The following are among the food service establishments inspected from July 22-27 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-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.
July 22
River Forks Park & Campground
3500 Keith Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Donna Black
July 23
Oven House Pizza
3904 Winder Highway, Suite B, Oakwood
Score: 65, Grade: U
No Certified Food Safety Manager on staff. No paper towels available for dispensers in kitchen and restrooms. Electric can opener blade with buildup of food debris, prep tables sticky, oily. Prep sink and drainboard dirty, greasy. Pan of lasagna in pizza make line without date labeling. Spray bottle of unknown chemical on cutting board at vegetable sink. Wiping cloth on cutting board at prep sink moldy, dirty. Pizza make line cooler door gaskets cracks. Restroom sinks need to be sealed to wall. Drainboards on both sides of 3-compartment sink need to be sealed to wall. Cutting boards at prep sink heavily scarred. Brick hollowed out to hold dough press leg not sealed. Moldy silicone sealing inside sink compartments at 3-compartment sink. Both drainboards at 3-compartment sink with food debris, greasy. All shelving above prep areas, below prep areas with food debris, greasy and shelf below back prep table with dough press with rodent droppings. No backflow prevention device installed on mop sink faucet. Evidence of rodent activity in dough press, in pans underneath dough press and on prep table behind dough press as well as below prep table on shelving and items stored on shelving — boxes of gloves, etc.
Inspector: Laurie Wentworth
July 24
Oven House Pizza
3904 Winder Highway, Suite B, Oakwood
Score: 89, Grade: B
No Certified Food Safety Manager on staff. Several knives, dough mixer, dough docker with dried food debris, sticky. Tea nozzles with some buildup of mold. Many of the kitchenware items recently cleaned and sanitized are stacked wet (lexan containers). Restroom sinks need to be sealed to wall at back of sink/wall juncture. Both drainboards at 3-compartment sink need to be sealed to wall. Resurface cutting boards that are heavily scarred and no longer easily cleanable. Pizza make line door gaskets cracked. Compartment sink basins sealed inside with silicone that has begun peeling and is moldy. Bulk food containers — salt, sugar, etc. — need better cleaning. Sticky, food debris on lids and sides. Microwave oven door with splatters on inside of door. Coved baseboard coming loose from wall in several places. Wall behind 3-compartment sink splattered with food debris.
Inspector: Wentworth
July 26
Pasquales
1011 Riverside Drive, Gainesville
Score: 89, Grade: B
Using steam table to “hold” foods for reheating in microwaves. Containers need better cleaning on outsides and lids — sticky, greasy — lexan containers, salad bar containers. Inside pizza makeline cooler needs good cleaning — water, food. Lid missing from trash container in women’s restroom. Floor needs better cleaning in walk-in cooler.
Inspector: Wentworth
Double D Burger No. 2
2236 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Double D Burger No. 1
2236 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant
1834 Atlanta Highway, Gainesville
Score: 80, Grade: B
Georgia law required a CFSM on staff by Dec. 1, 2009. All food in cooler out of temperature. Hot held foods below required temperatures. No thermometer in cooler.
Inspector: McDuffie
July 27
Georgia Mountains Center
301 Main St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
Hibachi Buffet
1500 Browns Bridge Road, Suite 117, Gainesville
Score: 82, Grade: B
Handsinks being used to dump food, no towels or soap at most sinks. Not all food covered in walk-in, coolers, etc. Ice machine baffle and soda dispenser nozzles have mold, mildew. Sushi out of temperature. Foods on hot bar out of temperature. Gaskets on double-door coolers heavily damaged. Gaskets on all coolers need detailed cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
The Collegiate Grill
220 Main St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Longhorn Steakhouse
1709 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 92, Grade: A
Soda guns have mold, mildew. Grease container dripping on surrounding surface. Floors throughout need detailed cleaning especially along floor/wall juncture and under equipment, etc.
Inspector: McDuffie
The Monkey Barrel
115 Washington St., Gainesville
Score: 95, Grade: A
Many items in walk-in cooler made several days ago without date labeling. Dishwasher leaking at vacuum breaker.
Inspector: Wentworth