The Tennessee Department of Healthinspects hundreds of restaurants, food trucks, resorts and other food kitchens throughout Williamson County during the year.
Restaurants are judged on presentation of the space, cleanliness and knowledge of health procedures. The Health Department gives restaurants with low scores a chance to correct issues, sometimes performing follow-up inspections the same day.
In June, 96 restaurants scored 100. However, five scored below an 80. Here are the restaurants with the lowest scores from Williamson County. When available, follow-up inspection scores are also noted.
Golden Pizza & Indian Cuisine
Score: 73
Date of inspection: July 30
Examples of violations: There were no paper towels, soap or utensils in the cooking-area sink; Clean tops were stored
in a dirty container on a shelf; Ceiling tiles were very dirty in back prep area and an employee removed gloves and wiped his hands on wiping cloth before putting on new gloves without washing his hands.
Date of follow-up inspection: August 6
Follow-up score: 95
Address: 127 Franklin Road Suite 180, Brentwood
Corner Pub Franklin
Score: 78
Date of inspection: July 17
Examples of violations: An unlabeled spray bottle was stored at the back hand sink; flies were observed in the dining area and bags of rice and pinto beans were stored on the floor in the back of the kitchen.
Date of follow-up inspection: July 17
Follow-up score: 100
Address: 1916 Columbia Highway, Franklin
Bluefin Sushi & Thai
Score: 79
Date of inspection: August 3
Examples of violations: Employee wash and rinse did not sanitize; pans were stacked wet on storage shelf and the ice machine was dirty inside.
Date of follow-up inspection: August 3
Follow-up score: 94
Address: 210 Franklin Road Suite 700, Brentwood
Mexicali Grill
Score: 79
Date of inspection: July 15
Examples of violations: Ice machine was dirty inside; Wastewater was leaking onto floor under hand sink on cooking line and walls were very dirty above prep table on cooking line.
Date of follow-up inspection: July 15
Follow-up score: 91
Address: 1724 Carothers Parkway, Brentwood
Garcia's
Score: 80
Date of inspection: July 28
Examples of violations: Employees were not observed hand washing between tasks; Shelves were dirty and had food debris; edges on a door from the inside had a big rusty hole and there were wet and dirty floors in the kitchen.
Date of follow-up inspection: August 4
Follow-up score: 95
Address: 21113 Murfreesboro Road, Franklin
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Flies, wastewater leak: See Franklin, Brentwood July restaurant inspections
