The following are among the food service establishments inspected from Aug. 2-4 by the Hall County Environmental Health Department. Food service establishments are given a letter grade that coincides with a percentile: "A" (90-100), "B" (80-89), "C" (70-79), "U" 69 and below.
Inspections (frequency of) a food service establishment are conducted based on risk categorization. The risk type is determined by the menu items served, the food preparation processed performed, and the previous food safety history in the food service establishment.
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-thru 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 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.
Aug. 2
Moonie's Texas
Barbecue
5545 Atlanta Highway, Flowery Branch
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Donna Black
Mango's Bar and Grill
1736 Atlanta Highway, Gainesville
Score: 57, Grade: U
No one on staff could answer basic food safety questions regarding approved food preparation methods, hot and cold holding temperatures, or food handling in general. Employee drinks in bottles on prep table with food. No hand towels at bar hand sink. Pork, sausage, cheese uncovered in reach-in cooler. No sanitizer in restaurant. Food splatters in microwave. Reach-in cooler not holding temperature. Hot held foods below minimum temperature. No date-marking system in place. Spray bottles without labels. No thermometer for employees to check food temperatures. Employee working with food without hair restraint. Dirty pans, knives in vegetable sink. Foil on several surfaces. Some sinks no longer attached to walls. No test strips in restaurant. Dumpster and grease container open. Garbage, trash in Dumpster enclosure. Cove loose in several areas, missing entirely behind cook line. Ants crawling all over floor and wall by three-compartment sink.
Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie
Northeast Georgia
Medical Center
743 Spring St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Laurie Wentworth
Mango's Bar and Grill, Mobile No. 1
1736 Atlanta Highway, Gainesville
Score: 88, Grade: B
Salads on truck at 78 F-80 F. Plated foods loaded on truck between 109F-117 F. Cilantro and onions loosely wrapped in saran wrap stored with, on top of single servings of condiments.
Inspector: McDuffie
Hong Kong King Buffet
635 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 85, Grade: B
Make line cooler failing. Approximately 100 pounds of raw chicken on counters, shelves, etc., temperatures range from 61 F-74 F; lo mein on bottom shelf at 79 F; dim sum being prepped by wait staff on counter 65 F-78 F. Make-line cooler no longer able to maintain required temperature. Handles of scoops in rice, flour and sugar down in product. Gaskets on make lines, walk-ins and reach-in coolers need replacement.
Inspector: McDuffie
Aug. 3
Papa John's Pizza
4605 Elk Ridge Court, Flowery Branch
Score: 99, Grade: A
Small mini fridge with inside of door cracked plastic, damaged. Several shelves with food residue.
Inspector: Black
Knuckleheads Sports Pub and Restaurant
5466 McEver Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 95, Grade: A
Slicer, knives, scoops with food residue. Shelves, prep tables with food residue from night before.
Inspector: Black
Longstreet Cafe
1043 Riverside Terrace, Gainesville
Score: 86, Grade: B
Heavy build-up of slime mold on ice machine baffle. Ice machine baffle wiped with sanitized cloth. Many unlabeled spray chemical bottles in kitchen. Spray bottles must be labeled at least with chemical common name to insure proper product (chemical) used. Thawing packages of cream corn in sink full of hot water. No sanitizer test strips available for monitoring sanitizer level of low temperature dish machine sanitizer cycle. Need to have chlorine test strips available for this use.
Inspector: Wentworth
Aug. 4
Red Lobster No. 612
1707 Browns Bridge Road SW, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Hot water sanitizing machine not reaching 180 F for final rinse cycle per manifold gauge and thermometer reading 154 F for internal rinse cycle temperatures. Sanitizer solution in three-compartment sink at bare reading 0 ppm per test strips.
Inspector: Shelby Finch
Papa's Pizza To Go
2703 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
Dockside Grill-Aqualand Marina
6800 Lightsferry Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 98, Grade: A
Most gaskets heavily damaged. Gaskets have debris, mold, mildew. Floor tiles in many areas longer sealed to floor. Cove missing in some areas.
Inspector: McDuffie
The Bradford House and Gardens
6648 McEver Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 99, Grade: A
Dumpster plug missing. Dumpster has trash on the ground. Several areas of cove molding missing or loose. Need detailed cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
Jenny's Kitchen
2115 Athens Highway Suite A, Gainesville
Score: 94, Grade: A
No dates on foods in coolers. Pans stacked together wet. No test strips available to check sanitizer.
Inspector: Black
Church's Fried Chicken
600 EE Butler Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Finch
Wang's Chinese Restaurant
4211 McEver Road, Suite No. 201, Oakwood
Score: 99, Grade: A
Grease container has grease on top and on the ground.
Inspector: McDuffie
Savannah King