Although there were no failures this week, two Chattanooga area restaurants received low marks after a Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department inspection.
Ayala's at 1832 Taft Highway scored an 84 after an inspection found raw meat stored above ready-to-eat food in the cooler, mildew growth on the inside of the ice machine and an unclean reach-in cooler. The eatery was also cited because an employee's lidless cup was found next to food being prepared, risking contamination, and cut limes and cut avocado were stored on wire shelves in a reach-in cooler when they need to be stored in clean containers.
Dunkin' Donuts at 6408-A Ringgold Road was given a score of 86 after an inspection discovered employees not washing hands as needed and donning on gloves before preparing food items and dirty food and non-food contact surfaces in food preparation and service areas.
Only one restaurant received a perfect score.
No failures reported for the week ending March 20, 2019:
84 Ayala's
1832 Taft Highway
Reasons included raw meat stored above ready-to-eat food in the cooler; mildew growth on the inside of the ice machine; inside of reach-in cooler was dirty; employee's cup without a lid next to the food being prepared - risk of contamination; cut limes and cut avocado stored on wire shelves in reach-in cooler—need to be stored in clean containers.
86 Dunkin' Donuts
6408-A Ringgold Road
Reasons included employees not washing hands as needed and donning on gloves before preparing food items and numerous food/non-food contact surfaces dirty in prep/service areas.
88 Tony's Pasta Shop
212 High Street
92 Syrup & Eggs
4501 St. Elmo Avenue
93 Subway
115 Brown's Ferry Road
94 Popeyes
6104 Ringgold Road
94 Wendy's
1868 Dayton Blvd.
94 Famous Dave's BBQ
2122 Gunbarrel Road
95 El Monterrey Mexican
531 Signal Mountain Road
95 Plus Coffee
3800 St. Elmo Avenue
96 Burger King
4850 Brainerd Road
96 American Deli
2100 Hamilton Place Blvd.
97 Fortune House
1210 Taft Highway
97 KFC-Long John Silvers
4856 Highway 58
97 Urban Stack
12 13th W. Street
98 Smoothie King
1913 Gunbarrel Road
99 Greek Plate Gyro's
14 West Kent Street
99 Local Coffee of East Ridge
5330 Ringgold Road
99 Starbuck Coffee
2217 Hamilton Place Blvd.
99 Tazikis
432 Market Street
100 Chick-N-Nooga
6420 Waconda Point Road