The Worst Places to Eat in Richardson Last Month

Graphic by City of Richardson.

Note: This post is late. July's scores were not published on time. (My Bad).

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 July. 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 lowest scores 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.

Of all the restaurants inspected by the Richardson Health Department last month, here are the ten lowest scores (or more than ten in case of a tie).

Restaurant	Address	Inspection	Score
Pure Social	401 W Pres. George Bush	2025-07-11	70
The China Express	819 W. Arapaho Rd. 58E	2025-07-29	70
Canton Chinese	400 N Greenville Ave 25	2025-07-31	73
Bruncheon	1551 E Renner Rd 830	2025-07-10	76
La Madeleine	1320 W Campbell Rd	2025-07-08	76
OMG Tacos	744 S Central Expy 220	2025-07-28	80
Haystack Burgers	100 S Central Expy 17	2025-07-10	82
La La Land Kind Cafe	242 W Campbell Rd	2025-07-28	82
Pho Pasteur	1342 E Belt Line Rd	2025-07-31	82
Ca Nuong Mien Tay	1718 E Belt Line Rd	2025-07-10	83
Noodle Wave	1490 W Spring Valley	2025-07-15	83
Tricky Fish Inc.	1251 State St 750	2025-07-21	83

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