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 new 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.
Jan. 22
American Legion Post No. 7
2343 Riverside Drive, Gainesville
Score: 80, Grade: B
Neither hand sink in kitchen or bar has paper towels available to properly dry hands after washing hands. Bar handsink has bar containers stored in basin, not set up for handwashing. Large stock pot of chicken ‘n’ rice soup held in hot-holding unit to replenish crock pot is not at required hot holding temperature of 135 degrees F (being held at 113 F). Floor in both bars and under bar ice machine (back room in bar) needs to be a smooth, durable and nonabsorbent surface — tiles are broken and buckled allowing water/food/dirt to accumulate underneath to be attraction for insects/rodents. Baseboard in bar needs to be replaced/sealed to wall surface. Floor needs cleaning under ice machine — accumulation of trash at floor/wall juncture. No hot water at sink at bar that had been the hand sink. Condiments out for customers in paper cups with spoons.
Inspector: Laurie Wentworth
Jan. 30
Fatboys Diner and Grill
1296 Dawsonville Highway,
Gainesville
Score: 94, Grade: A
No leftovers that had been prepared and kept in establishment over 24 hours were labeled with a seven-day discard date. Silverware bins do not prevent flatware from contamination since the entire utensil can be handled by customers. Floor needs better cleaning at floor/wall juncture in dry storage - accumulation of debris along floor/wall juncture and at floor/wall and corner under three-compartment sink. Baseboard needs repair in corner behind carbon dioxide tank.
Inspector: Wentworth
Pizza Hut-Browns Bridge
1501 Browns Bridge Road,
Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Shelving throughout kitchen and walk in with either grease or food debris or both accumulated on them. Walk in cooler evaporator vents dusty. Doors of proofer with dried food. Left door gasket needs replacing on proofer door. Manual washed pizza pans, breadstick pans and glasses being stacked wet after cleaning and sanitizing. Covered waste container only in one stall of women’s restroom. Floors need better cleaning in corners, ground wheels of rolling shelving and behind equipment — accumulation of food/dirt can be attraction for insects/rodents. Vent over rack of clean utensils in dishroom dusty. Bucket under drain connection at three-compartment sink to catch water from leak.
Inspector: Wentworth
La Cazuela Mexican Restaurant
4965 Friendship Road, Buford
Score: 90, Grade: A
Cheese dip at 49 degrees and beef at 44-46 degrees in walk in cooler from overnight. All personal items (shoes, shirts, jackets, etc.) must be kept in a separate area away from times used for customer.
Inspector: Donna Black
Pizza Hut-Thompson Bridge
1398 Thompson Bridge, Gainesville
Score: 95, Grade: A
Walk in cooler fans/compressor spreading dust on ceiling; light fixture filled with water. Warewasher sanitizer close to 200 ppm (bleach). Grout missing from tile floors throughout most of kitchen causing water, food, etc. to accumulate. Cove tile missing under warewasher; walls have mold/mildew; some FRP is held in place only by pipe passing through it. Floors and walls have mold/mildew and food splatters. Three-compartment sink no longer attached completely to wall. Grease dripping in exhaust hood.
Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie
Feb. 2
Monday Morning Coffee
6451 U.S. 129, Suite 2, Clermont
Score: 98, Grade: A
All sinks need to be sealed to wall at sink/wall junctures to prevent accumulation of water/food. Dirt behind sinks where it is not easily cleanable. Baseboards need better sealing to wall where top of baseboard meets wall in front area; tile does not meet wall, has left a gap between tile flooring and baseboard. Fluorescent light fixtures need plastic sheaths with end caps throughout service area and dishwashing area (both light fixtures).
Inspector: Wentworth
Domino’s Pizza
3606 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 99, Grade: A
Allow pans and containers to completely air dry before stacking, to not stack and store wet-nested.
Inspector: Lydia Hoffhines
Dairy Spot
4841 Cleveland Highway, Gainesville
Score: 98, Grade: A
Keep lids and sliding doors to dumpster shut. Back door allowing daylight through between bottom and threshold. Repeat violation: Lights in back of food prep areas missing end caps.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Sun Garden Chinese Restaurant
3630 Thompson Bridge Road No. 17, Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Repeat violation: pans and utensils being scrubbed with soapy water, rinsed and air dried. Many cloths sitting out on counter tops and equipment.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Sodexho Operations LLC at Merial Select GA
1112 Airport Parkway S.W.,
Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Slime mold along lip of baffle in ice machine. Utensils and pans not getting sanitized at required concentration of sanitizer solution. Repeat violation: Sanitizer buckets do not have required concentration of sanitizer solution. Sanitizer dispenser not properly and consistently dispensing required amount of sanitizer solution.
Inspector: Hoffhines
Sydney’s Buffet
1500 Browns Bridge Road,
Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Shrimp thawing in standing water. Gaskets on make lines have food debris.
Inspector: McDuffie
Feb. 3
Old McDonald’s BBQ
5774 Holiday Road, Buford
Score: 83, Grade: B
Coke dispenser diffusers with mold residue. Can opener with build-up of shavings behind blade. Brunswick stew on steam table at 109-137 degrees F and beans on steam table at 95 F. Working containers of precooked/prepared foods not labeled with prep date or discard date.
Inspector: Wentworth
Catering Unlimited
3035 Duckett Mill Road,
Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Patty’s Monarca’s
150 Pearl Nix Parkway G 1,
Gainesville
Score: 99, Grade: A
Floors need more thorough cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
Little Italy Pizza
990 Riverside Drive, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Inspector: McDuffie
Feb. 4
The Hickory Pig
3685 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 95, Grade: A
Porch type flooring in cook area does not allow for easy cleaning with slats. Patrons are not allowed in the service/prep cool area of restaurant. Two-compartment sink with addition of compartment for three-compartment set up needs cleaning — compartments greasy.
Inspector: Wentworth
Biscuit Delight
3605 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Hood and vents need cleaning — accumulation of grease that has begun to form drips and drip into food/food contact surfaces. Ansul system (fire suppression system for hood) has been “red tagged” and needs K-class extinguisher. Food handler wiping gloved hands on apron. Floor under cook area needs cleaning — accumulation of grease/food under stove/fryer and along sides of stove/fryer.
Inspector: Wentworth
Arby’s Unit 1030
634 Shallowford Road, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Repeat violation: gaskets on upright freezer and other coolers heavily damaged. Gaskets on make line coolers have an accumulation of mold/mildew and food debris. Dried food in microwaves. Floors have a heavy build-up of food, trash, water, etc. Cove tiling no longer attached throughout kitchen. Ceiling tiles in back kitchen area are not of approved design.
Inspector: McDuffie
Roysboys Pizza, LLC DBA Papa John’s Pizza
Thompson Bridge Road,
Gainesville
Score: 98, Grade: A
Gaskets on make line have an accumulation of food debris. Outside of make line has dried food and flour. Floors through need better cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
Subway No. 28943-Clermont
Cleveland Highway, Gainesville
Score: 99, Grade: A
All items that belong to employees (jackets, handbags, etc.) must be stored in area away from item for customers.
Inspector: Black
Feb. 5
Oakwood’s Arrow Auto Auction
4712 Flat Creek Road, Oakwood
Score: 97, Grade: A
Employee did not wash hands before putting on a new pair of disposable gloves. Cutting board is stained/scored. Interior of refrigerator needs better cleaning. Hand sink needs better cleaning. Walls throughout kitchen have food spatters.
Inspector: McDuffie
American Deli
3885 Mundy Mill Road No. 109, Oakwood
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
Chick-Fil-A at Longstreet
Lobby of Longstreet Clinic,
Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Wentworth
Megan Gill