A Chinese restaurant in Duluth saw its inspection score drop recently because the staff did not document how long food had been left out on the buffet service.

Grand Buffet, 1825 Liddell Lane, Duluth, received a 51/U on the Nov. 6 routine inspection.

The inspector noted that time control procedures were not being followed because food items on the serving line were not marked with start and discard times. The amount of time food can be left out without temperature controls must be documented, according to the inspector.

Among other violations, live bugs were discovered in a bulk container of flour. The inspector had the flour discarded.

Raw fish was being thawed improperly in standing water instead of the approved method of placing it under lukewarm running water.

Employees were not washing their hands as frequently as required. At the time of the inspection, an employee washing dirty dishes was also handling clean dishes while wearing the same gloves. The employee should change gloves and wash hands before touching clean dishes, the inspector said.

Employees were also using the vegetable sink to rinse dirty dishes instead of the three-compartment sink designed to rinse, wash and sanitize them.

An employee at Grand Buffet said another inspection is forthcoming in the next two weeks, and the staff expects the score “to be back to normal.” Previous scores were 85/B and 83/B.

Here are other recent inspection scores from area restaurants.

Cobb County

• Capozzi’s, 2960 Shallowford Road, Marietta. 94/A
• China Dragon, 1000 Whitlock Ave., Marietta. 90/A
• Darwin’s, 1598 Roswell Road, Marietta. 85/B
• Georgia Rib Company, 4930 Davidson Road, Marietta. 98/A
• Guston’s Neighborhood Grille, 4430 Wade Green Road, Kennesaw. 98/A

DeKalb County

• Applebee’s, 130 Perimeter Center Place, Dunwoody. 84/B
• Bambinelli’s, 3202 Northlake Parkway, Atlanta. 90/A
• China Wok, 2036 Johnson Ferry Road, Atlanta. 90/A
• Don Tello’s Tex Mex Grill, 2965 Turner Hill Road, Lithonia. 75/C
• Rice China, 1230 S. Hairston Road, Stone Mountain. 71/C

Forsyth County

• J’s Southern Smoke, 101 Colony Park Drive, Cumming. 92/A
• Never Enough Thyme, 5354 McGinnis Ferry Road, Alpharetta. 93/A
• Panda Express, 3585 Peachtree Parkway, Suwanee. 100/A
• Primo Pizza, 4415 Front 9 Drive, Cumming. 100/A
• Tacos & Tequilas, 2155 Market Place Blvd., Cumming. 100/A

Fulton County

• Chili’s, 3660 Camp Creek Parkway, Atlanta. 83/B
• Monterrey Mexican, 2300 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell. 82/B
• Rhea’s II, 11490 Alpharetta Highway, Roswell. 99/A
• Rosebud, 1397 N. Highland Ave., Atlanta. 96/A
• The Original Jamaican Restaurant, 166 Trinity Ave., Atlanta. 88/B

Gwinnett County

• Bailen’s Pub, 865 Indian Trail Road, Lilburn. 89/B
• Buffalo’s House, 4299 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn. 85/B
• Craze Tavern, 3312 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Duluth. 91/A
• Mellow Mushroom, 320 Town Center Ave., Suwanee. 99/A
• Southern Buffet Restaurant, 7045 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Norcross. 77/C

– by Laura Berrios for the Food & More blog

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