEast GranbyGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 30, 2026
- AThe KitchenEast GranbyGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 30, 2026
- AAvon Prime MeatsAvonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 29, 2026
- AFarmington GardensFarmingtonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 29, 2026
- AStarbucksFarmingtonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 29, 2026
- AWonderCantonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 29, 2026
- AStop and ShopGranbyGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 24, 2026
A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.
Counties in Connecticut
Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.
| County | Restaurants | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfield County | 93 | 77.3 · C |
| Hartford County | 408 | 93.6 · A |
| Litchfield County | 33 | 93.7 · A |
Questions about Connecticut grades
Who inspects restaurants in Connecticut?
Darien Health Department violation counts, and the Farmington Valley Health District's published A, B and C ratings.
What does Connecticut publish: a score, a letter or something else?
The agencies behind our Connecticut listings publish the agency’s own letter grades and violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Connecticut score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Connecticut?
When the agency publishes its own letter, we use that letter. When an agency publishes an F, we show it as a D. For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.
How many Connecticut restaurants are on GradeLocal?
534 restaurants in 3 counties. The average score is 90.8, an A. 76.8% have an A.
How current are the Connecticut grades?
Inspection dates in our Connecticut data run from Jan 13, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.