The Worst Places to Eat in Richardson Last Month

Graphic by City of Richardson.

The City of Richardson is rightly regarded as having some of the best, most diverse, dining options in north Texas ("Eat & Drink"). But that doesn't mean every restaurant in Richardson exceeds in every measure. Here is a list of the ten worst places to eat in Richardson last month, based on the City of Richardson's Health Department Restaurant Scores for last month. Not all Richardson restaurants are included in this ranking. Each month, different restaurants are visited by the Health Department. Only those visited last month are ranked here. Only the bottom ten are shown.

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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 that received higher scores from the Health Department inspectors.

Here is last month's list of the ten lowest ranked restaurants (or more than ten in case of a tie).

Restaurant	Address	Inspection	Score
Spice of Richardson	1498 W Spring Valley Rd	2025-01-22	71
Baleadas Express Restaurant	1486 W Spring Valley Rd	2025-01-02	73
Royal Sweets	524 W Belt Line Rd	2025-01-15	73
Sweet Frog	101 S Coit Rd 8	2025-01-17	75
Tineo Peruvian Cafe, LLC	525 W Arapaho Rd 1	2025-01-28	78
Sultan Cafe	201 S Greenville Ave 211	2025-01-27	79
Canton Chinese Restaurant	400 N Greenville Ave 25	2025-01-23	80
Pinedas Mexican Restaurant	1144 N Plano Rd 119	2025-01-15	80
Saigon Block Restaurant	2150 E Arapaho Rd 200	2025-01-23	80
Genroku Sushi Bar & Grill	400 N Greenville Ave 8	2025-01-22	81
Spice N' Rice Indian Cuisine	300 Terrace Dr 310	2025-01-27	81

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."

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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"Neglected kitchens
Serve up questionable food.
Dine here if you dare."
—h/t ChatGPT