The Worst Places to Eat in Richardson Last Month

The City of Richardson is rightly regarded as having some of the best, most diverse, dining options in north Texas ("Eat & Drink"). Feeling a bit like "Opposite Man," I thought I'd offer a list of the ten worst places to eat in Richardson this month. It's based on the City of Richardson's Health Department Restaurant Scores for last month. That is, each month features a different list.

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Note that being on this list doesn't necessarily make a restaurant an objectively bad place to eat. These restaurants are just relatively worse compared to other restaurants inspected during the same month and who received higher scores from the Health Department inspectors.

Here is this month's list of the ten lowest ranked restaurants.

Restaurant	Address	Inspection	Score
Kansha Japanese Sushi	1899 N Plano Rd	2024-06-19	74
Jersey Mike's Subs	2040 E Bush Tollway	2024-06-05	75
Taco Ocho	930 E Campbell Rd 109	2024-06-12	75
Wang's Cook House	4011 E Renner Rd 128	2024-06-25	75
Canton Chinese Restaurant	400 N Greenville Ave 25	2024-06-26	78
Tarboosh Gyro Grill	1403 E Campbell Rd. 101C	2024-06-27	78
Chameli Restaurant	201 S Greenville Ave 203	2024-06-27	80
Dog Haus Biergarten	744 S Central Expy 210	2024-06-14	80
Flaming Buffet	1300 E Belt Line Rd 100	2024-06-10	80
Pho Pasteur Restaurant	1342 E Belt Line Rd	2024-06-27	80

According to the Health Department: "Scores are based on a scale of zero to 100. A score of 90 to 100 is excellent; 80 to 89 is good; 70 to 79 is acceptable; and 60 to 69 is marginal. A score below 60 may be grounds for the closing of an establishment or other enforcement action."

What prompted this post was learning last week that Dog Haus in Richardson's Restaurant Park was closed. A notice on the door says it's a landlord lockout for failure to pay rent. Coincidentally, and I have no evidence that the closure was related, Dog Haus is on my list.

I first started commenting on restaurant scores way back in 2010. I wrote then, "Diners have to search out inspection scores buried in the city's website, if they are even aware that the scores exist at all. I'd like to see restaurants prominently display their most recent inspection score where patrons can see it before walking in the door." The Wheel's motto is "Not Being Listened to Since 2006." Health inspection scores are still not required to be posted in the windows of restaurants. That tells me that my streak of not being listened to is still alive and well. I just hope diners at some of these restaurants are as well.

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"Too many kitchens
Serve up questionable food.
Dine there if you dare."
—h/t ChatGPT