How Does Your Favorite Restaurant Rank, Healthwise?

This new joint in the SOMA just scored a 97, which is not bad at all.

Here's what you do. You go to Clean Scores and then type in the name or address of your favorite restaurant. Then you'll find out the hygiene rating of most restaurants in San Francisco based on official inspections by the Department of Public Health. Or just poke around on either the good list or the naughty list. Read all about it. And be sure to look for alleged racial bias in media coverage of this inspection program while you're at it.

The little card with a numerical score of the most recent inspection is not required to be on public display. However, the complementary Inspection Report must be posted in an obvious place as you walk in. Based on what we've seen, compliance with this public notice requirement might not be fully at 100% yet.

But before you conclude that you should cook dinner at home this week, think about how your own personal kitchen at home would stack up under the scrutiny of an inspector. We could all learn a thing or two about proper food handling from these food handling specialists employed by our fair city. Probably. Just saying. Anyway, bon appétit!