Two Restaurants, one in Atlanta and the other in Duluth, failed the health inspection recently. On February 20, the Georgia Department of Public Health inspected Happy Buddha, located at 1457 Virginia AVE in Atlanta, and gave it 52 points.
The GNR Health Departments gave Royal China, located at 3960 Venture Dr in Duluth, only 56 points on February 21. As the scores are below the minimum required, the Metro Atlanta restaurants were given the failing grade of “U”.
Highlights
- An Atlanta city restaurant with a “U” grade last Thursday after several food safety violations were reported there.
- A Duluth city restaurant was based with a “U” grade last Friday after an instance of repeat violations and other issues were reported.
- Both restaurants will face a follow-up inspection, failing which they may face permit suspension.
Happy Buddha Found In Violation of the Food Code
The Atlanta food establishment, Happy Buddha was inspected by the public health department in the afternoon, from 1 PM to 3 PM, on Thursday. An inspection report that has been released to the public cites several cases of violations of the food code at the restaurant.
While many of the violations were corrected on-site, the inspectors gave some time to solve the others.
Issues that Led to the Health Inspection Failure
The report begins by citing that the location of the designated area of eating, drinking, or smoking for employees can cause cross-contamination. Clothes of employees were seen stored on top of the equipment in undesignated areas as well…