CP points for 20 popular restaurants
Please note: This article is published as an archive copy from Philadelphia City Paper. My City Paper is not affiliated with Philadelphia City Paper. Philadelphia City Paper was an alternative weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last edition was published on October 8, 2015.
A quick look at how some of the city's most popular restaurants fared.
A sampler: CP points for 20 popular restaurants
Restaurant | Stars | Av. Points
Citywide Average | ★★★ | 27
Alla Spina | ★★★★ | 12
Amada | ★★★ | 35
Amis | ★★★★ | 7
Barbuzzo | ★★★ | 30
Buddakan | ★★★★ | 14
Butcher and Singer | ★★★ | 29
Distrito | ★★★ | 20
Han Dynasty (Old City) | ★★★ | 18
Jones | ★★★ | 22
Lacroix at the Rittenhouse | ★★ | 51
McCormick & Schmick's | ★★ | 56
Morimoto | ★★★★ | 12
Osteria | ★★★ | 20
Parc Restaurant | ★★★ | 29
The Chart House | ★★ | 48
The Continental (Old City) | ★★★★ | 14
The Dandelion english pub | ★★ | 44
Tinto/Village Whiskey
(shared kitchen) | ★ | 64
Vetri | ★★★ | 20
White Dog Cafe (u city) | ★★ | 44
These restaurant evaluations reflect our opinion, based on publicly available Health Department inspection reports of food safety in city restaurants over the last five years. Our food-safety consultant awarded points to each of 56 categories of potential violations, with 3 for the most serious violation and 1 for the least serious. Extra points were added to reflect any enforcement actions taken by the city against a restaurant. For each restaurant, we added up all the points, and divided that total by the number of years inspected to get an average score. The lower the score, the better the restaurant's performance.
We awarded the restaurants stars, based on their average points. Four stars represents our opinion of the best performance.
