Three Macon restaurants required follow-up inspections in July after receiving low scores
Three Bibb County food service establishments required follow-up visits after their routine health inspections in July.
Inspectors visited 87 restaurants, bars and other food service establishments last month for routine and initial inspections, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s online portal. Of the 72 businesses that earned A’s, 21 of them received perfect scores.
However, three of the restaurants that now display A’s as their health inspection score earned lower than a B during their routine visit, prompting a follow-up visit from inspectors.
Restaurants receive one of four letter grades that are assigned based on how many points are deducted from 100:
“A” grades mean food safety is excellent is achieved by receiving 90-100 points
“B’s” are issued when there is “satisfactory compliance” with the business receiving 80-89 points
“C’s” mean there is marginal compliance and applied to scores between 70-79
“U’s” represent unsatisfactory compliance and are applied to scores of 69 or less.
Establishments that receive a “C” or “U” food safety grade will have at least one additional routine inspection added in a twelve month period, according to state law.
Essential Bowls at 5577 Thomaston Road failed its July 3 health inspection earning a 61. Some of the biggest violations included staff putting on gloves to prep orders without washing their hands first, no paper towels at the front hand sink, and boiled eggs sitting in the refrigerator with “black stuff floating inside.”
The restaurant corrected most of its mistakes by its followup on July 10 earning a 94.
Chevo’s Mexican Restaurant at 4921 Riverside Drive required a followup visit after scoring a 74 on its July 19 health inspection with violations including food having the incorrect temperature, food stored improperly or not having proper labels. During the restaurant’s followup visit, it corrected many of the mistakes and earned a 92 on July 24
Sakura Hibachi & Poke at 5585 Thomaston Road also required a followup visit when it earned a 76 in its July 5 inspection. According to the report, violations included an incident of an employee dropping a chicken breast on the floor, picking it up and placing it back on the cutting board to cut.
When the inspector told him that it was unacceptable the employee kept cutting the chicken, not stopping until another employee informed him the chicken could not be used.
In the followup visit on July 8, Sakura earned a 98.
Here are the Macon restaurants that received perfect scores on routine and initial inspections in July.
Perfect food safety scores
Amici Macon, 1510 Mercer University Dr.
Big Backs, 3640 Eisenhower Pkwy, suite 300
Fatty’s Pizza, 396 Second St.
Hank’s Food Truck, 3670 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Hank’s Food Truck Mobile
Hong Kong Restaurant, 5936 Zebulon Rd.
Hotlanta Wings, 650 Shurling Dr.
Island Pot, 2270 Pio Nono Ave.
J&J Fish & Chicken, 66 Spring St.
Kroger Coffee Shop/Starbucks, 4321 Hartley Bridge Rd.
Krystal Restaurants, 2863 Pio Nono Ave.
Margaritas at Mercer, 1602 Montpelier Ave., suite 106
Marie’s Lounge, 4581 Forsyth Rd., suite A
McAlister’s Deli, 4641 Presidential Pkwy.
Papa John’s, 1350 Gray Hwy.
Pig on a Pie, 4921 Riverside Dr., suite 1
Satterfield’s Barbecue, 120 New St.
Satterfield’s on Wheels BBQ
Sweet Eleanor’s, 530 Poplar St.
The Hummingbird, 430 Cherry St.
Yollah, 894 College St.
The Telegraph monitors inspection scores each month and typically reports the highest and lowest scores.
