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Restaurant inspections in Colorado
Who inspects, where the record lives, what the public actually sees, and whether it has to be posted on the door. Every line below links to the government source it came from.
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Who inspects
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), mostly delegated; CDPHE directly licenses and inspects only nine counties (Clear Creek, Dolores, Gilpin, Moffat, Ouray, Park, Pitkin except Aspen, Rio Blanco, and San Juan), with delegated county partners handling the rest Agency page
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What the public sees
Pass/fail-style status categories: Pass, Re-Inspection Required, and Closed. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule not confirmed.
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Food code in force
2022 FDA Food Code. The FDA Food Code is a model, not a federal mandate — each state decides which edition to adopt and how far to amend it.
| Where to search | Coverage |
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| Larimer County Restaurant Inspection Database | County |
| Weld County Restaurant Inspections | County |
No official bulk or API dataset found. Results are available one establishment at a time, or by public records request.
If you run the restaurant
The record is public either way. The useful move is to read it before a customer does.
Pull your own record
Search yourself in the lookup above and read every line of the last three reports. Repeat violations are what escalate.
Work the ten risk factors
Most citations trace back to the same ten practices the FDA measures nationally. Run the ten-minute self-check.
Fix, document, re-inspect
Dated photos and a written correction log are what a re-inspection rewards. What to do after a bad inspection.
Other states
Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii — or see all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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