Armour House, Paramount, Green Acres and more earn 95+ food service scores in April 2026
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Several Jefferson County restaurants including Paramount Restaurant in Homewood, Downtown Birmingham’s Armour House, Boateng’s Cajun Restaurant in Bessemer — and 54 additional local restaurants—received 95 and above on their food service scores this past April 2026.
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
- Cahaba Breads + Bagels – 99
- Panda House – 95
- Market Mountain Brook – 98
- Urban Cookhouse Downtown – 97
- The Crazy Flautus – 99
- Last Call Baking – 97
- Nana’s Sweet Spot – 96
- Fife’s Restaurant -97
- Ampersand Cocktails and Cuisine – 99
- Workplay – 98
- RedCar Creamery – 99
- Pizza Passion – 95
- Tropical Smoothies and Cafe (Midtown) – 95
- All Good Collective – 97
- Urban Cookhouse (The Summit) – 99
- Signature Grille – 96
- SAWS BBQ (Homewood) – 96
- JB Wings (Pinson) – 99
- Ousler Sandwiches – 99
- Archibald’ + Woodrow’s BBQ – 95
- Urban Cookhouse (Homewood) – 98
- Wasabi Juan’s – 95
- Smoothrock Cafe – 97
- The Mustard Club – 99
- Sherita – a Different Taste – 97
- Twin Peaks – 95
- Boateng’s Cajun Restaurant – 97
- Primo Grill Pizza + Pasta – 95
- Black Market Bar (280) 97
- Cajun Cleaver – 97
- La Paz in Hoover – 98
- Bham Burger – 95
- Pho Sizzle – 97
- Phil Sandoval’s (Hoover) – 99
- Near Me Smoothies and Ice Cream – 100
- Farm Bowl Hoover – 100
- Massaman Thai Kitchen – 99
- Paramount (Homewood) – 97
- Heritage Coffee – 99
- Green Acres (Ensley) – 99
- Granny’s Fish and Grits – 98
- Village Tavern – 97
- Walk-on’s (Hoover) – 95
- El Patron (Irondale) – 97
- Capella Pizzeria – 96
- Ensley Seafood – 95
- Corbeau Wine Bar (Homewood) – 96
- Pink Lantern – 98
- The Pit BBQ – 99
Jefferson County Department of Health
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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