Each Monday we send a short call list of Wake County restaurants that health inspectors just cited for problems you fix: pests, cleaning, refrigeration, or certified-manager gaps. Four categories; the first 3 vendors in each get a $49/mo founding rate.
Count of distinct Wake County food businesses (all permitted establishment types, including restaurants, food stands and food trucks) with at least one citation in each category, inspections Sep 23–Oct 22, 2026. Source: Wake County open data, pulled Oct 23, 2026. One business can appear in more than one category.
No software to learn. A list lands in your inbox every Monday morning, ready for your sales calls.
Wake County publishes restaurant inspection results as public open data. We pull every new inspection and violation each week.
Each citation is sorted into a vendor category using the inspector's code and notes, so a pest company sees pest problems, not cooler temperatures.
An email with CSV and Excel attachments: restaurant, address, town, phone where listed, inspection date, what was cited, the inspector's note, and a repeat flag.
Local service businesses that sell to restaurants in Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Wake Forest, Morrisville, Garner, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina and the rest of Wake County.
Flies, insects, rodent entry points, missing air curtains, gaps around doors.
Soiled food-contact surfaces, ice machines, floors, walls and equipment build-up.
Cold holding above 41°F, slow cooling, failing coolers and gaskets.
No certified food protection manager on site, or a person in charge who could not show required knowledge.
| Category | Restaurant | Town / ZIP | Inspection date | Code cited | Inspector's note (excerpt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pest | Restaurant A | Raleigh 27609 | Oct 21, 2026 | 6-501.111 | “Several live flies were observed in the kitchen area.” |
| Pest | Restaurant B | Morrisville 27560 | Oct 20, 2026 | 6-501.111 | “Observed flying insects (similar to moth) inside bulk bins of rice… Call pest control. Rice discarded.” |
| Cleaning | Restaurant C | Apex 27502 | Oct 22, 2026 | 4-601.11(A) | “Can opener blade was visibly soiled…” (corrected during inspection) “Interior of ice machine has pink and black residue.” |
| Refrigeration | Restaurant D | Raleigh 27614 | Oct 22, 2026 | 3-501.16 | “Sliced tomatoes; potato salad; sliced turkey; ham; raw salmon; and raw chicken temp between 46-47F in [the] fliptop cooler…” (corrected during inspection) |
| Food-safety manager | Restaurant E | Raleigh 27609 | Oct 21, 2026 | 2-102.12 | “No employee present during the inspection had food protection manager certification.” |
Disclaimer: Excerpts are quoted from Wake County's public inspection records as published on the inspection date shown. A citation is one inspector's observation at one point in time; many items are corrected on the spot or shortly after, and nothing here says a restaurant is unsafe today. For the official record, see Wake County Environmental Health & Safety (wake.gov/food). Cited Kitchens is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wake County. Spot an error? Email [email protected] and we will review it promptly.
$79/mo per category. The first 3 vendors in each category get the $49/mo founding rate, locked for 12 months. Pick your category below. Cancel anytime.
Founding rate: 3 slots · then $79/mo
Founding rate: 3 slots · then $79/mo
Founding rate: 3 slots · then $79/mo
Founding rate: 3 slots · then $79/mo
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From Wake County's public restaurant inspection open data (restaurants, inspections and violations), which the County publishes for public use. We add the category filtering, cleanup and weekly delivery.
No. Cited Kitchens is an independent business and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Wake County or any government agency.
No. It is a convenience summary for sales prospecting and is not a legal record. Data can lag, change or contain errors. For official inspection results, use wake.gov/food.
Restaurant name, address, town, phone where the County record has one, inspection date, the code cited, the inspector's note, and whether it was marked as a repeat.
Each of the four categories has 3 founding slots at $49/mo, locked for 12 months. Once a category's founding slots are taken, anyone can still subscribe at the standard $79/mo rate.
Every Monday morning (Eastern Time) in an email with the list attached as CSV and Excel files.
Anytime, from the billing portal link in your receipt or on this page. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current paid month, and you keep getting lists until then. We do not offer refunds; if a scheduled Monday list is not delivered by the end of the next business day, we credit your account with a free week, no claim needed. See the cancellation & refund policy.
Our lists only repeat what the County already publishes. If something we show differs from the official record, email [email protected] and we will check it against the County data and correct it.