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.
When an A fails
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.
Those who passed
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
Those who failed
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.
