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The following are among the food service establishments inspected from May 5-14 by the Hall County Environmental Health Department.May 5

Double D Burger

2236 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville

Score: 91, Grade: A

Food contact surfaces dirty. Coleslaw chopper has dried food residue. Pans stacked are wet, nested and have dried food particles. Tea urn dirty with grime. All employees working in food prep area must wear a hair restraint. Sleeves of cups stored on the ground. Men’s room needs toilet paper. Floors under equipment and around cove baseboard need better and more frequent cleaning.

Inspector: Lydia Hoffman

May 9

Gainesville RYDC

456 Crescent Drive, Gainesville

Score: 95, Grade: A

Handsink in need of cleaning and not stocked with paper towels. Warewasher sanitizer pressure at seven psi.

Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie

El Sombrero No. 3

1792 Browns Bridge Road,
Gainesville

Score: 90, Grade: A

Wait staff filled chip basket with bare hands. Fire suppression system last serviced July 2007.

Inspector: McDuffie

Anthony’s Bar & Grill

3280 McEver Road, Buford

Score: 80, Grade: B

Several utensils, cutting boards and slicer with food residue. Sour cream, chicken and other foods in walk-in cooler at 47-52 degrees, Foods were in cooler since yesterday. Foods in walk-in freezer at 36-38 degrees. Chemical bottles not labeled and sanitizer bottles at automatic dispenser was replaced with degreaser. Eight and a half gallons of buttermilk in walk-in cooler with dates March 18 through May 3.

Inspector: Donna Black

Comfort Inn & Suites

4591 Bristal Industrial Way, Buford

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: Black

May 12

Centennial Elementary School

815 Century Parkway, Gainesville

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: Black

North Hall High School

4885 Mount Vernon Road,
Gainesville

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: Laurie Wentworth

Lanier Elementary School

4782 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville

Score: 95, Grade: A

Slicer with food debris on back of motor that faces back of blade. Walk-in freezer evaporator has leak from drip pan that has dripped onto boxes stored underneath. Dishwasher not working.

Inspector: Wentworth

Lanier Village Estates

4000 Village View Drive,
Gainesville

Score: 96, Grade: A

Freezer has ice build up on door and compressor. Walk-in, prep and reach-in coolers are borderline for temperature. Interior of icemaker lids need to be washed, rinsed and sanitized on a regular basis to prevent contamination.

Inspector: McDuffie

Zaxby’s

1402 Browns Bridge Road,
Gainesville

Score: 89, Grade: B

No towels at handsink. Garbage on handsink. Icemaker has mold and mildew on baffle. Drink machine nozzles in need of thorough cleaning. Sanitizer buckets full of food debris.

Inspector: McDuffie

Enota Elementary

Enota Avenue, Gainesville

Score: 97, Grade: A

Box of to-go plates on floor. Condensate leak in walk-in freezer. Tile on coved baseboard damaged near walk-in freezer. Walls in dish machine room and underneath prep sinks with mold and peeling paint. Ceiling tiles throughout kitchen with dust. Vents in hood above ovens with large dust accumulation.

Inspector: Black

Comfort Inn & Suites

4951 Bristal Industrial Way, Buford

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: Black

JGB Ice Cream Inc.

5857 Spout Springs Road,
Flowery Branch

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: Wentworth

AJ’s Food, Fun & Friends

322 Spring St., Gainesville

Score: 93, Grade: A

Cutting boards have accumulation of mold and mildew. Can opener has food debris. Makeline coolers are struggling to maintain required temperatures.

Inspector: McDuffie

May 13

Inman Perk Coffee

102 Washington St., Gainesville

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: Black

Jay Lou’s Coffee

940 Pine St., Gainesville

Score: 91, Grade: A

Heat lamps have grease build-up. Greased Lightning cleaner improperly stored with food wrap paper. Filter and exhaust over grill need cleaning.

Inspector: Phil Collins

La Parrilla

3446 Winder Highway,
Flowery Branch

Score: 97, Grade: A

Need back flow preventer. Dumpster and grease receptacle need cleaning.

Inspector: Collins

Waffle House No. 1688

2880 Browns Bridge Road,
Gainesville

Score: 96, Grade: A

Final rinse on dishwasher is 130 degrees. Booster heater not working.

Inspector: Collins

Riverside Military Academy

2100 Riverside Drive, Gainesville

Score: 92, Grade: A

Drink dispenser nozzles need thorough cleaning. Pans stored with water and dried food debris. Food stored on crates in freezer. No test strips for warewashing. Storage drawers and counters under serving line have food debris.

Inspector: McDuffie

Lula Elementary

6130 Chattahoochee Street, Lula

Score: 99, Grade: A

Dried pieces of food in sharpener of slicer. Walk-in freezer evaporator has leak from behind drip pan that has accumulated on boxes stored below.

Inspector: Wentworth

Wauka Mountain Elementary

5850 Brookton Lula Road,
Gainesville

Score: 96, Grade: A

Cold pass-through unit has condensate leak where condensate is dripping down onto wrap that covers food for storage. Ceiling dusty around vent over backside of cook line (in dish room location) and at the head of the serving line.

Inspector: Wentworth

Noruta Japanese Restaurant

975 Dawsonville Highway,
Gainesville

Score: 99, Grade: A

Floors need good, detailed cleaning throughout kitchen.

Inspector: Black

Chattahoochee Country Club

3000 Club Drive, Gainesville

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: Black

May 14

Cracker Barrel/Old Country Store

4758 Friendship Road, Buford

Score: 92, Grade: A

Dumpster area needs cleaning. Cook with dirty apron. Prepared green salads stored in several coolers in kitchen not covered.

Inspector: Wentworth

Reid’s Cafe

5337 Thompson Bridge Road,
Murrayville

Score: 76, Grade: C

Employee put on gloves without washing hands. Cook picking up cooked hamburgers with bare hands. No paper towels at handsink in serving area. Food in coolers without covers. Drink dispenser nozzles covered with mold and mildew on both drink machines. No dating system in place to indicate made-by, use-by or dispose-of dates. Storage on floor.

Inspector: McDuffie

Domino’s Pizza

890 Dawsonville Highway,
Gainesville

Score: 90, Grade: A

Need paper towels at handsink in food prep area. Marinara sauce needs a lid to keep stuff from falling into it in cooler and on prep line. Need test strips for sanitizer solution. Women’s room needs lid for trash can.

Inspector: Hoffman

Burger & Shake

891 Dawsonville Highway,
Gainesville

Score: 97, Grade: A

Toothbrush and toothpaste in container holding test strips and sanitizer solution. Toothpaste is smeared and leaking on test strip container.

Inspector: Hoffman

Sugar Hill Elementary

3259 Athens Highway, Gainesville

Score: 96, Grade: A

Slicer with dried food on outside rim and back of blade.

Inspector: Wentworth

Jake’s Cafeteria

125 Myrtle St., Gainesville

Score: 93, Grade: A

Ice machine needs more frequent and better cleaning. Eggs stored above sweet tea in front cooler.

Inspector: Hoffman

Conchita’s Mexican Restaurant

2115 Athens Highway, Gainesville

Score: 94, Grade: A

Reach in cooler is struggling to maintain correct temperatures. Foods stored on grocery bags.

Inspector: McDuffie

 

David’s Corner Cafe

6099 Lula Road, Lula

Score: 94, Grade: A

Several utensils with food residue and stored in containers with food residue in the bottom. Microwaves with food residue. Vents in hood system with grease/dust build up.

Inspector: Black

Bianca Bruno