New Low-Score Inspection Record Set By Gwinnett Food Operation

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Now that pandemic restrictions are being relaxed and restaurants are reopening, are you thinking of going out for a bite to eat? Then check out these inspection scores for restaurant and food-service operations conducted over the last week in Gwinnett County.

Most of the 17 restaurants and food-service operations inspected scored an A, with four operations rating a perfect 100. One restaurant that previously had been rated "unacceptable" — Teriyaki Box in Lawrenceville — was among the restaurants with perfect scores.

However, four restaurants and food-service operations — BurgerIM, Frontera Mex-Mex Grill and Homewood Suites in Norcross and Zoe's Kitchen in Snellville — scored less than 70 and were deemed "unacceptable." In fact, the food-service operation at Homewood Suites on Technology Parkway set a new record for lowest score so far in 2021, scoring only a 39. (The previous low record had been 40.) Those four operations have direct links to their inspection reports with their listings below. Restaurants with low or failing scores are typically given a second chance and re-inspected a week or so later.

How They're Rated

Each item on an inspection form has a point value ranging from 1 to 9 points, with violations deducting points from the best possible score of 100. Higher points are taken for items with 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.

For inspection reports for Suwanee restaurants and food operations located in Forsyth County, visit the Georgia Department of Public Health's website. For all other restaurant inspection reports, visit the Gwinnett, Newton & Rockdale Health Department website.

Buford

• Zaxby's, 4139 Buford Drive, July 8 — 96 A

Lawrenceville

• Café Nang Xanh, 1760 Old Norcross Road, July 11 — 90 A
• Papa John's Pizza #1021, 2380 Buford Drive, July 12 — 100 A
• Teriyaki Box (follow-up), 1760 Old Norcross Road, July 13 — 100 A

Lilburn

• Celida's Café, 733 Pleasant Hill Road, July 8 — 97 A
• Pal Loko Antojo, 733 Pleasant Hill Road, July 8 — 100 A
• Star Bakery, 733 Pleasant Hill Road, July 8 — 96 A

Loganville

• Grand China Restaurant, The, 910 Athens Highway, July 12 — 89 B

Norcross

• BurgerIM, 5135 Peachtree Parkway, July 11 — 62 U
  
• Frontera Mex-Mex Grill, 1295 Indian Trail Lilburn Road NW, July 8 — 58 U
• Homewood Suites, 450 Technology Parkway NW, July 12 — 39 U
• Restaurancito de Lucy, 1568 Indian Trail Lilburn Road, July 11 — 80 B
• Starbucks Coffee, 1528 Indian Trail Lilburn Road, July 11 — 91 A

Snellville

• Cracker Barrel Old County Store, 1740 Scenic Highway N., July 12 — 82 B
• Subway #35126, 1905 Scenic Highway, July 12 — 96 A
• Zoe's Kitchen, 1630 Scenic Highway N., July 12 — 50 U

Suwanee (Forsyth County address)

• Umami, 2631 Peachtree Parkway, July 13 — 100 A

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