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Best and worst restaurant inspection reports for week ending August 4, 2020

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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 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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70 Baby’s Bar-B-Que

1426 Wilson Road, Rossville, Ga.; Reasons including no PIC present during the time of routine inspection. PIC unable to produce employee health agreements during routine inspection. PIC unable to produce bodily fluid clean up kit at the time of routine inspection. food contact surface (microwave) not clean to a frequency to be maintained clean to sight and touch. TCS food (potato salad) held past discard date. employee items (cell phone, controller, and personal food) not in designated area throughout the store. Due to the number of violations during routine inspection, PIC is unable to show demonstration of knowledge of proper food safety practices.

81 Krystal

2560 LaFayette Road, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Reasons including no hand soap available at one of the hand washing sinks in the kitchen. potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit in the prep table. no thermometer inside of the prep cooler that was not working properly. vegetable sink being used to store sanitizing cup.

84 Sonic Drive In

3222 Cummings Highway; Reasons including sanitizer dispensing mechanism leaking and in poor repair.Ice cream mix holding at 48°F. Must be 41°F or below. Uncovered/unprotected food products noted in walk-in freezer unit. Excessive frost noted in drop in freezer unit. Ice machine dirty inside. Non food contact surfaces dirty on cookline. Wastewater leak noted at triple sink sanitizing compartment. Floors dirty behind/underneath equipment.

87 River Street Deli

151 River Street

89 Sawasdee Thai Restaurant

4008 St. Elmo Avenue

89 Subway

6510 Ringgold Road

91 Sushi Nabe Japanese Restaurant

110 River Street

91 Waffle House

4903 Brainerd Road

92 Hana Steak and Sushi

2200 Hamilton Place Blvd.

92 IHOP

5814 Brainerd Road

92 Bojangles

4152 Ringgold Road

92 Krystal

2304 E. 23rd Street

93 Hardee’s

4007 McCahill Road

95 Portofino’s

6407 Ringgold Road

95 Hardee’s

220 Brown’s Ferry Road

95 Mo Mo Hibachi

9332 Dayton Pike

96 Chick-Fil-A

639 Camp Jordan Parkway

97 Shuford’s Smokehouse

3224 Dayton Blvd.

97 Waffle House

2024 23rd Street

97 Countryside Cafe

8223 Mahan Gap Road

97 Amigo’s

5694 Brainerd Road

97 Glen Gene Deli

5748 Highway153

98 Wendy’s

3104 Broad Street

98 Shufords Smokehouse

924 Signal Mountain Road

98 Waffle House

6007 Shallowford Road

99 Wendy’s

6727 Ringgold Road

100 Home Folks Restaurant

8981 Dayton Pike

100 Subway

3416 Rossville Blvd.

100 Tony’s Pasta Shop

212 High Street

100 Kevin Brown’s Burgers

8228 Mahan Gap Road