A new food service establishment that has never served food must score 100 (A) to receive a food service permit to operate. When a restaurant changes ownership, a new food service permit must be issued. To be issued a food service permit for a change of ownership, the establishment must score a 95 (A) or above with all Foodborne Illness Risk factors and Public Health Interventions in compliance. Permits must be posted in public view at all times. Food service establishments with drive-through windows will also be required to have the top one-third of a copy of the most current inspection report visible through each window allowing customers to easily read the score, date of inspection and establishment information, in addition to the copy posted inside the establishment. Copies of the new rules are available at the Hall County Environmental health Office. The rules and regulations are also available online at health.state.ga.us/programs/envservices/index.asp.
To register a complaint against a food service establishment, contact the Hall County Environmental Health Department at 770-531-3973.
April 28
Waffle House No. 885
2507 Pentee Drive, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Knives stored in-between top of prep cooler. Repeat violation: Flooring that has been placed on top of tile floor (used for traction) is damaged.
Inspector: Black
Biba’s Italian Restaurant
833 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 90, Grade: A
Pastas, egg plant, cheese and other foods in prep cooker overnight with temperatures 49-52 degrees. Insides of bread proofers, warming drawers, oven, sides of stove and fryers with grease, food debris.
Inspector: Black
Todino’s Pizza
150 Pearl Nix Parkway No. E6, Gainesville
Score: 88, Grade: B
Cup without lids. No dates on ready to eat foods. Breads stored in plastic to go bags. Cloths laying on counter tops. Current inspection must stay posted on front counter so that customers can see score.
Inspector: Black
Backyard Burgers
4942 Bristol Industrial Way, Buford
Score: 98, Grade: A
Better cleaning needs to be done under self-serve soda dispensers in dining room, counter tops, and all cooler door gaskets. Inside cabinets under self-serve soda dispenser also need good cleaning inside. Floor needs cleaning under soda dispenser in drive-thru. SS wall needs cleaning behind fryers. SS joint covers need to be refastened where SS wall covering meets behind cook lines. More detail cleaning needed under equipment in cook, kitchen area before opening.
Inspector: Wentworth
World Language Academy at Chestnut Mountain
4670 Winder Highway, Flowery Branch
Score: 93, Grade: A
Visible growth of mold on baffle of ice machine. The back sides of all pass-through handles (especially swing line side) with accumulation of food debris (dried). Dumpster closest to building appears to have a couple of leaks in front of it. Floor needs better cleaning under steamer and steamer drain pipe that sits on floor. Floor needs cleaning — trash removal — rags, lint, etc. that is wedged between washer/dryer and wall. Lighting under serving line is not properly shielded.
Inspector: Wentworth
Chicopee Woods Elementary
2029 Calvary Church Road, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
April 29
Pizings Wings and Things Cafe
4977 Friendship Road, Buford
Score: 95, Grade: A
Chicken stored in plastic to go bags and ice put in to go bags laying on top of foods. Singler service cups on floor in dry storage area. Replace couple of damaged ceiling tiles in dry storage; repair loose, damaged coved baseboard in bar area. Personal items stored with items for customer.
Inspector: Black
Comfort Inn and Suites at Lake Lanier
4951 Bristal Industrial Way, Buford
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
Chestatee Middle School
2740 Fran Mar Drive, Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Repeat violation: Slicer with dried food debris on back of blade cradle. Milk stored higher in milk box struggling to maintain required 41 degrees F or below.
Inspector: Wentworth
Chestatee High School
3005 Sardis Road, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Milk in milk boxes struggling to maintain temperature of 41 degrees or less. Boxes are open extended periods of time.
Inspector: Wentworth
April 30
Frances Meadows Aquatic and Community Center
1545 Community Way, N.E., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
Bayou Seafood, Chicken, & Steaks
420 Wall Street, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
Wendy’s No. 19
587 South Enota Drive, Gainesville
Score: 92, Grade: A
Repeat violation: Fan in drive-through with large dust accumulation that can blow onto food, food contact surfaces. Repeat violation: Lexan containers in sanitizer (after washing and sanitizing) and some stored above three-compartment sink with buildup of grease inside. Chopper used for cucumbers with dried seeds and skin on blade.
Inspector: Wentworth
Tadmore Elementary
3278 Gillsville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
May 7
Little Caesars
2159 Browns Bridge Road, Suite 101, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Walk-in cooler with frozen condensate and bucket to catch water when thaws. Food, grease residue on shelves, outside of mixers and mixer handle and throughout kitchen. Repeat violation: Floor near trash can under front counter with trash on ground, floor tiles chipping, cracking.
Inspector: Donna Black
May 8
Shane’s Rib Shack
890-F Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
Dylan’s Place, Inc
3562 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Dedicated prep sink for vegetable washing removed to install dishwasher in 2005 and agreed to reinstall at last inspection (sink was purchased, has not been installed). Walk-in cooler door gasket does not fit tight at bottom and allowed rainwater to flow in day of inspection and gap large enough to allow insect, rodent entry. Laminate table top under self-serve soda dispenser buckled. Walk-in cooler with condensate leak from drain. Accumulation of grease, dust on cook line equipment (sides) and gas hoses. Dumpster with half of lid damaged. Not enough light in dishwashing area (one bulb only in fixture). Repeat violation: Floor tiles heavily damaged in cook area. Floor in cook area with large accumulation of grease, food. Dry storage floor needs cleaning under equipment (tables), especially at floor-wall juncture, accumulation of food, dirt. Stippled ceiling in dry storage needs cleaning (not approved surface). Coved baseboard needs to be installed at floor-wall juncture behind dishwasher and repaired in kitchen along freezer wall. Wall behind three-compartment sink peeling. Outdated packages of turkey (luncheon meat) in cooler.
Inspector: Wentworth
El Paisa
272 A Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 86, Grade: B
No paper towels in men’s restroom. No dates on foods. Chicken thawing in standing water. Eggs stored over cheese and other foods. Wiping cloths not stored in sanitizer.
Inspector: Black
May 11
New Holland Elementary
170 Barne St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
Fair Street Elementary School
Fair Street, Gainesville
Score: 98, Grade: A
Walk-in cooler with water dripping from around seams in ceiling; evaporator fans with mold and dust. Walls near floor-wall juncture with mold in dry storage.
Inspector: Black
May 12
Krystal (Mundy Mill)
3470 Mundy Mill Road, Gainesville
Score: 95, Grade: A
Grease container half on concrete and half off concrete, and grease has been spilled on ground. This not an easily cleanable surface. Dumpster with one of side doors left open. Most of the sheet pans stored above three-compartment sink stored with food debris on them as well as sticky (greasy).
Inspector: Wentworth
Cool Beans Coffee Cafe
3650 Mundy Mill Road, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Food handler without proper hair restraint at start of inspection.
Inspector: Wentworth
May 13
Taco Bell No. 24722
3615 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood
Score: 95, Grade: A
Both drink dispensers with build up of mold on diffusers and inside nozzles. Several utensils, scoops and tongs, with dried food debris hanging over three-compartment sink. Appears there is a problem with drain in dumpster area that has allowed for water, dirt and grease to have buildup into dumpster area accumulating under dumpster and grease container.
Inspector: Wentworth
May 14
Wasabi
3446 Winder Highway,
Flowery Branch
Score: 96, Grade: A
Cutting boards stored on floor leaning against wall. Boxes of food on WI freezer door. Raw animal foods kept above ready to eat foods in prep and WI cooler. Do not add soap to sanitizer buckets; concentration is extremely high. Foods stored in cans.
Inspector: Lydia Hoffhines
Starbucks — Kroger in Flowery Branch
4025 Winder Highway, Flowery Branch
Score: 90, Grade: A
No soap available at hand-washing sink. Thermometers in both coolers are broken. Inspection and CFSM certification not posted. Utensils stored in well of standing water. Need test strips available for sanitizer solution.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Waffle House No. 953
4410 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood
Score: 96, Grade: A
Wiping cloths out on counter tops, cutting boards and resting on ledge of sanitizer buckets. No sanitizer on test strips in some buckets. Pans and cups stacked wet nested.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Megan Gill