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This week's restaurant ratings for Big Mike's Barbecue and two Waffle House locations. 

THERE'S A NEW CLINICAL TRIAL. >> I DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BEST BARBECUE JOINTS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR OWN OPINION EARLIER THIS YEAR, THOUGH, BIG MIKE'S BARBECUE IN CARY WAS NAMED THE BEST BARBECUE IN NORTH CAROLINA BY YELP. AND BUT BUT THE RESTAURANT JUST SCORED A SEASON THAT HAITIAN GRADE 5 ON YOUR SIDE'S KEELY. ARTHUR SHOWS US THE PROBLEMS INSPECTORS FOUND. >> FIRST BIG MIKE'S BARBECUE ON NORTH WEST MAIN ROAD IN CARY FOOD WAS BEING PREPARED IN UNPERMITTED, UNAPPROVED OFF-SITE LOCATION THAT HAD MULTIPLE HEALTH COULD PROBLEMS. MULTIPLE CONTAINERS OF COOKED ONIONS IN BUTTER WERE TOO OLD AND HAD TO BE THROWN OUT. PLUS, AN EMPLOYEE WAS SMOKING TOBACCO AND DID NOT WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE HANDLING FOOD IN THE SMOKER. MIKE'S BARBECUE IN CARY GOT TO 77.5, A C TOM FOREMAN, 90.5 AND THE 93 TO WAFFLE HOUSE LOCATIONS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. BOTH GOT BEES AT THE SPRING LAKE WAFFLE HOUSE ON BROOKLYN UTENSILS WERE SOILED WITH FOOD. DEBRIS, RAW MEAT BLOOD IN GREECE ALIVE. ROACHES WERE SEEN IN CABINETS BEHIND THE KITCHEN TRASH CAN AND IN CEILING LIGHT SHIELD. PLUS EGGS WERE LEFT OUT TOO LONG AND HAD TO BE THROWN OUT. WAFFLE HOUSE ON BRICK LANE IN SPRING LAKE GOTTEN 82 DOWN FROM A 92.0. 5 AND THE 94, THE WAFFLE HOUSE IN CEDAR CREEK ROAD IN FAYETTEVILLE AND EXTENSIVE CLEANING, INCLUDING WHERE YOU TENSILE IS DISHES AND CUPS WERE STORED. MULTIPLE FOODS WERE KEPT. 2 MORE MEN HAD TO BE THROWN OUT AND THERE WERE ROACHES UNDER THE COOK LINE NEAR THE TRASH CAN AND IN THE STORAGE ROOM, WAFFLE HOUSE AND CEDAR CREEK ROAD IN FAYETTEVILLE GOT AN 86 DOESN'T A 91.5 AND A 98.0. 5 KEELY ARTHUR, 5 ON YOUR SIDE. >> WELL, IN CASE YOUR APPETITE ISN'T TOTALLY GONE. THE WAFFLE HOUSE ON CEDAR CREEK ROAD IN FAYETTEVILLE WAS JUST REINSPECTED. I'M HAPPY TO TELL

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   5 On Your Side's Keely Arthur shows us where in this week's restaurant ratings. 

PROGRAMMED TO DO SPECIFIC TASKS IN UNFAMILIAR PLACES. A LOCAL RESTAURANT IS IN NEED OF A FRIDGE REPAIR AFTER AN INSPECTOR FOUND IT HELD TOGETHER WITH TAPE 5 ON YOUR SIDE'S KEELY, ARTHUR SHOWING ISH THIS WEEK'S RESTAURANT RATINGS. AT FOB, VIETNAM ON BUCK JONES ROAD IN RALEIGH. THERE WASN'T ANY SO. BUT THE HAND WASHING SINK FOR EMPLOYEES TO WASH THEIR HANDS. >> AND THE DISPENSER WAS BROKEN. A REFRIGERATOR LID WAS HEAVILY SOILED WITH FOOD, DEBRIS AND HELD TOGETHER WITH TAPE AND MULTIPLE FOODS ARE BEING KEPT AT THE WRONG TEMPERATURE. BOBBY AND NOMINATE RALLY GOT AN EIGHTY-FOUR 0.5, A B TELL FROM THE 92 97 NEXT. A BARREL ON SKIBO ROAD IN FAYETTEVILLE, WATCH CHICKEN AND FULLY COOKED. CHICKEN WERE STORED IN THE SAME DRAWER UNCOVERED. DISHES WERE NOT INVERTED OR COVERED IN FOOD FROM THE PREP AREA WAS SPILLING ONTO THE CLEAN DISHES. PLUS A COOK CRACKED EGGS BUT DIDN'T WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE MOVING INTO THE NEXT TASK. THE BARREL IN FAYETTEVILLE GOT AN 86, A B, THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD A 96.5 AND IN 82.5 YEARS AND FINALLY COOLS AND NORTH WARD BOULEVARD AND WILSON, A FEW PACKAGES OF SLICED. HE'S IN A COOLER, HAD MOLD ON THE CHEESE. THE PERSON IN CHARGE WAS SEEN TOUCHING A TRASH. CAN THAT IMMEDIATELY TOUCHING A HAMBURGER BUN? AND A FEW ROACHES WERE SEEN CRAWLING AROUND THE KITCHEN DURING THE INSPECTION. HOKU IS AN OPEN GETTING TO BE TOUGH FOR HIM IN 93 96.5 KEELY ARTHUR 5 ON YOUR SIDE. >> I DO NOT KNOW WHY WE RUN

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5 On Your Side brings you restaurant ratings for Sushio O on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh, Carolina Ale House on Walnut Street in Cary and Mi Casita on North Bragg Boulevard in Spring Lake.

THE WRAL APP ON YOUR TV OR STREAMING DEVICE. >> INSPECTORS SAY A RESTAURANT CEILING LEAK WAS CONTAMINATING FOOD PREP SPACES AND THEY FOUND MOLDY CHEESE IN ANOTHER KITCHEN. 5 ON YOUR SIDE'S KEELY. ARTHUR HAS THIS WEEK'S RESTAURANT RATINGS. >> FIRST TO ON GLENWOOD AVENUE IN RALEIGH, 10 FOODS AND SAUCES WEREN'T BEING KEPT COLD ENOUGH FOR A SHRIMP WAS STORED ON TOP OF READY TO EAT VEGETABLES AND AN EMPLOYEE WATCHED HIS GLOVES INSTEAD OF WASHING HIS HANDS AND PUTTING A NEW GLOVES SAYS SHE HOPES THAT HE 7 A B DO FOR THE 92 96 NEXT TO CAROLINA. HOW HOUSE ON WALNUT STREET IN CARY, THE CEILING WAS ACTIVELY LEAKING SPLASHING AND CONTAMINATING CUTTING BOARDS PANS AND THE FOOD PREP TABLE. THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM HAD WATER STEADILY POURING OUT OF IT ONTO THE GRILL AND THE FOOD PREP SINKS WERE COATED IN A DIRTY FILM CAROLINA. HOW HOW CAN KERRY GOT AN 86 TO BE GOVERNMENT? 91 90.5. FINALLY TO ME, CAUSE SEA TO ON NORTH BRAGG BOULEVARD IN SPRING LAKE THESE WAS COVERED IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GREEN FUZZY MOLD INSPECTOR FOUND EXPIRED CRAB FLAVORING AND MAYO AND A PREP UNIT AND EMPTY JUGS USED TO STORE T WERE BEING KEPT UNDER A SOILED DRAIN PIPE BECAUSE SEE THE AND SPRING LAKE GOT AN 86.5, A B DOWN FROM A 90 90.5 KEELY ARTHUR, 5 ON YOUR SIDE.

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