Avenue Grill

600 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27603

Passed · Sep 26, 2026 Directions
75
Fair BiteKarma score 75 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 4 of 4 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Sep 26, 2026: passed with 6 violations, 2 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized, cited 2 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.
  • 4 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 4 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Sep 26

    Inspection

    6 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Certified food protection manager
    • Critical Hands clean and properly washed
    • Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Minor Insects and rodents not present, no unauthorized animals
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used, test strips
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
  3. 2025
  4. Passed Jun 30

    Inspection

    7 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Critical Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Minor Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled
    • Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used, test strips
  5. 2024
  6. Passed Jan 25

    Inspection

    6 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Management, food and conditional employee, knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Critical Proper date marking and disposition
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled
    • Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  7. 2023
  8. Passed Aug 17

    Inspection

    5 violations
    • Minor Single-use and single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Minor Insects and rodents not present, no unauthorized animals
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored

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