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Two Chattanooga restaurants and one North Georgia restaurant have been cited for reasons including improper food temperature and storage.
Subway, located at 2525 Desales Ave., was given a score of 80 after a health inspection found staff lacking knowledge about food temperatures. A lid was found open, chip cases were on the floor and the sanitizer water in a triple sink was dirty.
The Golden Corral at 760 Battlefield Parkway in Georgia also received an 80 after an employee was found wearing the same gloves while conducting multiple tasks involving food and equipment. Foods were found to be cooling with tight-fitting lids and several wet wiping towels were left on the food prep counters.
A second Chattanooga restaurant, Mi Casita, located at 3029 Rossville Boulevard, got a score of 81 since the person in charge was lacking in food safety knowledge and food had to be discarded from a broken freezer. Multiple foods had been left uncovered and the carpet at the kitchen entrance was found to be excessively dirty.
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The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department inspects restaurants twice a year and grades the businesses on a 100-point scale. Scores below 70 require corrective action.
Restaurants are reinspected if they fail to meet critical standards. To file a health-related complaint, call the Department of Environmental Health at 209-8110. The scores are original and do not reflect on-the-spot changes, which sometimes lead to upward adjustments.
No failures reported for the week ending July 2, 2019:
80 Subway
2525 Desales Ave.; Reasons including staff not familiar with why food in reach in cooler is 65, food on case above 41 cases being turned up to avoid freezing food case was set on 43 so would not be able to keep food below 41, plus lid being left open. Sink by triple sink blocked by cart. Sanitizer water in triple sink water is soiled. Cases of chips left directly on floor.
80 Golden Corral
760 Battlefield Pkwy; Reasons including employee wearing gloves while conducting multiple tasks (sanitizing surfaces, opening equipment doors, setting cook timers, and handling prepped food containers) without removing soiled gloves, washing hands, and donning new gloves prior to handling containers of prepped food and restocking serving line. TCS foods that had been prepped at room temperature earlier this morning that were actively cooling with tight fitting lids. Several wet wiping towels being left out on food prep counters rather than inside of the sanitizer solution.
81 Mi Casita
3029 Rossville Blvd.; Reasons including PIC does not have sufficient food safety knowledge. Freezer out, disposed all perished foods in freezer. Baked beans were temping 51*F and were prepared day before. Low boy unit holding TCS foods 51-55*F. 3 pounds of raw beef were discarded. No date marking on any prepared TCS foods that are held overnight in facility. Multiple prepared foods left uncovered in lowboy unit and reach in cooler. Excessive grime build up on carpet at kitchen entrance.
89 The Garden Grille
311 Chestnut Street
93 Champy’s
526 E. Martin Luther King Blvd.
94 Southside Pizza
612 E Main Street
95 Haiku Hibachi
5318 Ringgold Road
95 St John’s Restaurant
1278 Market Street
96 American Wings II
2316 3rd Street
96 Subway
6510 Ringgold Road
97 Sushi Nabe Japanese Restaurant
110 River Street
97 Waffle House # 123
6513 Ringgold Road
97 Shoney’s #2257
2318 Shallowford Village Road
97 Steve’s Landing
1145 Poling Circle
98 Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse
5621 Brainerd Road
98 Alleia’s
25 E. Main Street
98 Los Potros
9408 Apison Pike
98 The Big Table
118 Cross Street
99 Moss’s Place
709 Tunnel Blvd.
99 Mayo’s
3820 Brainerd Road
99 Taco Town
4812 Hixson Pike
100 Chattanooga Salad Company
7425 Commons Blvd.
100 Little Tokyo Express
4516 Hixson Pike
100 Hibachi & Wings
6933 Lee Highway
100 Wendy’s Hamburgers #367
6009 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road
100 Dominica’s Caribbean Kitchen
5450 Highway 153
100 China Rose
9203 Lee Highway
