Restaurant health inspection grades in Maine
GradeLocal lists 6,957 Maine restaurants. Their average score is 78.0, a C. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.
Who inspects restaurants in Maine
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), Health Inspection Program, Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Statewide inspections from the Maine CDC Health Inspection Program public search, all 16 counties. Maine doesn't publish letter grades or scores, so GradeLocal works out the letter from the violations on the latest inspection: 0 is an A, 1 to 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An inspection marked Failed is a D. Maine CDC health inspection search
Coverage: Statewide, all 16 counties. All sources
What Maine publishes
The agencies behind our Maine listings publish violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Maine score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How GradeLocal grades Maine restaurants
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. An inspection marked Failed is 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 critical, 0 non-critical violations | A | 1,686 |
| 0 critical, 1 non-critical violations | B | 868 |
| 0 critical, 2 non-critical violations | B | 494 |
| 1 critical, 1 non-critical violations | B | 413 |
| 1 critical, 0 non-critical violations | B | 380 |
| 1 critical, 2 non-critical violations | C | 325 |
| 0 critical, 3 non-critical violations | C | 318 |
| 1 critical, 3 non-critical violations | C | 231 |
How Maine restaurants grade
The latest grade for each of the 6,957 listings.
Inspection dates in our Maine data run from Jan 4, 2024 to Sep 21, 2026. 3,854 of the 6,957 listings (55.4%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.
Top-rated places in Maine
Every A-grade place in our Maine data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.
- ABurger KingKennebunkGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 21, 2026
- ADunkin DonutsKennebunkGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 21, 2026
- AKennebunk North PopeyesKennebunkGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 21, 2026
- AAthenas CantinaFreeportGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 19, 2026
- ALittle LorriesMechanic FallsGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 19, 2026
- AMoonspell BeveragesHollisGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 19, 2026
- ANaturally JamminLimingtonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 19, 2026
- APinky D'sAuburnGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 19, 2026
- AArchie's LobsterTremontGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 18, 2026
- AIsland Concessions Fried DoughActonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Sep 18, 2026
A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.
Counties in Maine
Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.
| County | Restaurants | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Androscoggin County | 387 | 75.9 · C |
| Aroostook County | 292 | 72.0 · C |
| Cumberland County | 1,741 | 78.7 · C |
| Franklin County | 162 | 72.6 · C |
| Hancock County | 466 | 81.2 · B |
| Kennebec County | 564 | 74.6 · C |
| Knox County | 277 | 73.4 · C |
| Lincoln County | 244 | 73.2 · C |
| Oxford County | 335 | 84.3 · B |
| Penobscot County | 565 | 71.7 · C |
| Piscataquis County | 104 | 76.7 · C |
| Sagadahoc County | 155 | 75.7 · C |
| Somerset County | 204 | 77.3 · C |
| Waldo County | 177 | 75.8 · C |
| Washington County | 163 | 85.0 · B |
| York County | 1,121 | 83.8 · B |
Questions about Maine grades
Who inspects restaurants in Maine?
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), Health Inspection Program, Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Statewide inspections from the Maine CDC Health Inspection Program public search, all 16 counties. Maine doesn't publish letter grades or scores, so GradeLocal works out the letter from the violations on the latest inspection: 0 is an A, 1 to 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An inspection marked Failed is a D. Maine CDC health inspection search
What does Maine publish: a score, a letter or something else?
The agencies behind our Maine listings publish violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Maine score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Maine?
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. An inspection marked Failed is 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 Maine restaurants are on GradeLocal?
6,957 restaurants in 16 counties. The average score is 78.0, a C. 24.2% have an A.
How current are the Maine grades?
Inspection dates in our Maine data run from Jan 4, 2024 to Sep 21, 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.