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-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
Super 8 Motel
541 Dorsey St., Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Toilet seats in rooms 212 and 224 need better cleaning. Follow rules for breakfast — no bulk milk, juices, bagels, etc.
Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie
Feb. 9
Country Inn and Suites
4535 Oakwood Road,
Oakwood
Score: 98, Grade: A
Bulk items (milk, muffins, etc.) may not be served.
Inspector: McDuffie
Feb. 12
Domino’s Pizza
4012 Mundy Mill Road,
Oakwood
Score: 95, Grade: A
Case of frozen chicken wings on counter at beginning of inspection still on counter at end of inspection. Hand sink not attached to wall. Louvered doors have food splatters, grease, dust, etc. Floors throughout need cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
El Sombrero No. 6
5900 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 85, Grade: B
Hand sink blocked with food; no trash can for paper towels. Ice maker has mold, mildew. Used wiping cloths on counters, equipment, etc. Surfaces covered with cardboard, aluminum foil paper towels. Gaskets on make line have food debris. Floors need better cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
Feb. 15
Subway
1260 Candler Highway, Gainesville
Score: 92, Grade: A
No paper towel dispenser at hand washing sink. Dried food debris on slicer blade, attachments.
Inspector: Lydia Hoffhines
Feb. 16
Folks, Inc.
1500 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 98, Grade: A
Gaskets on make lines, reach in and walk-in coolers damaged.
Inspector: McDuffie
Catering By Our House/Candlelight Productions
5190 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Patty’s Monarca’s
150 Pearl Nix Parkway, Suite G1, Gainesville
Score: 92, Grade: A
Georgia law required a CFSM be on staff by Dec. 1, 2009. No towels at hand sink in employee’s rest room. Most lights burned out in kitchen area. Fruit flies on wooden sticks in dishwashing area.
Inspector: McDuffie
Bottom of the Cup Golf
7435 Spout Springs Road No. 101, Flowery Branch
Score: 93, Grade: A
Drink in kitchen on prep surface without lid and straw. Hand sink at bar must stay stocked at all times with soap and paper towels. Hand sink needs sealing back to wall in kitchen. FRP pulling away from walls in several areas in kitchen.
Inspector: Donna Black
Canteen Corrections
622 Main St., Gainesville
Score: 83, Grade: B
Chili leftover from lunch with a temperature of 105 degrees (in cooler over four hours) in walk-in cooler in prep kitchen. Chili and rice (leftover from dinner cooking) in large hotel pans full of product and tightly covered for cooling in walk-in (covered with plastic wrap and a metal lid). Drink cambros with drink stored on floor in walk-in cooler (in service kitchen). Food handlers with bracelets, watches. Both light fixtures over cold holding/hot holding cabinets have damaged light covers.
Inspector: Laurie Wentworth
Taqueria La Fogata Caliente
5120 Thompson Bridge Road, Suite C, Murrayville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Many cloths on cook line not stored in sanitizer between uses. Cloth storage (or “rinse”) container with large buildup of food debris on sanitizer.
Inspector: Wentworth
Feb. 17
Domino’s Pizza
4841 Hog Mountain Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 93, Grade: A
Cup of coffee and open can of coke on tables and sitting on top of foods. Draining cans of vegetables in hand sink with cans laying in sink.
Inspector: Black
Tropical Breeze Restaurant
5545 Atlanta Highway,
Flowery Branch
Score: 92, Grade: A
Several plates, cups, top section of slicer, can opener with food debris. Breads stored in plastic trash bags. Cloths used to wipe food contact surfaces laying on counters.
Inspector: Black
Lanier Village Estates
4000 Village View Drive, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Subway
2310 Old Cornelia Highway, Gainesville
Score: 99, Grade: A
Cove molding loose in kitchen area, one tile missing.
Inspector: McDuffie
Lanier Diner
1310 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 82, Grade: B
Plastic cups, water/soda bottles for drinks in kitchen. Many dirty utensils (tongs, knives, spoons) ready for use. Hotel pan of mashed potatoes cooling on prep table (room temperature). Chub of ham in bucket of water in counter thawing. Gyro machine (broiler) cooking meat not protected from contamination by customers where it is located in the restaurant.
Cloths used to wipe food contact surfaces stored in container with no detectable sanitizer. Floors need a good cleaning under equipment and at floor/wall juncture throughout food service areas. Evidence of rodent activity in prep area, food storage room off kitchen.
Inspector: Wentworth
Little Yellow Coffee House
1447 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Feb. 18
El Taco Veloz No. 3
950 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 92, Grade: A
Employee running hand down knives that just came out of sanitizer to wipe them dry.
Clean pans stored on top of ice machine. Walls in walk-in cooler chipping paint, rusty. Several floor tiles broken at dish area and need to be regrouted. Replace damaged cove baseboard behind reach-in freezers.
Inspector: Black
Feb. 22
Metro Extended Stay
1115 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 93, Grade: A
Clean shower curtains more frequently. Most rooms inspected require further dusting and vacuuming; most stoves need better cleaning under the burners; sheets clean, but with specks of lint, etc.
Inspector: McDuffie
Hibachi Express
3885 Mundy Mill Road, Suite 104, Oakwood
Score: 92, Grade: A
Chicken thawing in bus tub under prep table. Sanitizer in bucket for cloth storage too weak a concentration to be effective (10 ppm) and solution very dirty. Most current inspection (last inspection) not posted. Floor needs better cleaning behind equipment.
Inspector: Wentworth
Garcia’s Take-Out
1421 Athens St., Gainesville
Score: 85, Grade: B
No CFSM certification posted. No paper towels in bathroom. No mop sink installed. Dumpster missing drain plug.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Five Guys Famous Burgers & Fries
658 A Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 99, Grade: A
Grease on ground by collection containers.
Inspector: McDuffie
Green Tea Restaurant
7380 Spout Springs Road, Suite 430, Flowery Branch
Score: 95, Grade: A
Wiping clothes out on cutting boards and counter tops. Scoops for bulk foods are buried in foods. Store with handle end out of foods. Outsides of bulk food containers have accumulation of dried debris, keep clean especially on lids and handles. Nonfood contact surfaces of blender and food processor equipment have food debris.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Hungry Hippo
3170 C Frontage Road, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
Riverside Pizza
859 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 88, Grade: B
No CFSM. Several pans, utensils, can opener with debris. Cloths laying on counters.
Inspector: Black
Feb. 23
Waffle House No. 1688
2880 Browns Bridge Road, S.W., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie
Court Yard Restaurant
400 EE Butler Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 90, Grade: A
Can opener with buildup of metal shavings, pans with food residue. Chemicals stored next to pans, utensils. Gloves stored underneath open cabinet laying out of box next to other items. Prep cooler with condensate leak and bottom metal with damaged corner — threshold on walk-in freezer pulling up and door gasket on reach-in cooler damaged — stainless steel needs resealing at dish machine.
Inspector: Donna Blac
Feb. 24
Butcher BarBQ Company
120 Bradford St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
Wendy’s
4930 Friendship Road, Buford
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Zaxby’s
4906 Friendship Road, Buford
Score: 99, Grade: A
Floors around hot water heater need better cleaning — clean to floor/wall juncture. Hoods have grease.
Inspector: McDuffie
Jennifer Messer