NC Sanitation Scores

McDowell County Restaurant Sanitation Scores

Restaurant health inspection scores and sanitation grades for 172 food establishments in McDowell County, North Carolina. Explore the map, then see the top-rated restaurants and the lowest recent scores below. Each listing links to its official inspection record.

172establishments
172grade A
97.8avg score

🏆 Wall of Fame — Restaurants

Ranked by the longest current run of inspections scoring 99 or higher.

  1. 1DOMINOSRestaurant7× ≥9999.5
  2. 2ROMA RESTAURANTRestaurant7× ≥9999.5
  3. 3PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #1063 DELIRestaurant6× ≥9999
  4. 4STARBUCKS #60Restaurant5× ≥99100
  5. 5SHEETZRestaurant5× ≥9999.5
  6. 6REFINERY 13 TAPROOMRestaurant4× ≥99100
  7. 7MCDOWELL HIGH CULINARY ARTSRestaurant4× ≥99100
  8. 8HCA HEALTH SYSTEM- MCDOWELL HOSPITAL CAFETERIARestaurant4× ≥99100
  9. 9MCDONALD'S 2Restaurant4× ≥9999
  10. 10TACO BELL #42681 (028)Restaurant4× ≥9999
  11. 11SHARON'S CAFERestaurant4× ≥9999
  12. 12MODERN ALCHEMISTRestaurant4× ≥9999

Recently perfect (Restaurants)

HCA HEALTH SYSTEM- MCDOWELL HOSPITAL CAFETERIA 100 2026-09-16STARBUCKS #60 100 2026-09-10REFINERY 13 TAPROOM 100 2026-09-09MCDOWELL HIGH CULINARY ARTS 100 2026-09-08DOMINOS 99.5 2026-08-27SHEETZ 99.5 2026-08-12PILOT TRAVEL CENTER #1063 DELI 99 2026-08-06TACO BELL #42681 (028) 99 2026-07-29ROMA RESTAURANT 99.5 2026-07-09MODERN ALCHEMIST 99 2026-06-22

⚠️ Wall of Shame — Restaurants

Most-recent inspection scores of 94 or below (last 24 months), lowest first.

  1. 1HEIFER'S HOMEPLACE VITTLESRestaurant2026-06-1192.5
  2. 2BIRDIESRestaurant2025-07-1193
  3. 3THE CHALET RESTAURANTRestaurant2026-08-2793.5
  4. 4ROCK HOUSE RESTAURANTRestaurant2026-07-1594

Data is public record from the McDowell County health department (Environmental Health), via cdpehs.com. Updated 2026-09-26. “Wall of Fame” ranks establishments by their current streak of inspections scoring 99+; “Wall of Shame” lists the lowest most-recent scores.