GOOGLE MAP

HEALTH SCORES IN LYNDONVILLE VERMONT GOOGLE MAP

( A collaborative effort with the one and only Justin Chenette)

We made a Google map displaying health scores of restaurants in the Lyndonville area. We covered:

1. Asia

2. Trout River Brewing Company

3. The Hornets Nest

4. Stevens Dining Hall

5. China Moon Buffet

6. The Lyndon Freighthouse

7. Subway

8. The Branch Brook Inn

View Health Inspection: Lyndon in a larger map

The highest and most impressive score was a 99 and that goes to the Branch Brook Inn. The lowest score was a 74 earned by Asia. The idea of the Google map was to see what restaurant s in Lyndonville had what health violation.

On the Vermont Department of Health and Safety's website they say: "Critical items (listed in bold) need to be corrected while a qualified inspector is on-site or shortly thereafter according to a corrective action plan." The Vermont Department of Health and Safety operate on a 44 item inspection system. They enlist one of their staff to go visit the restaurant then after they leave, if necessary, the health inspector may have to go back to the site according to the correction plan and make sure the restaurant is on track. The time the restaurant has to fix their critical errors depends of the status an the condition of the restaurant.

According to the chart on the Vermont Health and Safety website this is the chart they go by when there are critical points on a restaurant:

The Google map we created allows the customers in Lyndonville to see what places are actually dangerous or were dangerous to their health. Of course if the restaurant got a now score in 2009 and are still open today we hope to think that the inspectors did their follow-ups and that the place is now running up to code. It is only a score under 70 that the restaurant owners should be truly worried about the standing of their establishments. If they only have a few non-critical errors that they fastly fix--they are in the clear.