Alameda County Grades Newark's Food Vendors

We trust restaurants to feed us on the days we’re too tired to cook, to supplement our pantries with chicken fajita dinner plates and chips and salsa. We can call the restaurant to ask for special sauces and request extra napkins, so we don’t smudge our iPads with hot sauce. What we can’t do is be in the kitchen while the cooks are preparing the meals. 

Alameda County is handling the situation. They send inspectors to restaurants and other places that sell food to make sure they are complying with health codes that mandate a plethora of things. Some health codes laws say food vendors must keep perishables at certain temperatures while in storage and others say hand-washing stations must be available for employees. 

After inspection, food vendors are given a placard that showcases health ratings. 

The placards are coded green, yellow, or red.

Patch complied food inspection results for restaurants in Alameda County on Monday to see how local restaurants compare.