The following are among the food service establishments inspected from March 4-20 by the Hall County Environmental Health Department. New rules and regulations for food service began on Dec. 1, 2007. Food service establishments will now be 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 will be conducted based on risk categorization. The risk type shall be 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 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.
March 4
Wrigley’s employee cafeteria
4500 Atlanta Highway, Flowery Branch
Score: 96, Grade: A
Food stored on crates. Cleaning cloths on tables, counters and equipment. Gaskets on makeline cooler split/torn with food debris.
Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie
El Sombrero No. 6
5900 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 80, Grade: B
Foods uncovered. Cheese sauce stored in Lexan pans in kitchen and wait staff area out of temperature. No date marking labels. Thermometers missing from some coolers.
Inspector: McDuffie
March 10
Domino’s Pizza
4841 Hog Mountain Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 98, Grade: A
Shelf above three-compartment sink with food residue. Floors underneath three-compartment sink need to be cleaned better.
Inspector: Donna Black
Mi Hacienda Restaurant
1216 Aviation Blvd., Gainesville
Score: 86, Grade: B
Handsinks in kitchen and bar without paper towels. Hand sinks in bar and restrooms without soap. Foods stored in coolers without being covered. Knives and spatulas with food residue. Pan of utensils in walk-in cooler with food debris on utensils and blood in bottom of pan where food above had ripped. Tortillas and rice being stored in plastic to-go bags. Cloths used to wipe food contact surfaces not being stored in sanitizer between uses. No inspection report posted. Inside and outsides of coolers and door seals with food accumulation. Sink in ladies restroom broken in the basin.
Inspector: Black
Autumn Breeze
2215 Old Hamilton Place, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Several pans and ladles with food residue.
Inspector: Black
Brenau University Dining Hall
One Centennial Circle, Gainesville
Score: 86, Grade: B
Chicken enchiladas in hot-holding with temperatures of 106 to 118 degrees. Structural problems in ware washing room cause accumulation of mold and mildew on all walls and ceiling surfaces. Floors with damaged tiles.
Inspector: Laurie Wentworth
March 11
KFC
3711 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood
Score: 94, Grade: A
Sheet pans with accumulating food underneath rim of pan. Walk-in freezer with condensate leak dripping water onto boxes below. Grease accumulation on ground behind grease container in Dumpster area. Floors with water pooled underneath counter area. Floors behind fryers and in walk-in cooler with food residue. Clean all floors in entire kitchen.
Inspector: Black
Subway
890C Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Coke diffusers with heavy syrup accumulation. Cloths used to wipe food contact surfaces not being stored in sanitizer between uses. Knives being stored in pan of water underneath front line. Floors need better cleaning at floor/wall juncture. Replace damaged coved base board in front on walk-in cooler and floor tiles underneath bag in box.
Inspector: Black
Pizza Hut
1398 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 85, Grade: B
Soda dispensing nozzles with mold. Can opener with dried food on blade and large accumulation of metal shavings behind blade. Thermometer missing inside two-door freezer closest to the office. Thermometer missing inside walk-in cooler. Most recent inspection report not posted. Pizza boxes stored on overturned drink carriers. Single-serve items stored on shelf sitting on floor in back storage. Chemical sanitizing dish machine not reaching required 120 degrees for wash cycle. Fan cover missing over evaporator unit inside pizza makeline cooler. Floors need better cleaning under equipment. Tile baseboard and wall at floor/wall juncture behind dish machine need repair. Baseboard tiles laying on floor and wall appears to be deteriorating. FRP panels behind dish machine with mildew accumulation. Floor under dish machine not completely tiled. Prewash sprayer at dishwasher without hanger to keep it from lying in sink.
Inspector: Wentworth
March 12
Arby’s
3652 Mundy Mill Road, Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Soda dispensing nozzles/diffusers with mold at drive through. Floor and wall juncture under ice machine with build up of trash, food and grease. Chubs of turkey/corned beef that have been sliced are not dated with use or discard date.
Inspector: Wentworth
Little Ceasars
2159 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
Popeye’s Fried Chicken
821 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Coke nozzles and diffusers with syrup build up.
Inspector: Black
Smoothie King
890 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 95, Grade: A
Blender containers used for ice cream only being cleaned and sanitized once per day. Running water dipper well does not seem to have enough velocity to flush particles down the drain efficiently.
Inspector: Wentworth
March 13
Taqueria Los Gordos
582 Central Ave., Gainesville
Score: 95, Grade: A
Inspection and food service permit not posted. Condensate leak in reach-in freezer building ice on back of freezer. Outside of microwave, blenders and inside reach-in freezer with food residue. Roaches seen throughout kitchen.
Inspector: Black
Brusters Ice Cream/Nathan’s
3204 Atlanta Highway, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Boxes of fries delivered last week still on floor in freezer.
Inspector: Wentworth
Woody’s Pharmacy
5226 Dahlonega Highway, Clermont
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
E.E. Butler Headstart/Pre-k
1300 Old Atlanta Highway, Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
March 14
El Zacatecaz
1276 Industrial Blvd., Gainesville
Score: 80, Grade: B
No sanitizing set-up for manual dish washing. Homestyle refrigerator/freezer not cooling at start of inspection. Margarine, milk and ham in storage in this unit all between 50 and 51 degrees. The only stem thermometer located in the kitchen was in homestyle refrigerator/freezer compartment and it was not calibrated. Floor still needs better cleaning behind floor mounted grease trap. Appears coved baseboard does not seal floor/wall juncture along this way.
Inspector: Wentworth
Rabbittown Cafe
2415 Old Cornelia Highway, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Cloths used to wipe counters and equipment being stored in containers of chemical sanitizer and soap.
Inspector: Wentworth
Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center
1855 Calvary Church Road, Gainesville
Score: 85, Grade: B
Commercially prepared BBQ reheated in convection oven and put into cooker for hot-holding with temperatures of 125 to 145 degrees F. No stem thermometer available to monitor cooked, reheated and hot- and cold-holding temperatures. Container of slaw with lid and spoon resting on lid.
Inspector: Wentworth
The Magnolia Grill
118 Main St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black
March 17
Eat at Thai
975 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 99, Grade: A
In-use utensils not stored properly.
Inspector: Black
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Domino’s Pizza
2550A Limestone parkway, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Pizza cutter stored in between wall and prep table. Weather stripping missing between wall and prep table. Weather stripping missing at front door creating a large gap where insects can enter.
Inspector: Black
March 18
Fajitas
1210 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 94, Grade: A
Several knives with food residue. Dish machine not dispensing sanitizer. Shelves in glass cooler at bar peeling paint where shelf had been repainted. Coved baseboard in front of walk-in cooler missing.
Inspector: Black
The Coffees Shop at Lawrence Pharmacy
631 Broad St., Gainesville
Score: 99, Grade: A
Shelving starting to peel paint and splinter.
Inspector: Black
Dairy Queen
300 Shallowford Road, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
Ice machine baffle and chute with mold and mildew build up.
Inspector: Wentworth
Gainesville Diversion Center
1002 Aviation Blvd., Gainesville
Score: 84, Grade: B
Chopper and blade for food processor stored with dried food debris on them. Container of chemical sanitizer where cloths used to wipe counters and equipment stored without detectable sanitizer level.
Inspector: Wentworth
March 19
Magic Dragon
130 John Morrow Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 95, Grade: A
Cloths not being stored in sanitizer between uses. Used cloths not stored in separate area for pickup to be cleaned. Grease and food residue inside of grill, steam table and prep table. Grease accumulation on floors underneath fryers.
Inspector: Black
Limestone Heritage
2560 Flint Ridge Road, Gainesville
Score: 97, Grade: A
Food handler with long, painted nails working with food.
Inspector: Black
March 20
Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries
658A Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 88, Grade: B
Employee drinks in kitchen without lids and straws. Slicer (tomato) stored over three-compartment sink with pieces of tomato sticking to cutting board base and in blades. Wiping cloths to wipe shelf under fry station not being stored in container of chemical sanitizer between uses. Metal walk-in cooler threshold not sealed to floor properly.
Inspector: Wentworth
Mojo’s
120 Bradford St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Black