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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3018 Cummings Highway
Reasons including active managerial control not provided over food-borne illness risk factors at time of inspection. Adequate demonstration of knowledge regarding food safety principles not provided. Observed employee washing dishes and not washing hands before donning on new gloves and preparing food items. Numerous food/non-food contact surfaces dirty throughout kitchen area. Proper date-marking and disposition not provided for foods held longer than 24 hours. Some products not properly date-marked and stored past the expiration date. Corrected to 98.
2288 Gunbarrel Road
Reasons including handwash sink in kitchen and in front service area are lacking paper towels. Raw chicken, raw shell eggs, and raw beef observed stored over cabbage in walk in unit. Several foods are not holding within temperature range. Several food items on counter that are not actively being prepped (rice, cooked chicken). Chicken and raw beef thawing in standing water in sink basin. Shelves lined with aluminum foil. Black substance observed inside of ice machine.
3507 Ringgold Road
Reasons including employee not properly washing hands between waiting on customers at front counter register and accepting money and then preparing food items. Some foods not properly datemarked in walk in cooler unit. Bulk food stored below cleaning products in dry storage area. Cleaning products stored with clean dishes. Chicken thawing at room temperature. Bulk food products stored on floor.
1806 Gunbarrel Road
Reasons including both handwash sinks in kitchen are lacking paper towels in close proximity to sink, and bar handwash sink soap dispenser is blocked by handwash sink. Raw fish is observed stored over ready to eat peppers and vegetables in sushi reach in. Observed employee drop utensil on floor in kitchen, pick up, and hang back up for clean storage without sanitizing. Raw fish observed thawing on counter in sushi area. Ice scoop observed in bulk ice bin with handle buried in ice.
6408 Ringgold Road
93 McDonalds
6401 Ringgold Road
93 McDonalds
156 Browns Ferry Road
123 Northgate Mall
408 Dodson Avenue
94 Mexiville Mexican Restaurant
103 Cherokee Blvd.
814 Scenic Highway
95 Rice Boxx
3600 Hixson Pike
6408 Ringgold Road
96 Subway
2206 E. 23rd Street
2213 Hamilton Place Blvd.
96 IHOP
5814 Brainerd Road
97 First Watch
5207 Highway 153
7601 East Brainerd Road
98 Chick-Fil-A
5740 Highway 153
819 Chestnut Street
98 Tata’s Grill
5908 Ringgold Road
2040 Hamilton Place Blvd.
1208 King Street
14 E. 7th Street
205 Manufacturer’s Road
100 Big River Grille & Brewing Works #4201
222 Broad Street
100 Be Caffeinated
1263 E. Third Street
– Compiled by Brandi Dixon