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Restaurant health inspection grades in North Dakota

GradeLocal lists 3,156 North Dakota restaurants. Their average score is 84.0, a B. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

3,156restaurants listed
84.0 · Baverage score
52counties covered
Oct 12, 2026latest inspection date

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Who inspects restaurants in North Dakota

North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. Violation counts. Fargo, Bismarck and Minot run their own programs, so many places there are missing.

Coverage: 52 of 53 counties. All sources

What North Dakota publishes

The agencies behind our North Dakota listings publish violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every North Dakota score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How GradeLocal grades North Dakota 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.

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.

Most common official results in our North Dakota data, and the letter each became
Official resultLetterListings
0 violationsA1,190
1 violationB625
2 violationsB481
3 violationsC344
4 violationsC217
5 violationsC129
6 violationsD79
7 violationsD44

How North Dakota restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 3,156 listings.

A
1,190
37.7% · grade A
B
1,106
35.0% · grade B
C
690
21.9% · grade C
D
170
5.4% · grade D

Inspection dates in our North Dakota data run from Jan 9, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. 2,685 of the 3,156 listings (85.1%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in North Dakota

Every A-grade place in our North Dakota data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.

  1. A
    Locals' Convenience Center LLCBroadway NapoleonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 7, 2026
  2. A
    Schmitt LockerWest NapoleonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 7, 2026
  3. A
    Solrise II-ND 3 LLC DBA Solrise 36MandanGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 7, 2026
  4. A
    Hauser BeefHebronGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 6, 2026
  5. A
    Gateway MHP LLCMandanGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 2, 2026
  6. A
    Meadow Park MHP LLCMandanGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 2, 2026
  7. A
    4E WineryMapletonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 1, 2026
  8. A
    Country Side MHCMandanGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 1, 2026
  9. A
    Easy Sweets BakeryDickinsonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 1, 2026
  10. A
    Jessie's Dirt Road DinerWillistonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 1, 2026

A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.

Counties in North Dakota

Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.

CountyRestaurantsAverage
Adams County2686.3 · B
Barnes County8879.1 · C
Benson County3681.7 · B
Billings County3785.7 · B
Bottineau County285.0 · B
Bowman County4284.6 · B
Burleigh County6091.3 · A
Cass County12586.8 · B
Cavalier County3173.5 · C
Dickey County5377.7 · C
Divide County2689.7 · B
Dunn County4385.6 · B
Eddy County2583.1 · B
Emmons County3791.4 · A
Foster County4081.5 · B
Golden Valley County1784.8 · B
Grand Forks County37083.2 · B
Grant County3689.4 · B
Griggs County2487.0 · B
Hettinger County3487.0 · B
Kidder County2687.3 · B
LaMoure County4880.5 · B
Logan County2386.1 · B
McHenry County195.0 · A
McIntosh County3682.9 · B
McKenzie County10582.6 · B
McLean County589.0 · B
Mercer County8182.4 · B
Morton County16783.0 · B
Mountrail County7280.3 · B
Nelson County3886.9 · B
Oliver County1383.9 · B
Pembina County5888.2 · B
Pierce County3479.4 · C
Ramsey County11880.3 · B
Ransom County4181.5 · B
Renville County278.5 · C
Richland County11885.2 · B
Rolette County5175.8 · C
Sargent County3686.4 · B
Sheridan County185.0 · B
Sioux County686.2 · B
Slope County886.4 · B
Stark County25886.7 · B
Steele County1079.6 · C
Stutsman County15381.0 · B
Towner County1978.4 · C
Traill County5986.4 · B
Walsh County7385.2 · B
Ward County1184.9 · B
Wells County5178.5 · C
Williams County28287.9 · B

Questions about North Dakota grades

Who inspects restaurants in North Dakota?

North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. Violation counts. Fargo, Bismarck and Minot run their own programs, so many places there are missing.

What does North Dakota publish: a score, a letter or something else?

The agencies behind our North Dakota listings publish violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every North Dakota score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in North Dakota?

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 North Dakota restaurants are on GradeLocal?

3,156 restaurants in 52 counties. The average score is 84.0, a B. 37.7% have an A.

How current are the North Dakota grades?

Inspection dates in our North Dakota data run from Jan 9, 2024 to Oct 12, 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.

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