Atlanta Restaurant Inspections: Who's Got NOT Hot Health Scores?

ATLANTA — Here are the worst restaurant and food service inspections results collected in Atlanta during the past week.

Health inspectors from the Georgia Department of Public Health routinely visit food service establishments (restaurants, cafes, bars, cafeterias, food trucks and coffee shops, among others) and score them based upon the general upkeep and cleanliness of the respective establishments.

Each item on an inspection form has a point value ranging from 1 to 9 points, with violations deducting points from a best possible score of 100. Higher points are taken for items with a higher risk to cause illness, while repeat violations take even more points.

Letter grades assigned are A for totals of 100 to 90 points, B for 89 to 80, C for 79 to 70, and U for less than 70. Because these restaurants are graded C and lower, their violations are listed below.
Here are the worst scores in the area from Dec. 6-13:

Bole Ethiopian Restaurant

• 1583 Virginian Avenue, Atlanta
• 404-549-9111
• Last inspection score: 72, C
• Inspection date: Dec. 13, 2021
• Violations:
  • Management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
  • Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible
  • Responsive procedures for vomiting and diarrheal events
  • Food stored covered
  • Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
  • Proper cold holding temperatures
  • Toxic substances properly identified, stored, used
  • Proper cooling methods used: adequate equipment for temperature control
  • Proper cooling methods used: adequate equipment for temperature control
  • Approved thawing methods used
  • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  • Insects, rodents, and animals not present
  • Insects, rodents, and animals not present

African Cuisine

• 1919 Metropolitan Parkway, Atlanta
• 404-569-3963
• Last inspection score: 70, C
• Inspection date: Dec. 9, 2021
• Violations:
  • Person In Charge present, demonstrates knowledge, performs duties
  • Person In Charge present, demonstrates knowledge, performs duties
  • Certified food protection manager
  • Hands clean and properly washed
  • Hands clean and properly washed
  • Management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
  • Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible
  • Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible
  • Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible
  • Response procedures for vomiting & diarrheal events
  • Food properly labeled; original container
  • Thermometers provided and accurate
  • Thermometers provided and accurate
  • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
  • Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
  • Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
  • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored, used
  • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
  • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
  • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
  • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
  • Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips

Something Too Drink

• 2051 Metropolitan Parkway, Atlanta
• Phone: 404-337-1397
• Last inspection score: 70, C
• Inspection date: Dec. 9, 2021
• Violations:
  • Person In Charge present, demonstrates knowledge, performs duties
  • Certified food protection manager
  • Management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
  • Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible
  • Food separated and protected
  • Compliance with variance, specialized process and HACCP plan
  • Food properly labeled; original container
  • Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
  • Compliance with Georgia Smoke-Free Air Act
  • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used