The Mecklenburg County Health Department conducted inspections at the following restaurants from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11:



Lowest Scores



• Mandarin Restaurant, 9548 Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road, Huntersville – 92
Metal strainers with stuck on food debris or greasy film stored as clean; employee seen cutting green beans in customer eating area; food not stored in proper areas of cooler; raw shrimp prepared in same bowl as raw chicken.



• Fox & Hound Pub & Grille, 8711 Lindholm Drive, Huntersville – 92
Sanitizer not properly concentrated; sticker residue observed on plastic containers; tomatoes and beef stew mix not stored at proper temperature.



• Tungs Chinese Restaurant, 4005 Sunset Road, Charlotte – 95
Sanitizer not properly concentrated; cooked rice not stored in properly functioning heating unit.



• Yeung’s Lotus Express, 6801 Northlake Mall Drive, Charlotte – 94.5
Raw chicken stored over cooked chicken inside walk-in cooler; cooked food not covered, sanitizer not properly concentrated; food debris observed on metal pans and utensils.



Other scores



Huntersville
• Carrabba’s Italian Grill, 16408 Northcross Drive – 95.5
• Chick-fil-A, 16915 Statesville Road – 99.5
• Cook Out, 425 Huntersville Gateway Blvd. – 97.5
• Jin Jin, 14231 Market Square Drive – 98.5
• Mama’s Pizza Express, 500 S. Old Statesville Road – 98
• Pitt Stop, 14601 Statesville Road – 96
• Red Rocks Café, 8712 Lindholm Drive – 97
• Salsaritas, 14230 Reese Blvd. – 99
• Sam’s Mart, 12906 Rosedale Ave. – 97
• Smoothie King, 16933 Kaufinger St. – 100.5
• Yoshi’s Grill, 9826 Gilead Road – 98



Cornelius
• Domino’s Pizza, 20214 W. Catawba Ave. – 97
• NY Restaurant, 20121 N. Main St. – 97



Davidson
• Restaurant X, 408 S. Main St. – 96.5



Northlake Mall area
• Big Easy Cajun, 6801 Northlake Mall Drive – 96
• Tropical Goodies, 2020 Beatties Ford Road – 96.5


About the grades



Restaurants are given grades of A for scoring at least 90 percent, B for 80 to 89 percent and C for 70 to 79 percent. The state revokes permits for restaurants that score below 70 percent.



Restaurants are eligible for two bonus points if an employee has completed a food service sanitation program within three years.



For more details on Mecklenburg County restaurants go to http://mecklenburg.digitalhealthdepartment.com.

– Compiled by staff