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Where Does Your Favorite Restaurant Rank in Bolingbrook's Cleanest Restaurants List?
Bolingbrook Patch obtained the health inspection reports for every restaurant within village limits through a Freedom of Information request.
Bolingbrook Patch obtained the health inspection reports for every restaurant within village limits through a Freedom of Information request and some of the scores may surprise frequent visitors to some of Bolingbrook's most popular restaurants.
For the most part, Bolingbrook restaurants fared well—all but four scored above a 70 on a 100-point scale. In most cases, restaurants scored between an 80 and 90.
and the at 395 S. Bolingbrook Drive were the only two restaurants in Bolingbrook to receive perfect scores on their latest Will County Food Service Establishment Inspection Report.
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and , in fact, were mainstays on the village's cleanest restaurants. All three locations received a sanitation score above 90 while both Dunkin' Donuts locations scored above 95.
But many high-profile Bolingbrook restaurants such as , , , , , , and rated in the bottom third of restaurants inspected in terms of original sanitation scores.
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Francesca's, for instance, received a sanitation score of 76 after its Feb. 14 inspection. Among the restaurant's 23 violations included storing chemical spray bottles with aluminum foil pans, a heavily soiled soda gun behind the bar, no soap at the bar hand sink and storing a spray bottle full of sanitizer with clean plates.
Francesca's did receive a corrected score of 78—a corrected score is a second chance of sorts, given to restaurants after they are presented with initial findings.
In some cases restaurants had yet to receive their corrected score in their 2011 inspection because the inspection was so recent. Therefore, Bolingbrook Patch looked mainly at the original sanitation score.
Over the next three days, Bolingbrook Patch will highlight the state of cleanliness in Bolingbrook restaurants.
On Thursday, we showed you the in Bolingbrook.
Then on Friday we featured the in Bolingbrook.
Today, we reveal the complete list of restaurant sanitation scores.
Any questions about the scores can be directed to Bolingbrook Patch Local Editor Brian Feldt at brianf@patch.com.
Restaurant Address Score Corrected Score (if applicable) 751 Boughton Rd. 100 N/A 395 Bolingbrook Dr. 100 N/A 259 Weber Rd. 97 N/A 200 Bolingbrook Dr. 97 N/A 741 E. Boughton Rd. 97 N/A 595 N. Pinecrest Rd. 96 N/A 261 Weber Rd. 96 98 260 Weber Rd. 96 274 Weber Rd. 95 97 1310 Lily Cache Ln. 95 N/A 708 Janes Ave. 95 N/A 1144 Boughton Rd. 95 N/A 361 Schmidt Rd. 95 N/A 317 Schmidt Rd. 95 N/A 1339 Lily Cache Ln. 94 98 253 Schmidt Rd. 94 N/A 221 Bolingbrook Dr. 93N/A
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