Le Fresca, Demetri’s, The Fennec and more earn 95+ food service scores in Feb. 2026

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Demetri's
Get your barbecue, wings + more at Demetri’s in Homewood. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

Several Jefferson County restaurants including Reve at the Pizitz Food Hall, Niki’s West on Findley Ave., Jasmine’s in Pratt City, Gus’s Hot Dogs in downtown Birmingham — and 52 additional local restaurants—received 95 and above on their food service scores this past February.

Since 2018, Bham Now has reported the monthly Jefferson County Department of Health restaurant food service scores. Each month, the Health Department inspects an average of 100-125 local establishments that handle and serve food. 

They include:

  • Restaurants
  • Schools
  • Nursing homes
  • Daycare centers
  • Hospitals
  • Grocery stores
  • Concession stands

Local restaurants with 95+ scores

(The Fennec)
(The Fennec)
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Zebbie Carney, founder of Eugene’s Hot Chicken (Jacob Blankenship / Bham Now)
Wooden City (Nathan Watson / Bham Now)
(Nathan Watson / Bham Now)
Gus's Hotdogs
Gus’s Hotdogs (Jacob Blankenship / Bham Now)

Jefferson County Department of Health

Birmingham, Jefferson County Department of Health
Jefferson County Department of Health. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

Food service inspection scores are updated regularly on the Jefferson County Department of Health website.

Check out the latest scores on the Jefferson County Department of Health’s Food Service website. Food service inspections help keep us all safe. Bookmark the page and stay tuned for our monthly 95+ stories.


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Pat Byington
Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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