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Restaurant health inspection grades in Tennessee

Coverage: all 95 counties

GradeLocal lists 33,477 Tennessee restaurants. Their average score is 97.3, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

33,477restaurants listed
97.3 · Aaverage score
95counties covered
Oct 31, 2026latest inspection date

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Who inspects restaurants in Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Health food service inspections. Scores out of 100.

17 of the 95 counties come straight from the health department: Hardeman, Henderson, Humphreys, Jackson, Johnson, Lake, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, McNairy, Monroe, Moore, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Williamson and Wilson. The other 78 counties also include rows from outside sources that republish the state's scores, such as other websites (in 66 counties) and local news reports.

Coverage: Statewide, all 95 counties. All sources

What Tennessee publishes

Tennessee’s results on GradeLocal are scores out of 100. 32,673 of the 33,477 listings (97.6%) carry an official score out of 100. The other 804: 2 show a GradeLocal score worked out from the official result, and 802 have no result we can grade and show “Not graded”.

How GradeLocal grades Tennessee restaurants

Where the agency publishes a score out of 100, that is the score we show (the Official score), and the letter comes from it: 90 or higher is an A, 80 to 89 is a B, 70 to 79 is a C and below 70 is a D.

There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.

How grades work has the full rules.

Most common official results in our Tennessee data, and the letter each became
Official resultLetterListings
DisapprovalD2

802 listings have no result we can turn into a letter: 645 Approval (passed, no score), 150 No result recorded and 7 Pending. Those listings show “Not graded”. The average above leaves them out.

How Tennessee restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 33,477 listings.

A
31,687
94.7% · grade A
B
798
2.4% · grade B
C
133
0.4% · grade C
D
57
0.2% · grade D
–
802
2.4% · not graded

Inspection dates in our Tennessee data run from Sep 9, 2021 to Oct 31, 2026. 27,237 of the 33,477 listings (81.4%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 31, 2026, our latest record. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in Tennessee

Ten A-grade places with the highest scores. Ties go to the most recent inspection, and each name appears once.

  1. A
    Jordan's BBQ & CateringAtwoodOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 31, 2026
  2. A
    Highlander BBQRoan MountainOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  3. A
    K & M Precision Rifle Training, LLCFingerOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  4. A
    Livingston Middle SchoolLivingstonOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  5. A
    M's BBQErinOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  6. A
    Play BrowsElizabethtonOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  7. A
    Tennessee Fish FryHuntingdonOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 30, 2026
  8. A
    Absolute Art Tattoo StudioElizabethtonOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 29, 2026
  9. A
    Amorcito Corazon Cantina Grill BarNashvilleOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 29, 2026
  10. A
    Arby's #8134KnoxvilleOfficial score 100, inspected Oct 29, 2026

A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.

Counties in Tennessee

Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.

CountyRestaurantsAverage
Anderson County29397.2 · A
Bedford County26197.8 · A
Benton County10498.3 · A
Bledsoe County6397.8 · A
Blount County49096.5 · A
Bradley County32995.6 · A
Campbell County17497.3 · A
Cannon County6396.2 · A
Carroll County13698.1 · A
Carter County18898.7 · A
Cheatham County18498.2 · A
Chester County9397.9 · A
Claiborne County19496.4 · A
Clay County6595.6 · A
Cocke County17596.0 · A
Coffee County35098.2 · A
Crockett County6498.7 · A
Cumberland County32297.0 · A
Davidson County4,34197.1 · A
Decatur County7597.7 · A
DeKalb County17296.4 · A
Dickson County31598.6 · A
Dyer County24098.4 · A
Fayette County10597.6 · A
Fentress County15696.7 · A
Franklin County20997.4 · A
Gibson County28097.3 · A
Giles County18698.5 · A
Grainger County10996.2 · A
Greene County33697.6 · A
Grundy County12797.6 · A
Hamblen County37696.6 · A
Hamilton County1,93398.3 · A
Hancock County2898.1 · A
Hardeman County11297.6 · A
Hardin County15998.1 · A
Hawkins County17098.1 · A
Haywood County10997.8 · A
Henderson County12997.7 · A
Henry County16897.9 · A
Hickman County10699.4 · A
Houston County6197.2 · A
Humphreys County8896.6 · A
Jackson County3996.5 · A
Jefferson County24997.2 · A
Johnson County7298.8 · A
Knox County2,94797.4 · A
Lake County2197.8 · A
Lauderdale County13397.8 · A
Lawrence County16998.6 · A
Lewis County5899.6 · A
Lincoln County16198.6 · A
Loudon County28996.3 · A
Macon County14795.7 · A
Madison County50398.6 · A
Marion County12997.8 · A
Marshall County17998.8 · A
Maury County52098.5 · A
McMinn County29397.0 · A
McNairy County11497.7 · A
Meigs County6496.6 · A
Monroe County25095.2 · A
Montgomery County1,44997.5 · A
Moore County3098.8 · A
Morgan County6997.0 · A
Obion County20497.5 · A
Overton County13595.7 · A
Perry County6298.0 · A
Pickett County5296.4 · A
Polk County14495.5 · A
Putnam County51995.2 · A
Rhea County14995.0 · A
Roane County20796.4 · A
Robertson County30098.3 · A
Rutherford County85998.3 · A
Scott County15497.6 · A
Sequatchie County8398.3 · A
Sevier County1,53896.4 · A
Shelby County3,08595.6 · A
Smith County11295.9 · A
Stewart County6696.8 · A
Sullivan County74097.9 · A
Sumner County68398.7 · A
Tipton County18697.7 · A
Trousdale County6398.1 · A
Unicoi County10798.4 · A
Union County10297.5 · A
Van Buren County5397.3 · A
Warren County14396.5 · A
Washington County57297.7 · A
Wayne County10499.0 · A
Weakley County4697.0 · A
White County16496.6 · A
Williamson County88998.1 · A
Wilson County43396.9 · A

Questions about Tennessee grades

Who inspects restaurants in Tennessee?

Tennessee Department of Health food service inspections. Scores out of 100. 17 of the 95 counties come straight from the health department: Hardeman, Henderson, Humphreys, Jackson, Johnson, Lake, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, McNairy, Monroe, Moore, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Williamson and Wilson. The other 78 counties also include rows from outside sources that republish the state's scores, such as other websites (in 66 counties) and local news reports.

What does Tennessee publish: a score, a letter or something else?

Tennessee’s results on GradeLocal are scores out of 100. 32,673 of the 33,477 listings (97.6%) carry an official score out of 100. The other 804: 2 show a GradeLocal score worked out from the official result, and 802 have no result we can grade and show “Not graded”.

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Tennessee?

Where the agency publishes a score out of 100, that is the score we show (the Official score), and the letter comes from it: 90 or higher is an A, 80 to 89 is a B, 70 to 79 is a C and below 70 is a D. We always use the latest inspection.

How many Tennessee restaurants are on GradeLocal?

33,477 restaurants in 95 counties. The average score is 97.3, an A. 94.7% have an A.

How current are the Tennessee grades?

Inspection dates in our Tennessee data run from Sep 9, 2021 to Oct 31, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.

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