How does your favorite restaurant rank?
Have you seen that restaurants score?
Restaurant scores are posted for a reason and in some cases may determine if one proceeds to the hostess counter or walk back out the door.
When you walk into a restaurant what’s the first thing you notice? Is it the fingerprints on the glass doors? Maybe the hostess that eagerly waits to greet you and take you to your table? Or is it the restaurants’ score? Some people, before telling the hostess the number in their party, look for the restaurants’ grade. For the health conscious people if it is not a score of “A” they will turn around and eat somewhere else. Is the letter grading system for restaurants really important and what does the score say about the restaurant?
For many years, I never noticed the grade for restaurants until I was with a friend who happened to look at Fox Sport’s Grill in Atlantic Station and stormed out of the restaurant. Ranting on and on about not eating at restaurants that have a score less than an “A” and how disgusting it is. It was 2008 and they had a score of 87. From then on, I have made it a duty not to eat at restaurants of a score lower than an “A.”
The Division of Public Health hosts a list of all the counties in Georgia to search for the latest inspections of food service and tourist accommodation facilities. The counties are highlighted in blue and green so that people will know which scores are available statewide vs. countywide. From there, you will be directed to the State of Georgia Board of Health Digital Health Department where you can search for every establishment that serves food and view violations, actual score forms and the scores from previous inspections online.
Though a score of 70 is passing, most people wouldn’t consider it good enough to proceed to the hostess. Kristi Burns, Respiratory Therapist at Piedmont Hospital, who also has multiple food allergies, takes careful precautions in deciding where to dine. “The score can’t be lower than a ‘B,’ because to me it means that there is something wrong with their food and not just something that can be fixed overnight; I’m really not trying to get food poisoning,” states Burns.
Shaun Meadows, employee at Sound Enterprises IT Company, has a particular score for a restaurant to have in order for him to eat in the establishment. “The score cannot be lower than 88,” says Meadows. “Actually, 88 is too low because the food inspector grades very hard and it’s a reason that the restaurant received that grade and I really don’t want to be the victim who finds out,” says Meadows.
Food establishments have no excuse for poor grades when it is time for inspection. On the Georgia Restaurant Association website, there is an Q&A that explains how to prepare for the inspection with step-by-step detail and page references for further detail. I look at food establishments that score lower than a 90 as being lackadaisical, unsanitary and not caring about the well being of the customers. It is simply unacceptable.
Atlanta Magazine does a yearly ranking of the hottest spots including restaurants, salons, clothing stores and many other places around the city. Taking the “Top 10” from Atlanta Magazines’ top 50 restaurants, I wanted to look at the scores of these restaurants to see how they were graded in their last food inspection.
The infographic shows the ranking and scoring of the restaurants – with four (4) forks represents “A” and three (3) forks with red represents “B” with major violation. To view the score form of the restaurant, click the name of the restaurant.
After reviewing the scores to Atlanta Magazine top picks, I decided to do a review on my own personal picks to see how my favorite restaurants compared. www.denisciascott.com favorite Top 5 Restaurants 1. Prickly Pear 2. Thumbs Up 3. J. Christopher 4. Glady’s Knight Chicken and Waffles 5. Jason’s Deli
Looks like I will continue to dine at my favorite restaurants; luckily, Thumbs Up is franchised and the other locations received higher scores.
Restaurant scores are posted for a reason and in some cases may determine if one proceeds to the hostess counter or walk back out the door.
When you walk into a restaurant what’s the first thing you notice? Is it the fingerprints on the glass doors? Maybe the hostess that eagerly waits to greet you and take you to your table? Or is it the restaurants’ score? Some people, before telling the hostess the number in their party, look for the restaurants’ grade. For the health conscious people if it is not a score of “A” they will turn around and eat somewhere else. Is the letter grading system for restaurants really important and what does the score say about the restaurant?
For many years, I never noticed the grade for restaurants until I was with a friend who happened to look at Fox Sport’s Grill in Atlantic Station and stormed out of the restaurant. Ranting on and on about not eating at restaurants that have a score less than an “A” and how disgusting it is. It was 2008 and they had a score of 87. From then on, I have made it a duty not to eat at restaurants of a score lower than an “A.”
The Division of Public Health hosts a list of all the counties in Georgia to search for the latest inspections of food service and tourist accommodation facilities. The counties are highlighted in blue and green so that people will know which scores are available statewide vs. countywide. From there, you will be directed to the State of Georgia Board of Health Digital Health Department where you can search for every establishment that serves food and view violations, actual score forms and the scores from previous inspections online.
Though a score of 70 is passing, most people wouldn’t consider it good enough to proceed to the hostess. Kristi Burns, Respiratory Therapist at Piedmont Hospital, who also has multiple food allergies, takes careful precautions in deciding where to dine. “The score can’t be lower than a ‘B,’ because to me it means that there is something wrong with their food and not just something that can be fixed overnight; I’m really not trying to get food poisoning,” states Burns.
Shaun Meadows, employee at Sound Enterprises IT Company, has a particular score for a restaurant to have in order for him to eat in the establishment. “The score cannot be lower than 88,” says Meadows. “Actually, 88 is too low because the food inspector grades very hard and it’s a reason that the restaurant received that grade and I really don’t want to be the victim who finds out,” says Meadows.
Food establishments have no excuse for poor grades when it is time for inspection. On the Georgia Restaurant Association website, there is an Q&A that explains how to prepare for the inspection with step-by-step detail and page references for further detail. I look at food establishments that score lower than a 90 as being lackadaisical, unsanitary and not caring about the well being of the customers. It is simply unacceptable.
Atlanta Magazine does a yearly ranking of the hottest spots including restaurants, salons, clothing stores and many other places around the city. Taking the “Top 10” from Atlanta Magazines’ top 50 restaurants, I wanted to look at the scores of these restaurants to see how they were graded in their last food inspection.
The infographic shows the ranking and scoring of the restaurants – with four (4) forks represents “A” and three (3) forks with red represents “B” with major violation. To view the score form of the restaurant, click the name of the restaurant.
- Bacchanalia
- Restaurant Eugene
- Cakes & Ale - N/A
- Holeman and Finch Public House
- Tomo Japanese Restaurant
- Empire State South
- Bone’s Bar
- Miller Union
- Aria
- Sotto Sotto
After reviewing the scores to Atlanta Magazine top picks, I decided to do a review on my own personal picks to see how my favorite restaurants compared. www.denisciascott.com favorite Top 5 Restaurants 1. Prickly Pear 2. Thumbs Up 3. J. Christopher 4. Glady’s Knight Chicken and Waffles 5. Jason’s Deli
Looks like I will continue to dine at my favorite restaurants; luckily, Thumbs Up is franchised and the other locations received higher scores.
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