What's going on at your favorite restaurant? You may — or may not — want to know.

Dining out is a huge industry and something nearly everyone does in the area. It’s up to county health departments to make sure those restaurants are doing things to keep you happy and healthy.

They inspect — Oakland County does it in-house and Wayne County contracts with Sword Solutions — restaurants and other commercial kitchens during unannounced visits at least twice a year. They’re looking for priority violations: the ones that are the worst-of-the-worst that include spoiled food, incorrect handling and unsanitary conditions. Those types of violations are ones that can make people sick.

In the Hometown Life area, 175 public kitchens were cited in December. This month, we're adding a few communities we haven't listed in previous editions as well: we've added the priority violations in December found in Redford Township and Garden City.

More:Here are the restaurant inspections for November across the Hometown Life communities

Here's the summary report of how many establishments locally were cited with those priority violations. Hyperlinks take you directly to the reports in those communities:

Check back every month for the latest available inspections from the eateries in our communities.

Contact reporter David Veselenak at dveselenak@hometownlife.com or 734-678-6728. Follow him on Twitter @davidveselenak.