How many people ever really go to www.dallascityhall.com and search for the Dallas Food Inspection scores for their favorite restaurant?  The folks at City Hall say they have no idea.  It is probably just as well.  It will take a bit of time to located and all you will get is a database of monthly reports listing restaurants in alphabetical order and showing their number grade. 

But now some enterprising entrepreneurs have created a Web site with the catchy name of Dallas Food Inspection Scores Database that actually makes finding out what you probably really didn't want to know fun to find.  First this site lets you see an average grade of all recent grades and tells you an establishment's highest and lowest grades over the period.  It also converts the number grade into a letter grade we can all relate to (although I bet a lot of restaurants are going to argue about this).  You can also do all manner of groupings:  by area, by grade and by type of restaurant.  Of course this isn't just about restaurants but about any place that serves food. 

The results can be surprising.  In most cases the fast food chain places get uniformly high marks.  McDonald's gets mostly high grades as does Arbys, Burger King and other similar venues.  Top line eateries like the Mansion and French Room are grade A across the board.  Alas, most of the burger and Mexican joints I favor are still open from force of habit I guess.  But frankly I don't care.  If you do, or if you just want something to do during an ice storm give this site a try. 

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