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 209-8110. The scores are original and do not reflect on-the-spot changes, which sometimes lead to upward adjustments.
No failures reported for the week ending April 20, 2018:
73 58 Teriyaki Grill, 4762 Highway 58; reasons including employees not washing hands properly; workers without solid food safety knowledge, trash around dumpster, back door left open during service, several non-food contact surfaces dirty, trash not covered in women's restroom, floors in poor repair.
75 Las Margaritas, 1101 Hixson Pike; reasons including inside edge of ice machine dirty, multiple dirty floors, frozen meat thawing at room temperature, chips uncovered and stored next to hand sink, darkly scarred cutting board, dirty shelves in storage area, wet containers stacked together.
81 Buffalo Shack, 1512 Tunnel Blvd.; reasons including water leaking under building, dirty vents in hood, clogged faucet at hand sink.
82 The Local Juicers, 48 E. Main Street; reasons including growing sprouts in kitchen, bottle with fermenation in process, no paper towels at hand sink.
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- Three Chattanooga area restaurants cited for food temperature, storage problems and more in this week's report card
- North Georgia restaurant fails health inspection after being cited for dirty surfaces, live and dead roaches, improper separation of raw food and more
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92 Wendy's
6727 Ringgold Road
94 Sticky Fingers
420 Broad Street
94 Douglas Bakery
426 MLK Blvd.
95 Big Jeffs BBQ
4272 Bonny Oaks Drive
95 Thai Smile
219 Market Street
96 KFC
7428 East Brainerd Road
97 Clumpie's Ice Cream
26-B Frazier Avenue
97 Rembrandt's Coffee House
204 High Street
97 Gondolier's
6901 Lee Highway
98 Taconooga
8174 East Brainerd Road
98 Uncle Larry's Summit Station
8210 Apison Pike
98 The Daily Ration
1220 Dartmouth Street
98 Vine Street Market & Bakery
1313 Hanover Street
98 Hardee's
9398 Reco Drive
98 Krystal
6199 Lee Highway
99 Wendy's
3104 South Broad Street
99 Wally's
1600 McCallie Avenue
99 Mindy B's Deli
828 Georgia Avenue
100 Plant Power Cafe
6215 Lee Highway
100 Polar Shaved Ice
6140 East Brainerd Road
100 Urban Grind
2193 Park Drive
100 Arby's
7314 Shallowford Road
100 Chick-fil-a
5740 Highway 153
100 Amigo's Mexican Restaurant
5694 Brainerd Road
100 Dinner on the Diner
4119 Cromwell Road
100 Merv's Burgers
6306 Highway 58
