Stratford Restaurants Inspected: The Good, the Bad and the 'Buggy'

Below are the results of the most recent round of Stratford food service inspections, conducted over the past three months by the .

All the restaurants listed below are labeled as Class 4, which means the establishments offer full-service dining, according to Director of Health Andrea Boissevain.

At least a third of the town's more than 300 establishments that the health department inspects are Class 4, Boissevain said.

If everything's spick-and-span, a restaurant's score is 100 points, which indicates zero violations.

However, a restaurant can be docked one 4-point violation, receive a score of 96 and still fail the inspection, explains inspector Andrew Anderson, who conducted nine of the inspections below.

Anderson said the most serious violations carry a 4-point demerit, and if a restaurant is hit with one of those it results in an automatic failed inspection. The most common 4-point violation is for food temperatures, he said.

Another way to fail is to score less than 80. "Whenever someone scores under 80 we have them in for a hearing, see if we can do anything to help them," Anderson said.

A restaurant is typically given two weeks after a failed inspection to right the violation or violations.

2347 Barnum Ave.

Inspected May 1

Score: 94

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2520 Main St.

Inspected May 1

Score: 96

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1400 West Broad St.

Inspected May 2

Score: 87

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690 Lordship Boulevard

Inspected June 1

Score: 88

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7365 Main St.

Inspected June 4

Score: 87

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88 Ryders Lane

Inspected June 4

Score: 92

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1345 Barnum Ave.

Inspected June 5

Score: 85

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2428 Main St.

Inspected June 8

Score: 95

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Romano's Pizza

2162 Barnum Ave.

Inpected June 8

Score: 92

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Honeyspot Deli

570 Honeyspot Road

Inspected June 11

Score: 97

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88 Ryders Lane

Inspected June 26

Score: 84

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88 Ferry Boulevard

Inspected July 6

Score: 92

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1345 Barnum Ave.

Inspected July 11

Score: 87

Stop & Shop

200 East Main St.

Inspected June 19

Score: 88

4-point violation(s): shopping carts blocking handwashing station.

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690 Lordship Boulevard

Inspected May 14

Score: 69

4-point violation(s): Unlabeled degreaser, coffee filters on same shelf as paint; employee not washing hands before putting on gloves, blocked handwashing area; refrigerator/food temperature 66 degrees (required temperature 45 degrees and under), 59 degree milk in customer area.

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520 Sniffens Lane

Inspected June 19

Score: 58

4-point violations(s): soap cartridge stored with food; moldy tray of beets in walk-in cooler (Anderson said the beets were intended for personal use); employee not washing hands before putting on gloves; missing consumer advisory on menu.

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2415 Main St.

Inspected July 20

Score: 63

4-point violation(s): coffee, coffee filters on same shelf as cleaning supplies; food temperatures (turkey and marinara sauce at 48 and 49 degrees, respectively); WD-40 and bleach stored above utensils.

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Riverview Bistro

946 Ferry Boulevard

Inspected July 20

Score: 81

4-point violation(s): dishwashing area violation; missing consumer advisory on menu.

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2419 Main St.

Inspected July 18

Score: 80

4-point violation(s): a bulk storage bin of dry red hot peppers infested with moths.

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411 Barnum Ave. Cutoff

Inspected July 16

Score: 73

4-point violation(s): unlabeled spray bottle; food temperatures (eggs out at 80 degrees, chicken in refrigerator at 60 degrees).

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3561 Main St.

Inspected July 27

Score: 87

4-point violation(s): Unlabeled spray bottle with water in it stored on shelf with chemicals.

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1000 Stratford Ave.

Inspected June 28

Score: 68

4-point violation(s): food temperatures (cheese out at 50 degrees, tuna salad at 53 degrees), missing consumer advisory on menu; unlabeled sanitary buckets; severely dented cans of apple sauce and strawberry filling.