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Kitchen inspections June 13-23
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JUNE 13

Top of Gainesville

787 Hospital Drive, Gainesville

Score: 99, Grade: A

Aluminum foil on shelves of storage.

Inspector: McDuffie

Reid’s Cafe

5337 Thompson Bridge Road, Murrayville

Score: 88, Grade: B

Ice maker baffle and drink dispenser nozzles need better cleaning. Fish fillets thawing in standing water in a bus pan. Storage on floor. Cooler and make-line gaskets have an accumulation of food debris. Dumpster open, and grease container dripping grease.

Inspector: McDuffie

Green Tea Restaurant

7380 Spouts Springs Road, Flowery Branch

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: McDuffie

Lake Lanier Lodges

6598 Lights Ferry Road, Flowery Branch

Score: 94, Grade: A

Ice and empty bags left in freezer. Tub damaged in cabin 3-B. Stained carpets in cabins. Sheets and pillow cases with stains in cabin 5-A. Stained sheets. Spas are not permitted and several with debris in water.

Inspector: Black

JUNE 16

McDonald’s Restaurant

707 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville

Score: 86, Grade: B

Several soda-dispensing nozzles at drive-through dispenser and most of the soda-dispensing nozzles and diffusers at dining room self-serve soda dispenser with mold. Scoops, ladles and trays with grease/food residue. Ice bins (front line/drive-through) without covers. Reach-in cooler at front line with condensate leaking onto store items in cooler. Pipes sweating in basement. Buckets of sanitizer for storing cloths sitting on floor. No sanitizer detected in cook area cloth storage containers. Floor needs a good cleaning under front counter area that is under self-serve soda dispensing. Wood baseboard in basement needs to be sealed to floor/wall juncture. Floor in basement peeling. Grease container overflowing and spilling out of garbage enclosure. Trash bags piled in Dumpster area. A good cleaning is needed under ice machine dispenser at self-serve soda station. Large number of flies in kitchen. Back door does not have a self-closer and does not fit in frame.

Inspector: Wentworth

Casa Camarillo

5200 Thompson Bridge Road, Murrayville

Score: 96, Grade: A

Unmarked spray bottles.

Inspector: McDuffie

IHOP

430 Broad St., Gainesville

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: McDuffie

Hollywood 15 Cinemas

120 Green Hill Circle NW, Gainesville

Score: 98, Grade: A

Ice scoop buried in ice at ice machine. Ceiling tiles in back kitchen dusty.

Inspector: Black

Sakura

1435 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville

Score: 96, Grade: A

Cloths used to wipe food contact surfaces not being stored in sanitizer.

Inspector: Black

Sodexho at Merial Select

1112 Airport Parkway, Gainesville

Score: 97, Grade: A

No sanitizer is registering on test strips for sanitizer solution.

Inspector: Hoffman

Chilis No. 558

669 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville

Score: 93, Grade: A

Tomato slicer, onion chopper and veggie press all have dried food residue. Bins holding chips & dried goods are cracked and need replacing. Repeat violation: Floors need better cleaning. Floor in dry stock/dry food storage area needs to be swept and mopped.

Inspector: Hoffman

The Grill at Chicopee Woods

2515 Atlanta Highway, Gainesville

Score: 82, Grade: B

Repeat violation: Drink dispenser nozzles have grime and mold build-up. Cutting board has mildew between bottom of board and top of prep cooler. Single service utensils store with handles facing down. Coffee stirrers must be individually wrapped or in a dispenser if available at customer self-service station. Gaskets on make-line cooler need cleaning. Gaskets on RI coolers & freezers need cleaning as well. Sandwich assembled — lettuce, meat, bread, and cheese — handled with bare hands.

Inspector: Hoffman

Chick-Fil-A at Guliford

1240 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville

Score: 100, Grade: A

Inspector: Hoffman

JUNE 17

Subway No. 28943

5106A Cleveland Highway, Clermont

Score: 96, Grade: A

Coke diffusers with mold/syrup build up.

Inspector: Black

Subway

1260 Candler Highway, Gainesville

Score: 95, Grade: A

Automatic Sanitizer at three-compartment sink not dispensing sanitizer. Ceiling tiles in front food area very dusty. Floors, especially underneath bag-in-box area, with debris.

Inspector: Black

JUNE 19

Kiku Japanese Steak & Sushi

821 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville

Score: 88, Grade: B

No paper towels at hand sink; other hand sink being used to drain lettuce. Unmarked spray bottles. Cleaning cloths on tables, counters, equipment, etc. Gaskets on make-line coolers have an accumulation of dried food debris.

Inspector: McDuffie

Weezie’s Kitchen

4147 Cleveland Highway, Gainesville

Score: 96, Grade: A

Slight accumulation of mold/mildew on drink dispenser nozzles at customer self-serve.

Inspector: McDuffie

El Sombrero

250 John Morrow Parkway, Gainesville

Score: 89, Grade: B

Repeat violation: Can opener has dried food debris. Soft drink dispenser nozzles have a slight accumulation of mold/mildew. Cleaning cloths on counters, equipment, etc. Gaskets on make line have accumulation of dried food. Aluminum foil on shelving. Microwave needs cleaning. No covered waste container in ladies’ restroom.

Inspector: McDuffie

La Bamba

2052 Candler Highway, Gainesville

Score: 95, Grade: A

Personal items, such as handbags, lotions, etc., stored on shelf with items for customers. Ceiling tiles damaged in restrooms. Covered baseboard missing underneath three-compartment sink and prep sink.

Inspector: Black

China Garden

5900 Spouts Spring Road,
Flowery Branch

Score: 93, Grade: A

Foods not being covered in coolers. Knives, can opener, peeler and whisks with food residue. Cloths being used as covers for food in walk-in cooler. Containers of food stacked on top of uncovered foods in make-line cooler. Cloths used to wipe food contact surfaces not being stored in sanitizer. Cloths being rinsed off in sink then being used without sanitizer on cloth.

Inspector: Black

South Beach Pizza

7000 Holiday Road, Buford

Score: 95, Grade: A

Water bottle in kitchen for drinking. Condensate leaking from top of one door cooler.

Inspector: Wentworth

JUNE 20

Boardwalk Cafe, Island Icee Oasis Dippin’ Dots

7000 Holiday Road, Buford

Score: 95, Grade: A

Dumpster missing drain plug. Cutting board badly scarred. Outside of reach-in cooler needs cleaning. Dry cloths in back pocket of cooks. Floor needs a good cleaning in Island Icee Oasis.

Inspector: Wentworth

Island’s Grill, Edy’s Ice Cream

7000 Holiday Road, Buford

Score: 88, Grade: B

No soap at hand sink in Edy’s Ice Cream concession. No thermometer inside Edy’s Ice Cream dipping case. Floor needs a good cleaning in Edy’s Ice Cream. Blender pitchers, shaft of mixer not being cleaned and sanitized as frequently as required. Ice machine baffle in Grill with some mold growth. Make sure food-contact surfaces are being cleaned and sanitized at least every four hours.

Inspector: Wentworth

Quality Inn & Suites

726 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville

Score: 98, Grade: A

Inspection report not being posted so that public can view. Chairs in conference room very stained and need cleaning or replaced. Sofas in Rooms 141 and 255 need cleaning.

Inspector: Black

The Bradford House and Gardens

6648 McEver Road, Flowery Branch

Score: 95, Grade: A

Back of slicer and spatulas with food residue. Microwave and outsides of floor mixer with food residue.

Inspector: Black

June 23

Waffle House No. 1211

4395 Cornelia Highway, Lula

Score: 94, Grade: A

Can opener and omelet cups with food residue. Floors need cleaning, especially underneath dish machine.

Inspector: Black

La Flor De Jalisco

1299 Industrial Blvd. Gainesville

Score: 86, Grade: B

Repeat violation: Foods in make line out of temperature. Thermometers missing from some coolers.

Inspector: McDuffie

Pupuseria El Guanoco

3616 Atlanta Highway, Flowery Branch

Score: 85, Grade: B

Repeat Violation: Foods stored on June 22 have not reached required temperature. Repeat violation: Walk in and make line not maintaining required temperature.

Inspector: McDuffie

Wild Wing Cafe

311 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville

Score: 96, Grade: A

Designate an area where employees can store personal belongings so that items are separate from items for customers. Cloths used to wipe food contact surfaces not being stored in sanitizer between uses. Cabinets and doors to coolers in bar area with sticky residue.

Inspector: Black

Friendship Citgo/Chester Chicken

4307 Friendship Road, Buford

Score: 93, Grade: A

Chicken being stored in plastic to-go bags. No detectable amount of sanitizer in cloths storage bucket. Chlorine test strips missing. Shelves and insides of coolers with food residue. Floors with heavy grease accumulation and walls in dish machine room with food residue.

Inspector: Black

Catering Unlimited

3035 Duckett Mill Road, Gainesville

Score: 98, Grade: A

Duct tape used at air gap. Insides of coolers need washing, rinsing and sanitizing. Gaskets and under the shelves need extra attention. Black mold growing on wall behind mop sink.

Inspector: Hoffman

Taco Bell

1409 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville

Score: 79, Grade: C

No hand soap at men’s restroom sink. No sanitizer registering in 2 sanitizer buckets. Cloths not submerged in some buckets. One make line cooler broken and food not stored in it. Scoops used for bulk foods must have handles and stored "handles up" if kept in bulk food containers. Gaskets to coolers need cleaning and sanitizing. Gaskets are split and cracked. Repeat violation: Make-line cooler has mold, mildew and food debris built up in gaskets. Dried food debris on equipment shelves and material behind doors on make line. Doors to side of Dumpster left open. Dumpster lid cracked. Tile missing at mop sink. Repeat violation: Grout between tiles need to be filled in.

Inspector: Hoffman

Allison Shuler