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 423-209-8110. The scores are original and do not reflect on-the-spot changes, which sometimes lead to upward adjustments.
77 Noodles & Pho
5450 Highway 153
Reasons including inadequate control over food safety risk factors including proper sanitizing and incorrectly using time inlieu of temperature for noodles and sprouts. Dish machine at 0 ppm. Using newspaper to store cilantro and other RTE items. Keeping beansprouts and noodles out at room temperature for 3-4 hours without a written TILT plan or properly labeling with the time item was removed from cold holding. Multiple uncovered items in cooler. Single use items stored in dirty cardboard container. Rusted shelves, equipment in poor repair. Multiple food and non food contact surfaces dirty – shelves, lower storage areas, cooler bottom.
86 China Gourmet
321 Browns Ferry Road
Reasons including proper cooling methods of TCS foods not provided. No thermometers provided in freezer units. Uncovered/unprotected food products in walk-in cooler unit. Wet wiping cloths stored on working surfaces and not in sanitizer solution. In use utensils stored in standing water. Clean dishes stored on dirty surfaces. Some non food contact surfaces dirty on cookline. Designated areas not provided for personal items.
89 Curry Pot Express
9408 Apison Pike
Reasons including no date marking of prepped/cooked TCS foods throughout establishment. Asked line cook about multiple prepped TCS foods in walk in cooler and was told foods are between 4-7 days old. Rice and cooked meat products left out to cool at room temperature. Multiple TCS foods stored uncovered in all cold holding units. Sides of fryer area and hot top dirty. Employee drink without lid stored on top of low boy unit.
91 Southside Social
1810 Chestnut Street
92 Jack Browns Beer & Burger Joint
818 Georgia Avenue
93 Crust Pizza
3211 S. Broad Street
94 Fazoli’s
2332 Shallowford Village Drive
94 Pizza Bros Southside
1800 Broad Street
94 McAlister’s Deli
2288 Gunbarrel Road
95 IHOP
5113 Highway 153
95 Thai Esan
4330 Ringgold Road
95 Mr. T’s Pizza and Ice Cream
3924 Tennessee Avenue
96 Outback Steakhouse
2120 Hamilton Pl Blvd.
97 Sonic Drive-In
4348 Ringgold Road
97 New China Buffet & Grill
3536 Cummings Highway
98 Wimpie’s
9826 Dayton Pike
98 Smoothie King
5975 Elementary Way
99 Rib & Loin
5435 Highway 153
100 Dave’s BBQ
12914 Highway 58
100 Sno Top
5221 SR-153
100 Chick-Fil-A UTC
642 E. 5th Street
100 Amy’s Dogs and More
1000 Osage Drive
100 Urban Stack
12 13th W. Street