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Restaurant health inspection grades in South Dakota

GradeLocal lists 3,659 South Dakota restaurants. Their average score is 96.3, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

3,659restaurants listed
96.3 · Aaverage score
66counties covered
Oct 10, 2026latest inspection date

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Who inspects restaurants in South Dakota

Sioux Falls: City of Sioux Falls. The rest of the state: South Dakota Department of Health. Both publish scores out of 100.

Coverage: Statewide, all 66 counties. All sources

What South Dakota publishes

South Dakota’s results on GradeLocal are scores out of 100. Every listing here shows the agency’s own score as the Official score.

How GradeLocal grades South Dakota restaurants

Where the agency publishes a score out of 100, that is the score we show (the Official score), and the letter comes from it: 90 or higher is an A, 80 to 89 is a B, 70 to 79 is a C and below 70 is a D.

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.

How South Dakota restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 3,659 listings.

A
3,377
92.3% · grade A
B
268
7.3% · grade B
C
13
0.4% · grade C
D
1
0.0% · grade D

Inspection dates in our South Dakota data run from Oct 16, 2024 to Oct 10, 2026. 3,528 of the 3,659 listings (96.4%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in South Dakota

Ten A-grade places with the highest scores. Ties go to the most recent inspection, and each name appears once.

  1. A
    Cheese World LLCSioux FallsOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 10, 2026
  2. A
    Common Cents Food Store #107Rapid CityOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  3. A
    Country Apple Orchards LLC~HarrisburgOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  4. A
    Cultivated in LoveSioux FallsOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  5. A
    Long Lake Bar Cafe & MotelLong LakeOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  6. A
    McDonald'sRapid CityOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  7. A
    Brandys Custom Cakery/Shared FacilityParkerOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 7, 2026
  8. A
    Corner TavernIreneOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 7, 2026
  9. A
    Heart of the City/Shared FacilityParkerOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 7, 2026
  10. A
    Starbucks Coffee #66458Sioux FallsOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 7, 2026

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

Counties in South Dakota

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

CountyRestaurantsAverage
Aurora County1897.4 · A
Beadle County6597.4 · A
Bennett County996.6 · A
Bon Homme County2297.0 · A
Brookings County15394.1 · A
Brown County14396.8 · A
Brule County3697.1 · A
Buffalo County195.0 · A
Butte County4592.6 · A
Campbell County996.8 · A
Charles Mix County4998.0 · A
Clark County1997.9 · A
Clay County6894.7 · A
Codington County13696.3 · A
Corson County698.2 · A
Custer County6196.6 · A
Davison County10096.8 · A
Day County2897.0 · A
Deuel County1992.5 · A
Dewey County1189.4 · B
Douglas County998.1 · A
Edmunds County1296.0 · A
Fall River County6096.3 · A
Faulk County798.0 · A
Grant County3997.2 · A
Gregory County2895.6 · A
Haakon County1396.9 · A
Hamlin County2694.0 · A
Hand County1797.4 · A
Hanson County897.6 · A
Harding County789.4 · B
Hughes County7593.7 · A
Hutchinson County2997.6 · A
Hyde County796.6 · A
Jackson County1797.4 · A
Jerauld County994.8 · A
Jones County1197.8 · A
Kingsbury County2896.5 · A
Lake County4998.2 · A
Lawrence County20294.4 · A
Lincoln County9597.9 · A
Lyman County2595.2 · A
Marshall County2296.5 · A
McCook County1695.5 · A
McPherson County1197.3 · A
Meade County10594.6 · A
Mellette County596.6 · A
Miner County794.7 · A
Minnehaha County94097.5 · A
Moody County2095.9 · A
Pennington County36496.4 · A
Perkins County1491.5 · A
Potter County1496.9 · A
Roberts County3195.8 · A
Sanborn County1296.2 · A
Shannon County297.0 · A
Spink County3197.1 · A
Stanley County1593.3 · A
Sully County497.3 · A
Todd County694.3 · A
Tripp County2996.5 · A
Turner County3295.9 · A
Union County6895.6 · A
Walworth County4596.6 · A
Yankton County9495.2 · A
Ziebach County192.0 · A

Questions about South Dakota grades

Who inspects restaurants in South Dakota?

Sioux Falls: City of Sioux Falls. The rest of the state: South Dakota Department of Health. Both publish scores out of 100.

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

South Dakota’s results on GradeLocal are scores out of 100. Every listing here shows the agency’s own score as the Official score.

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in South Dakota?

Where the agency publishes a score out of 100, that is the score we show (the Official score), and the letter comes from it: 90 or higher is an A, 80 to 89 is a B, 70 to 79 is a C and below 70 is a D. We always use the latest inspection.

How many South Dakota restaurants are on GradeLocal?

3,659 restaurants in 66 counties. The average score is 96.3, an A. 92.3% have an A.

How current are the South Dakota grades?

Inspection dates in our South Dakota data run from Oct 16, 2024 to Oct 10, 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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