County Health Department Scores for Local Food-Service Establishments

regularly inspects food service establishments throughout St. Charles County, except for within limits of St. Peters.

Businesses are inspected one to four times a year or after public complaints. "Lower-risk" places, like gas-stations that serve pre-packaged foods, are inspected less often than "higher-risk" places, like a restaurant, said Doug Bolnick, spokesman for the health department.

The establishments begin with a score of 100 and points are deducted based on the severity of problems observed. According to the department's website, a low score does not mean the restaurant was unsafe on the day of the inspection.

"A place could have just one deficiency that garners a relatively 'high' score out of 100, but that the problem is so critical, it forces immediate action – while another may have two or three non-critical deficiencies that would give that provider a lower total score," said Bolnick.

Below, see the inspection scores for restaurants in the Lake Saint Louis-Dardenne Prairie area for January of 2012. To look up other scores, visit the health department's Food Inspection page.

Lake Saint Louis inspections:

• Jack in the Box, score 98
• Hardee's, score 94
• Walmart Bakery, score 98
• Walmart Deli, score 98
• Taco Bell, score 93
• Green China, score 96
• Bright Start Academy, score 94
• National Equestrian Center, score 100

Dardenne Prairie inspections:

• Town Square 12 Cine, score 100