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New Lenox's Dirtiest Restaurants
New Lenox Patch acquired health inspections for every restaurant in town; some of the results might surprise you. Here's a list of the 10 businesses with the worst sanitation scores.
Editor's note (Sept. 28, 2011): It's , a time to promote local eateries and find good discounted meals. But it's also important to see where your favorites rank in terms of county sanitation scores.
Every day this week, we'll re-publish an article from this series, which originally ran in August, and on Friday we'll provide some feedback we got from readers and business owners.
Original article published Aug. 11, 2011
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Some of New Lenox's most popular restaurants are also the dirtiest, at least according to the county's most recent health inspections.
New Lenox Patch obtained Will County Health Department inspection reports for every restaurant within village limits through a Freedom of Information request, and some of the scores might surprise frequent visitors to some of New Lenox 's most popular restaurants.
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Raw foods stored above cooked meals, employees not washing their hands and a bevy of other violations cost restaurants points during their inspections.
Restaurants and other places that serve food, including grocery stores, gas stations and concession stands, are marked off points for various sanitation violations, such as storing food improperly or having dirty kitchens.
Today, we look at the restaurants with the lowest sanitation scores in New Lenox. On Wednesday, , and you can check back Friday for the entire list.
Rank Business Address Inspection Date Score Corrected Score* T-9101 Lincoln Hwy.
6/27/2011
80
93
T-9
280 E. Haven Ave.
4/28/2011
80
85
8
348 W. Maple St.
6/2/2011
79
89
T-5
400 W. Maple St.
4/27/2011
76
91
T-5 1490 W. Maple St.
6/20/2011
76
89
T-5 2387 Joliet Hwy.
5/13/2011
76
84
4
2101 Calistoga Drive
5/26/2011
74
88
3
700 W. Maple St.
6/7/2011
73
83
2
1938 E. Lincoln Hwy.
6/27/2011
66
89
1
1300 N. Cedar Road
4/19/2011
63
90
*After initial inspections, restaurants are given a period of time to correct their demerits on a given inspection. In most cases, the initial score is improved upon because restaurants clean a shelf, throw away old food, etc.
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