A North Georgia restaurant has been cited for multiple dirty surfaces and a dead insect found in sauce, according to this week’s restaurant report.
Rafael’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant located at 126 Remco Shops Lane received a score of 80 after it was found to have a vegetable washing sink full of dirty dishes, which were also being stored in a handwashing sink. The health inspector also found a dead fly in a bowl of chicken wing sauce and noticed food build-up in several places.
In Chattanooga, New China Buffet & Grill located at 3536 Cummings Highway was found to have dirty food contact surfaces, an inaccessible handwashing sink and improperly stored wiping cloths. The initial score of 86 was corrected to a 93.
A week since it received a failing score, La Fiesta Mexican Grill on Hixson Pike was cited again for evidence of insects – and this week, rodents – as well as multiple dirty food and non-food contact surfaces. Utensils were found to not be properly dried and stored, the report states.
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.