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 rules are available at the Hall County Environmental health Office. The rules and regulations are also available online. To register a complaint against a food service establishment, contact the Hall County Environmental Health Department at 770-531-3973.
Feb. 8
Roysboys Pizza, LLC DBA Papa John’s Pizza
2224 B Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 94, Grade: A
Four employee drinks all in unapproved containers. Gaskets on pizza make line have an accumulation of food debris.
Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie
Little Italy Pizza
990 Riverside Drive, Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Hand sink not stocked with paper towels. No cold water at hand sink. Evidence of rodents under counter.
Inspector: McDuffie
Chick-Fil-A
400 Pearl Nix Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 94, Grade: A
Grime around mouth of chute in ice machine. Residue along interior sides of bulk sugar container, food particles along blade of tomato slicer. Bags of trash behind dumpster. Clutter on ground in dumpster area, needs cleaned. Clean floors under shelving and all the way to the floor/wall juncture in dry storage areas.
Inspector: Lydia Hoffhines
Joe Muggs at Books a Million
150 Pearl Nix Parkway, Suite D9, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Food handler with long hair and not in a restraint.
Inspector: Donna Black
Sakura
1435 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 87, Grade: B
Water bottles and coffee mugs in kitchen. Several dirty pans, utensils. Food being wrapped with paper towels. Tools stored with kitchenware — pans stacked wet. Melted, damaged bulk food containers; utensils with rust; remove rusty container in ladies restroom to prevent rust from falling onto sink.
Inspector: Black
Starbucks
3630 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Foods stored on floor underneath sink area. Cloths must stay in buckets of sanitizer in-between uses. Coffee sticks that are for customer self service must be individually wrapped or in an approved dispenser.
Inspector: Black
Church’s Fried Chicken
600 E.E. Butler Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 82, Grade: B
Employee not washing hands before putting on gloves. Employee drink in cup without lid on prep/service counter. The only hand washing sink in restaurant has garbage dumped in it. Ice maker baffle has mold, mildew. Gaskets on two-door upright freezer are damaged.
Inspector: McDuffie
Sonic Drive In
3415 Atlanta Highway, Flowery Branch
Score: 99, Grade: A
Water and ice condensing on ceilings and drain pipes of RI freezer on line, WI freezer and WI cooler.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Divana Mediterranean Grill
3446 Winder Highway, Suite 503, Flowery Branch
Score: 97, Grade: A
Keep sanitizer buckets set up to store wiping cloths during food prep — keep buckets off the floor.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store No. 641
4758 Friendship Road, Buford
Score: 98, Grade: A
Too many utensils stored in running water dipper well to allow for enough velocity to flush particles of food down drain. Many Lexan containers stacked wet on shelf. Outside container with heavy accumulation of spilled grease. Floor behind, underneath and beside both ice machine units in wait area need better cleaning — accumulation of trash, dirt, etc. can be attraction for insects, rodents. Do not store brooms, etc. alongside ice machines where dirt, etc. can collect around broom. Ceiling vents (return vents) need better cleaning.
Inspector: Laurie Wentworth
Feb. 9
Sodexo at Wrigley Manufacturing Co.
4500 Atlanta Highway, Flowery Branch
Score: 94, Grade: A
Employee bottled drink put in freezer to cool with foods for sale. Utensils in drawers with food debris. Some pans stored wet. Nozzles for creamers too long, not angled. Mold, mildew at sink/wall seal area — replace seal ASAP, bleach mold; wall behind ware washer has dust, etc. — clean thoroughly; floors under shelving need better cleaning; floor cracked in freezer — repair ASAP.
Inspector: McDuffie
Mrs. Winners Chicken & Biscuits
3465 Mundy Mill Road,
Flowery Branch
Score: 80, Grade: B
Raw chicken in walk in at 68, 74, 75 F — cook (who had just left) was thawing it in hot running water. Thermometers not visible in walk-in cooler/freezer. Grease transfer equipment dripping onto items in dry storage. Single serve items covered in grease. Gaskets on freezer and walk-in deteriorated. Plumbing from icemaker not routed to an indirect drain. Non potable water plumbed to drain into walk-in floor from cooler motor. Stainless steel floor patch in walk-in cooler must be sealed to existing floor; stainless steel behind cook area sealed with duct tape. Floor under equipment, etc. have water, food, trash, etc.; cove molding no longer attached in most areas — repair immediately; old equipment stored inside.
Inspector: McDuffie
Feb. 10
Fuji Hibachi Express
229 E.E. Butler Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 78, Grade: C
Plastic scoop, meat fork and scrubby in back hand sink in kitchen and shelf in front line/cook area hand sink. Chicken and beef stored over heads of cabbage and tofu in walk in cooler. Washed and prepared (cut-up) squash stored back in shipping box. Many cooked food items stored in grocery bags in freezer. Coolander, hotel pans, veggie peeler, carrot chopper all stored with dried food debris on them. Dirty cloth laying on in-use cutting board on prep table. Bucket of sanitizer for cloth storage stored on floor at front cook area. Rice scoops being stored in standing water in front cook area. Shelving above 3-compartment sink greasy, sticky. Shelving below prep table with accumulation of food debris.
Inspector: Wentworth
The Collegiate Grill
220 Main St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Delizio
5458 McEver Road, C-4, Flowery Branch
Score: 82, Grade: B
Lettuce, BBQ, and other ready to eat foods stored beside and sitting directly on top of raw (beef, chicken, etc.) foods. Slicer, inside of microwave, utensils with debris — utensils sitting in dirty containers; clean all equipment and kitchenware and keep containers clean. Jar of peanut butter and plastic bottle buried in ice machine. Door on prep cooler held up by bricks; torn gaskets on coolers. Food and grease residue on all shelves, carts, inside and outside of coolers and freezers.
Inspector: Black
Biscuit Shop
1724 Parkhill Place, Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Homestyle can opener with large accumulation of food debris build up on blade. Sanitizer container for storage of cloths for wiping food contact surfaces with large build up of food. Grease container with rubbery grease residue, buildup that appears to be not easily removable (can’t scrape off) with available methods. Floors still need better cleaning at floor/wall juncture behind grill; 3-compartment sink, under front counter and refrigerators — accumulation of food, grease, and trash. Some floor tiles have "shifted" under 3-compartment sink and floor/wall juncture is not sealed without tiles tight at wall. Breakfast meats cooked to required temperature, meats lose temperature in drawer due to drawer kept open for long periods of time with volume of business.
Inspector: Wentworth
Mrs. Winners Chicken & Biscuits
719 Jesse Jewel Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 94, Grade: A
Georgia law required a CFSM be on staff by Dec. 1, 2009. Grease receptacle leaking onto ground. Dumpster lid missing. Old equipment in corner of dry storage. Floors need detailed cleaning. Vents missing from hood.
Inspector: McDuffie
Hall County Jail
1700 Barber Road, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Feb. 11
Subway
Dawsonville Highway,
Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Hand sink blocked with empty mustard bottle. Chicken thawing on drainboard at room temperature. Cardboard dumpster missing plug. Floors need detailed cleaning, especially under shelving, equipment, etc. — clean floors all the way to the floor/wall juncture. Employee items on prep sink.
Inspector: McDuffie
Los Carrillo’s Restaurant
503 Atlanta Highway, Gainesville
Score: 95, Grade: A
Tortillas being stored in plastic bag with cloth wrapped around them. Utensils with heavily melted handles.
Inspector: Black
Longhorn Steakhouse of Gainesville
1709 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 90, Grade: A
Food uncovered in storage. Soda guns have accumulation of mold, mildew; knives stored with dried food debris. Employee without hair restraint. Grease container dripping on surrounding surface. Floors under shelving in dry storage need detailed cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
Hampton Inn
450 Jesse Jewel Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 93, Grade: A
No soap at hand sink. Wood shelf underneath coffeemakers that is peeling paint.
Inspector: Black
Days Inn
520 Queen City Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 94, Grade: A
No soap at hand sink. Drawers, microwave, inside of coolers and freezers with food residue.
Inspector: Black
Red Lobster No. 612
1707 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Jennifer Messer