Restaurant health inspection grades in Pennsylvania
GradeLocal lists 14,737 Pennsylvania restaurants. Their average score is 78.6, a C. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.
Who inspects restaurants in Pennsylvania
Allegheny County Health Department placard results, and Montgomery County Health Department and Philadelphia Department of Public Health violation counts.
Coverage: Allegheny, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, 3 of 67 counties. All sources
What Pennsylvania publishes
The agencies behind our Pennsylvania listings publish rating words or placards and violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Pennsylvania score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How GradeLocal grades Pennsylvania restaurants
Rating words and placards are translated into a GradeLocal letter. The table below shows how the most common results were translated.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inspected & Permitted | A | 6,859 |
| 3 violations | C | 688 |
| 7 violations | D | 664 |
| 4 violations | C | 655 |
| 6 violations | D | 655 |
| 5 violations | C | 639 |
| 2 violations | B | 619 |
| 0 violations | A | 616 |
How Pennsylvania restaurants grade
The latest grade for each of the 14,737 listings.
Inspection dates in our Pennsylvania data run from Jan 2, 2024 to Oct 13, 2026. 8,155 of the 14,737 listings (55.3%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.
Top-rated places in Pennsylvania
Every A-grade place in our Pennsylvania data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.
- AGia Pronto Coffee KioskPhiladelphiaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 13, 2026
- AShorty's Sunflower CafePottstownGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 9, 2026
- AStarbucks Coffee #10697North WalesGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 9, 2026
- ACup of Gold Coffee and Tea CompanyNarberthGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
- AWorld MarketCollegevilleGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
- ABrewed Awakening LLCRoyersfordGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 6, 2026
- ADollar Tree #1625HorshamGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 6, 2026
- AHatem ZidanPhiladelphiaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 6, 2026
- ADeluna Cafe & BakeryPhiladelphiaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 5, 2026
- APaek,Jennifer/Honey Truck/V08417PhiladelphiaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 5, 2026
A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.
Counties in Pennsylvania
Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.
| County | Restaurants | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Allegheny County | 6,938 | 94.7 · A |
| Montgomery County | 753 | 74.1 · C |
| Philadelphia County | 7,046 | 63.2 · D |
Questions about Pennsylvania grades
Who inspects restaurants in Pennsylvania?
Allegheny County Health Department placard results, and Montgomery County Health Department and Philadelphia Department of Public Health violation counts.
What does Pennsylvania publish: a score, a letter or something else?
The agencies behind our Pennsylvania listings publish rating words or placards and violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Pennsylvania score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Pennsylvania?
Rating words and placards are translated into a GradeLocal letter. The table below shows how the most common results were translated. 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 Pennsylvania restaurants are on GradeLocal?
14,737 restaurants in 3 counties. The average score is 78.6, a C. 50.7% have an A.
How current are the Pennsylvania grades?
Inspection dates in our Pennsylvania data run from Jan 2, 2024 to Oct 13, 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.