Start with the Grayson County Environmental Health page and open Restaurant Inspections in its sidebar. Match the food operation and street address in the linked directory, then keep its published rating separate from the underlying inspection report. For findings, correction or a later action, contact Environmental Health about obtaining the dated records.
Sources and directory checked October 15, 2026; the county page and permit update were rechecked October 20, 2026. This guide covers fixed food establishments; mobile-vendor licensing is a separate question.
Find the premises in the county’s linked directory
The file linked when checked was the April 2026 ratings directory. Its five columns identify the establishment, Rate, street address, city and ZIP. Search within the PDF by name, then check the address and the particular operation. A store, its bakery and its deli can have separate entries at one address.
April 2026 dates the directory, not every inspection. It omits visit dates, purposes, findings and correction history. Preserve blank or unfamiliar rates without assigning a meaning. The linked directory does not supply a grading key; ask Environmental Health for the definition and the report behind a letter rather than importing another county’s thresholds.
If a name is missing, ask the county to check the identity and coverage before describing the inspection history. A listed rating is not a safety guarantee or current operating authorization.
Keep a rating apart from a permit risk category
The county’s annual food-establishment permit application, revised August 2025, explains a different measure. The county assesses risk from food preparation and handling; that category determines the associated fee and inspection frequency. It is not a conversion table for the directory’s letters.
| Record in front of you | What to keep | What you still need |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings directory | Exact operation, address, Rate and directory update | The dated visit behind the rating |
| Permit or risk assessment | Permit identity and the county’s assigned risk category | Evidence that a particular inspection occurred |
| Inspection report | Visit date, observations and documented action | Any later correction verification or permission to resume |
Use each document for its own question. Do not translate a letter into demerits or infer an inspection outcome from a low, medium or high permit-risk category.
How many inspections stand behind a rating
Grayson County moved retail food permits to a risk-based system on September 1, 2025, after the Commissioners Court approved the change on August 26, 2025 to follow Texas Senate Bill 1008. The county’s permit and fee update sets the number of compliance inspections a year by risk category:
- Low risk (1): places that sell only prepackaged time/temperature-controlled foods, such as some convenience stores. One inspection a year.
- Medium risk (2): limited menus with minimal handling, such as hot dog rollers, cut fruit or snow cone stands. Two a year.
- High risk (3): full-service restaurants, hospitals, preschools and places with specialized processes. Two a year.
That gives you a rough check on the directory. A full-service restaurant should have about two inspections a year behind its letter, so a single rating in a file dated April 22, 2026 may already be one or two visits old. On October 20, 2026, the Restaurant Inspections link still pointed to that April file. Ask Environmental Health whether a newer inspection exists before relying on the listed rate.
The same update lists a $200 reinspection fee and an annual permit fee of $250, $400 or $550 by risk level, or $773 for multiple-department establishments such as a store with a deli, meat market and bakery. It also ended separate permits for daycare and school kitchens; those now request a sanitation inspection from the county when their state licensing agency requires one, so a school or daycare may not appear in the ratings file at all. Mobile food units keep a flat $250 permit.
To report a problem at a restaurant, the county’s Environmental Health page lists restaurantcomplaints@co.grayson.tx.us. For records, call 903-465-2878 (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Grayson County applies the Texas Food Establishment Rules; our guide to Texas DSHS food inspection reports explains where the state, rather than the county, holds the record.
Ask for existing reports through the right office
The county’s fixed-food opening checklist, page 1, directs ownership changes to Environmental Health and says previous establishment inspection reports are reviewed for structural or equipment defects. That identifies a practical starting office for the records behind a directory entry.
Environmental Health publishes 205 North Houston Avenue, Denison, TX 75021, and 903-465-2878 on its county page. Ask that office to confirm the public-information officer or designated recipient for food-inspection records. Then make a written request for existing documents. The Texas Attorney General’s request guidance explains delivery to that officer or designee by mail, email, hand delivery or another approved method. It does not require an agency to create a new answer or report.
Adapt this request to the premises and period you need:
Please provide existing food-inspection reports for [operation name and full address] from [start date] through [end date], including findings and correction pages, follow-up reports, and any notices documenting cessation, suspension or approval to resume operations. The directory entry I found was [name/address] in the [update month] file. Please identify any different record custodian or facility identifier needed to locate these records.
Keep your request and proof of receipt. The county’s form for requesting an inspection arranges a service; it is not a request for copies. No particular disclosure, response date or historical coverage is promised here.
Follow correction through to any separate operating approval
The August 2021 consolidated Texas Food Establishment Rules guidance adopts FDA’s 2017 framework with Texas exceptions and precedence. In the 2017 Food Code, sections 8-403.50 and 8-404.12 distinguish inspection-report disclosure under law from regulatory approval to resume discontinued operations.
A correction instruction, a completed recheck and permission to resume answer different questions. Read their dates and scope together. The directory supplies neither the full correction record nor a current authorization to operate. Use the report-reading guide to organize received documents; use the violation-reading guide when an observation or corrective-action entry needs interpretation.