Silver Spring Restaurants: Chipotle, Ben and Jerry's, Denizens Brewing, Safeway

SILVER SPRING, MD — Find the most recent restaurant and food service inspections in Silver Spring and Montgomery County, performed by the Licensure and Regulatory Office at Health and Human Services.

Results from inspections done April 8-28 are listed below.

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• Silver Spring Restaurants: Whole Foods, Safeway, Chuck E. Cheese, Giant Foods
• Silver Spring Restaurants: Chipotle, McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, Pansa Llena
• Silver Spring Restaurant Scores: Domino's, Amy's Restaurant, Trader Joe's
• Silver Spring Restaurant Scores: Safeway, Chipotle, Dunkin Donuts, Potbelly Sanwich Shop
• Silver Spring Restaurant Scores: Palais De Lune, La Fogata, Potomac Cafe, La Malinche
• Restaurant Inspections: Giant Food, Mayflower Restaurant, La Frontera

Find a full list of Montgomery County restaurant inspections on the county’s data site.

Two types of inspections are done: comprehensive inspections evaluate the sanitation, maintenance and food service operations of the facility; and monitoring inspections involve checking the food service operation for critical food temperatures, equipment temperatures and general food handling, cleanliness practices.

County inspectors check kitchens in churches, schools, pool houses and golf clubs. They also monitor the cleanliness of snack bars, kiosks inside grocery stores, hotel kitchens, bakeries and bars.

Ways to spot a possibly unclean restaurant kitchen are:

• Outdoor space: If the exterior is unkempt and littered, don't trust the inside.
• How clean is the restroom? Smells and overflowing trash cans are a red flag.
• Well-groomed employees: Are they washed, do they wear gloves when handling food, and do they wash their hands? If not, be careful.
• Healthy servers: If your waiter is sneezing or coughing, ask for another or consider leaving
• Table cleaning: Is a clean rag and disinfectant used to clean the table's surface? If not, the staff could just be spreading germs around.