Three Macon restaurants required follow-up visits after low food safety scores in April
Three Bibb County restaurants received low health inspection scores in April, prompting a need for follow-up visits, though two restaurant have already improved their ratings in a new inspection.
Inspectors visited 49 restaurants, lounges and bars last month for routine and initial inspections, giving five establishments a B and 42 As, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s online portal.
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 one-year period, according to state law.
Firehouse Subs at 4921 Riverside Drive scored a 78 on its April 29 health inspection. The restaurant received violations for:
A container of butter in a hand sink in the back kitchen
Bags of prepped sliced ham that weren’t properly cooled within a certain time that had to be tossed.
Employees not wearing hair restraints or beard guards
Improperly using and storing wiping cloths
Not hanging its most recent inspection score of 89 for public viewing
Reusing single-use item (cardboard)
An appliance needing to be replaced
Panel missing from ice machine
Food debris buildup in appliances
Hot water with a low stream in a hand sink
Broken tiles under a sink in the back kitchen area
Fresh Air Barbecue at 3076 Riverside Drive earned a 79 in its April 30 inspection with its bigger violations including meat needing to be discarded or reheated because it was stored at improper temperatures. The restaurant redeemed itself in its follow-up inspection on Thursday, earning a 100.
The Subway location at 5955 Zebulon Road received a 75 on its April 24 inspection for posting a Certified Food Safety Manager certificate for an employee no longer employed, not having health reporting forms for current staff, and storing meatballs at the wrong temperature.
During its follow-up inspection on April 29, the restaurant corrected mistakes and earned a 98.
Here are the Macon restaurants that received perfect scores on routine and initial inspections in April.
Perfect food safety scores
7 Brew Coffee, 1667 Bass Road
Late Nite Macon, 420 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Olive Garden 6411, 4950 Riverside Drive
Potato Po-Ta-Toe, 4331 Pionono Ave.
The Rose Room, 378 Second St.
True Blue BBQ, Just Tap’d Beer Festival
The Telegraph monitors inspection scores each month and typically reports the highest and lowest scores.
