Fulton County restaurants that failed their health inspection in May
What’s considered failing? Failing scores change from one health inspector to the next but the industry standard is that anything below a 70 (out of 100) is failing, according to April Majors, public information officer for the Fulton County Environmental Health Services Department.
With out further ado, here’s a list of Fulton County restaurants that failed their health inspection in May– Bon appétit!
King and I
Failed inspection: May 13, 2011 Score: 68, Grade: U (Full report and violations)
(1510-F Piedmont Avenue Atlanta, GA 30324)
Hankook Taqueria
Failed inspection: May 19, 2011 Score: 60, Grade U (Full report and violations)
(1341 Collier Road Atlanta, GA 30318)
Just Around The Corner
Failed inspection: May 19, 2011 Score: 61, Grade: U (Full report and violations)
(76 Spring Street Atlanta, GA 30303)
Happy Sumo Inc.
Failed inspection: May 18, 2011 Score: 56, Grade: U (Full report and violations)
(1155-A Mount Vernon Highway Atlanta, GA 30338)
Boston Fish Supreme
Failed inspection: May 31, 2011 Score: 63, Grade: U (Full report and violations)
(902A Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Atlanta, GA 30349)
Harvest Bistro
Failed inspection: May 20, 2011 Score: 41, Grade: U (Full report and violations)
(30 Ivan Allen JR. BLVD Atlanta, GA 30308)
New York NY Salad and Deli
Failed inspection: May 17, 2011 Score: 57, Grade: U (Full report and violations)
(241 Central Avenue SW Atlanta, GA 30303)
Mr. Taco
Failed inspection: May 31, 2011 Score: 62, Grade: U (Full report and violations)
(893 Holcomb Bridge Road Roswell, GA 30075)
Hottie Hawgs BBQ
Failed inspection: May 18, 2011 Score: 45, Grade: U (Full report and violations)
(2061 Main Street NW Atlanta, GA 30318)
[Editor’s note: The health inspection reports listed might not reflect the most recent scores for these restaurants. Follow-up scores will only be posted for restaurants that pass their next routine (random) inspection. Wondering why we don’t publish re-inspections and passing scores? Click here.]
18 Responses
I TELL YOU. THE GRADING SYSYTEM CHANGED. IT IS VERY HARD NOW. MORE AND MORE RESTAURANTS WILL FAIL. NO BIG SURPRISE.
Is this a case of the city putting pressure on it’s inspectors to generate more revenue for the city? I don’t doubt that restaurants legitimately fail, but if there has been a noticeable increase in the failure rate I would suspect other factor in play as well.
“U” stands for “Umami”
Oh this is so unfair!
The big bad health department wants the little guys to fail!
Inspectors aren’t fair!
I know that kitchen is clean…we passed the re-inspection with a 100 why don’t you repost that!
This is a load of BS!
Why can’t I keep raw meat with the cooked hushpuppies?
There, I’ve already consolidated all of the silly comments that follow this type post so others don’t have to repeat.
Yo Tammy,
I’m sort of mixed on the posting of these results. If the actual inspection itself weren’t obsessed with a few very silly matters, I wouldn’t be as conflicted.
I mean, who gives a crap whether or not an employee’s drink cup has a straw or not? (I’ve know a local business owner who literally lost several points for that at his business.) I’m not really clear how that poses a significant health concern for consumers.
The “raw meat and hush puppies” issue, on the other hand, IS a real concern. But let’s not straw man the whole process here: several of their checklist items are sort of silly.
Who goes to the King and I? Retro!
The failures should post their score in the window as a badge of honer and challenge the city on every count. Stop rolling over and say what did I do wrong. As with any city group that wants nothing more than to generate revenue they need to be challenged. Then drawn and quartered.
How do you search on the ga.state.gegov.com website to find these? When I try to search, I cannot seem to get any results. What is the trick?
Jeff
hi jeff– it can be quite tricky at times! we find this link is best (for fulton county searches):
http://ga.state.gegov.com/georgia/search.cfm?county=Fulton
–cjs
Wow, with each article about restaurant scores the comments are getting less and less. Wonder how much longer you will be posting scores as the “hits” dwindle too!
@jonat: Uh… apparently lots of people, and its got consistently good yelp reviews, which does not happen often at all.
If you notice, its a lot of chinese restaurants and take out places that fail — and frankly, being in the industry for years and years, health inspectors are harsh, but if you are getting anything less then a 75, you should be concerned with your practices of how you are running your establishment.
As far as im concerned 90-75 means you need to fix a few things. Under 75, it means you are lazy or dont care.
I wish the health department would temporarily shut down places that fail to comply or get below a 60.
First, this is a COUNTY inspection, the cities do not conduct health inspections. Second, why is a failing restaurant allowed to stay open? That’s gross and I would think a possible liability for the county that allowed them to stay open after documenting that they failed a health inspection. Stupid.
Second, why is a failing restaurant allowed to stay open?
That is kinda like a first time DUI. They let you keep driving with a work permit and hope you won’t do it again. Of course some people keep hitting the sauce and wind up bashing into a Dairy Queen.
This is Georgia, we’re kinda broke down that way.
Our inspector told me of a case she investigated. There was a dining party of twelve. Six on one side and six on the other. Well, all of the diners on one side got sick and the diners on the other side of the table did not. Long story short, the waitress served the appetizers family-style from the head of the table and the diners passed them down as they wanted them. No one knew that the first diner to touch each plate was sick and contagious and he contaminated all the food being passed down his side of the table. Now, the next time the health codes are updated, that serving style will be against code. All because of one idiot.
And don’t forget, the health department does not send out an APB when they make changes to the code. We don’t find out until the next inspection when suddenly we get docked for something that previously had been fine.
My first month in Atlanta a couple years ago, I ate at the King and I . . . and I got food poisoning. I never went there again. Bleh.
I appreciate this site making me aware of these ratings. People need to realize that sites like this are just providing the information and leaving it up to you to decide what you do with it. The health inspection system isn’t perfect, it has flaws just like any other system but it’s up to you to read the report and decide which violations matter to you. Sometime the failing grades are a rarity for the location but other times they are just another point in the trend of filth.
I don’t care if an employee’s drink has a straw but I do care if raw meat and other foods aren’t kept at proper temperatures or there is mold growing in the ice machine. Just remember that a restaurant that is lazy with several items that add up to a failing grade may be lazy in other areas that actually matter.
CP: The raw meat could have been in a sealed container next to or above the hush puppies that were also in a sealed container. The rules on placement in a cooler are very strict then add that into the lunch rush and someone may have mistakenly placed it beside or underneath just until the “rush” was over. I think health inspections are very important but the ‘extremes’ that they seem to be going to this year along with the high numbers of places failing make a lot of people get to the point where another low score really does not matter. this was a shock when it was the first month and maybe the second but as it continues people will become more suspicious and have a more casual interest. I have eaten at Flip and several of the other establishments mentioned and have never been sick. I don’t think I have ever had a food related illness other than overdoing it. I think maybe the system needs a little over hauling.