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Restaurant health inspection grades in Tennessee

GradeLocal lists 23,154 Tennessee restaurants. Their average score is 97.1, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

23,154restaurants listed
97.1 · Aaverage score
95counties covered
Sep 17, 2026latest inspection date

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Who inspects restaurants in Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Health food service inspections. Scores out of 100.

17 of the 95 counties come straight from the health department: Hardeman, Henderson, Humphreys, Jackson, Johnson, Lake, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, McNairy, Monroe, Moore, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Williamson and Wilson. The other 78 counties also include rows from outside sources that republish the state's scores, such as other websites (in 66 counties) and local news reports.

Coverage: Statewide, all 95 counties. All sources

What Tennessee publishes

Tennessee’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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 23,154 listings.

A
22,338
96.5% · grade A
B
660
2.9% · grade B
C
106
0.5% · grade C
D
50
0.2% · grade D

Inspection dates in our Tennessee data run from Sep 9, 2021 to Sep 17, 2026. 15,324 of the 23,154 listings (66.2%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in Tennessee

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

  1. A
    Blue Coast BurritoMurfreesboroOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 17, 2026
  2. A
    Grove at Redoak Lake, TheCordovaOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 17, 2026
  3. A
    Leipers Fork House of SpiritsFranklinOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 17, 2026
  4. A
    Sweet JewelsRidgelyOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 17, 2026
  5. A
    Two Hicks With Sticks BBQFayettevilleOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 17, 2026
  6. A
    330 MainChattanoogaOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 16, 2026
  7. A
    A Place Like HomeNashvilleOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 16, 2026
  8. A
    Delicious QueenMemphisOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 16, 2026
  9. A
    Elevate NutritionMiddletonOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 16, 2026
  10. A
    FirstBank Amphitheater Canyon BBQFranklinOfficial score 100, inspected Sep 16, 2026

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

Counties in Tennessee

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

CountyRestaurantsAverage
Anderson County18196.9 · A
Bedford County21497.7 · A
Benton County1797.1 · A
Bledsoe County996.6 · A
Blount County28095.9 · A
Bradley County19394.6 · A
Campbell County11097.0 · A
Cannon County3996.0 · A
Carroll County3697.2 · A
Carter County13798.5 · A
Cheatham County13798.4 · A
Chester County6297.4 · A
Claiborne County8895.3 · A
Clay County3195.5 · A
Cocke County10295.3 · A
Coffee County29098.0 · A
Crockett County1499.0 · A
Cumberland County24197.0 · A
Davidson County2,73697.0 · A
Decatur County2296.5 · A
DeKalb County8296.8 · A
Dickson County28198.6 · A
Dyer County9598.2 · A
Fayette County8297.2 · A
Fentress County6796.2 · A
Franklin County16397.1 · A
Gibson County3196.0 · A
Giles County7998.5 · A
Grainger County4995.5 · A
Greene County28297.5 · A
Grundy County6496.1 · A
Hamblen County28696.3 · A
Hamilton County1,90498.3 · A
Hancock County1198.1 · A
Hardeman County10197.5 · A
Hardin County12898.0 · A
Hawkins County13598.1 · A
Haywood County6397.0 · A
Henderson County12397.4 · A
Henry County13197.7 · A
Hickman County3298.6 · A
Houston County4396.6 · A
Humphreys County8896.6 · A
Jackson County4096.5 · A
Jefferson County18097.2 · A
Johnson County7298.8 · A
Knox County2,47997.1 · A
Lake County2197.8 · A
Lauderdale County7296.9 · A
Lawrence County12898.4 · A
Lewis County5899.6 · A
Lincoln County14398.9 · A
Loudon County23196.2 · A
Macon County7595.7 · A
Madison County40798.8 · A
Marion County12697.7 · A
Marshall County14198.6 · A
Maury County44498.4 · A
McMinn County24797.4 · A
McNairy County10897.5 · A
Meigs County2896.0 · A
Monroe County18694.9 · A
Montgomery County1,15097.4 · A
Moore County1798.4 · A
Morgan County3896.8 · A
Obion County7496.4 · A
Overton County7095.8 · A
Perry County1999.4 · A
Pickett County1995.5 · A
Polk County4791.6 · A
Putnam County35294.6 · A
Rhea County11094.2 · A
Roane County12896.0 · A
Robertson County21798.5 · A
Rutherford County49798.1 · A
Scott County7797.0 · A
Sequatchie County3097.2 · A
Sevier County62995.4 · A
Shelby County2,38795.3 · A
Smith County1993.9 · A
Stewart County1793.1 · A
Sullivan County53997.8 · A
Sumner County47898.7 · A
Tipton County15096.9 · A
Trousdale County2297.0 · A
Unicoi County5397.7 · A
Union County3894.7 · A
Van Buren County1197.5 · A
Warren County7596.4 · A
Washington County40497.3 · A
Wayne County4198.4 · A
Weakley County4694.8 · A
White County9096.4 · A
Williamson County58597.8 · A
Wilson County28097.1 · A

Questions about Tennessee grades

Who inspects restaurants in Tennessee?

Tennessee Department of Health food service inspections. Scores out of 100. 17 of the 95 counties come straight from the health department: Hardeman, Henderson, Humphreys, Jackson, Johnson, Lake, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, McNairy, Monroe, Moore, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Williamson and Wilson. The other 78 counties also include rows from outside sources that republish the state's scores, such as other websites (in 66 counties) and local news reports.

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

Tennessee’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 Tennessee?

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 Tennessee restaurants are on GradeLocal?

23,154 restaurants in 95 counties. The average score is 97.1, an A. 96.5% have an A.

How current are the Tennessee grades?

Inspection dates in our Tennessee data run from Sep 9, 2021 to Sep 17, 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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