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.
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79 Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse
5425 Highway 153
Reasons including person in charge is not in control of several foodborne illness risk factors and not certified with an ANSI approved food manager certification. Rice cooked yesterday at 50 degrees in walk-in cooler. Walk in cooler holding food at 44-46 degrees. Must be at 41 degrees or below. Rice cooked the day before not date marked. Tray of raw chicken thawing in plastic container directly on the floor in walk-in. Ice scoop stored in ice. Multiple food and nonfood surfaces in poor repair. Grime build up in back sink closest to walk in.
81 O’Charley’s
2542 Battlefield Pkwy., Fort Oglethorpe
Reasons including heavy build-up off food debris and food splatter on the insides of all microwaves. Plastic containers used for storing chips inside of not clean to sight or touch. The inside and outside of the containers had extremely heavy accumulation of grease and debris in them. The drawers that the containers of chips are stored in also had very heavy accumulation of grease and food debris on them. Heavy accumulation of grease and food debris on sides of fryers and other equipment throughout the facility. Food and grease build-up on floors in between, under and behind equipment as well as standing water and food debris in drains and in broken and missing tiles throughout the facility.
84 Panda Chinese Cuisine
5137 Hixson Pike
Reasons including raw eggs stored over vegetables in walk in cooler. Cooked noodles stored on top of hotwell at 120 degrees. Raw shrimp and raw meat at 45-48 degrees in kitchen cooler. Several foods held overnight and not date marked. Egg rolls cooked at 11 were stored at room temperature in kitchen. Tin foil on multiple surfaces in the kitchen.
87 Armando’s
7330 Hixson Pike
97 Dixie BBQ
1530 Boy Scout Road
98 Boccaccia Ristorante Italiano
3077 S. Broad Street
98 Golden Bowl Teriyaki
5517 Brainerd Road
99 Ankars Hoagies
5966 Brainerd Road
99 Texas Roadhouse
5362 Highway 153
99 Chipotle Mexican Grill
5242 Highway 153
100 Starbucks Coffee
5238 Highway 153
– Compiled by Brandi Dixon