The following are among the food service establishments inspected from May 25-June 6 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.
To register a complaint against a food service establishment, contact the Hall County Environmental Health Department at 770-531-3973.
May 25
El Maguey Mexican Restaurant
2888 Browns Bridge, Gainesville
Score: 78, Grade: C
Cutting boards, can opener, baskets, bulk containers for chips, flour, and sugar, soda gun, soda gun holster, soda nozzles all have accumulations of food debris, grease, mold, and mildew. Double door cooler has failed, all foods between 50 F and 85 F. Hot held foods below required temperature. Two five-pound rolls of ground beef at 73 F and 75 F, one plastic bag of chicken at 76 F thawed in prep sink at room temperature. Most coolers without thermometers.
Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie
Inman Perk Coffee
102 Washington St. NW, Gainesville
Score: 98, Grade: A
Ice scoop handle down in ice maker. Floors throughout need better cleaning, especially under and behind equipment, tables.
Inspector: McDuffie
Days Inn
520 Queen City Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 88, Grade: B
No paper towels at hand sink. Numerous utensils with food debris. No stem thermometer to measure food temperatures. No test strips for sanitizer.
Inspector: Donna Black
Hampton Inn
450 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 98, Grade: A
Wood shelf underneath coffee maker peeling paint, drawers lined with foil and cloths.
Inspector: Black
Court Yard Restaurant
400 E.E. Butler Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 86, Grade: B
Employees making salads, touching lettuce, cutting vegetables with bare hands. Several utensils, slicer with food residue. Dishes being sanitized in hot water, dish machine with booster heater turned off and not getting required final rinse. Several utensils sitting in bucket of water and sanitizer.
Inspector: Black
May 27
Riverside Military Academy
2001 Riverside Drive, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Shelby Finch
AJ's Food Fun and Friends
322 Spring St., Gainesville
Score: 93, Grade: A
Slicer/peeler on wall with heavy food debris, insides of microwaves with debris. Dish machine not dispensing sanitizer. Walk-in cooler and prep cooler with condensate leaks. Grease buildup in hood system. Floors and walls need detailed cleaning.
Inspector: Black
El Maguey Mexican Restaurant
2888 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 87, Grade: B
Bulk containers for chips have accumulations of food debris, grease. Make-line cooler at cook line struggling to maintain temperatures. Most coolers without thermometers. Inspection posted from Jan. 4 had two inspections since then. Ice scoops stored with handles down in ice bins. Gaskets on most coolers are heavily damaged. Cooking equipment has accumulations of grease, food debris on most surfaces. Walls need repairing at dish area, near steam unit, paint flaking and moldy. Floor tiles broken and missing at floor drains, leaving a 2- to 3-inch drop to drains, which need a detailed cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
Taqueria Las Palmas No. 2
1276 Industrial Blvd., Suite 1B, Gainesville
Score: 80, Grade: B
No sanitizer in sanitizer sink. Hot foods held out of temperature. Meat on stool to thaw. Thermometers missing from most coolers. Cutting boards have mold and mildew. Gaskets on most coolers damaged. Hand sink no longer attached to wall. Hood system needs cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
Bruster's
165 John W. Morrow Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Finch
June 2
The Grill at Chicopee Woods
2515 Atlanta Highway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
Bell Minor Home
2200 Old Hamilton Place NE, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Autumn Breeze
2215 Old Hamilton Place, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Hand sink needs resealing to wall to prevent water running behind. Ware washer has accumulations on interior surfaces. Floors have accumulations of food, grease, water, especially under and behind equipment, shelves.
Inspector: McDuffie
Skogie's
2151 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 78, Grade: C
Cooks changing many pairs of gloves during prep, but never washing hands in between glove changes as required by rules and regulations. Can-opener blade and french fry cutter with dried food debris on them from last use (yesterday). In-house-made potentially hazardous food items not labeled. Prep cooler in serving area with condensate leaking out from door onto floor. Floors need a good cleaning at floor and wall juncture beside and behind dishwasher. Wall behind dishmachine needs cleaning. Ceiling above grill area dusty.
Inspector: Laurie Wentworth
June 3
Quiznos Subs
417 Main St. SW, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Shelby Finch
Blimpie
1062 Thompson Bridge Road, Suite No. 1, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Finch
Great American Cookies
150 Pearl Nix Parkway Suite E4, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Sanitizer bucket had ammonium chloride sanitizer at a low concentration per manufacturer's recommendations.
Inspector: Finch
June 6
McArther's Grill and Pub
1706 Cleveland Highway, Gainesville
Score: 90, Grade: A
Chicken, cheese, ham, beef in walk-in cooler with temps ranging 49 F to 51 F. Walk-in cooler with internal temps 45 F to 48 F.
Inspector: Black
Waffle House No. 1211
4395 Cornelia Highway, Lula
Score: 98, Grade: A
Gaskets damaged. Gaskets need detailed cleaning. Dumpster plug missing.
Inspector: McDuffie
Domino's Pizza
4841 Hog Mountain Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 98, Grade: A
Pizza boxing counter shelf has broken Formica at the edge, gaskets on double door damaged. Hand sink, three-compartment sink and mop sink no longer attached securely to walls. Cove tiles and molding throughout most of kitchen no longer sealed to wall and missing entirely behind washer. Floor tiles at side door broken, tile missing by mop sink, floors in washer area and water heater area need detailed cleaning; door frame at office broken.
Inspector: McDuffie
The Oaks Miniature Golf, LLC
3709 Whiting Road, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Most current food service inspection is not posted. Fluorescent lights in back storage area where some food supplies are kept are not properly shielded. Plastic sheaths are missing end caps.
Inspector: Wentworth
Georgia Mountains Center
301 Main St., Gainesville
Score: 99, Grade: A
Ice scoop stored in plastic container on top of ice machine that has accumulated dust inside with scoop.
Inspector: Wentworth
Eatery/Good Food-Good People
2115 Athens Highway, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Food processor blades, ladles, spatula etc. with food debris.
Inspector: Black
El Maguey Mexican Restaurant
2458 Limestone Parkway NE, Gainesville
Score: 90, Grade: A
Foods on and in grill make line out of temperature. Hand sinks, three-compartment sink, warewasher assembly no longer attached securely to walls. Gaskets on some coolers are damaged. Warewasher has accumulations on inside surfaces.
Inspector: McDuffie
Savannah King