3 Charlotte restaurants temporarily close after poor health inspections
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Three restaurants received B grades and one received a C during restaurant sanitation inspections in Mecklenburg County in September. Two of the four have been regraded.
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The restaurant received 79% on Wednesday, Sept. 2. When the restaurant was graded, it was immediately suspended for issues with refrigeration. It was allowed to reopen Tuesday, Sept. 8 with two of three pieces of equipment cold holding correctly and with the understanding the restaurant was given 30 days to address the remaining repairs.
The restaurant has yet to be regraded, but the Mecklenburg County Health Department visited again on Friday, Oct. 9 to check compliance. Finding that final required repairs to refrigeration had not been made, the health department immediately suspended the restaurant’s permit, Mecklenburg Public Information Officer Myles Bell told the Observer in an email. The facility must remain closed until the permit is restored.
Sept. 2 violations included:
The restaurant is located at 4400 Central Ave. in Charlotte. The restaurant has received three “B” scores and another “C” during prior inspections.
The restaurant received 85.5% on Sept 3. It was graded again on Sept. 16 and received 92.5% and has since reopened.
Sept. 3 violations included:
The second inspection yielded a “single cockroach by dish station” and issues with date marking, as well as a few other violations.
The restaurant is located at 8535 Hankins Rd., Ste A in Charlotte. These are the restaurant’s first scores in the database.
The restaurant received 88.5% on Sept. 2. The restaurant has yet to be reinspected, but has since reopened.
“A voluntary closure is a sign of compliance and understanding of the risk by the establishment. When a facility acknowledges the issue we can allow them to manage the issue without taking a legal action against the permit,” Bell said.
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Sept. 2 violations included:
The restaurant is located at 1500 E. 3rd St. in Charlotte. The restaurant received another “B” in July.
The restaurant received 87.5% on Sept. 9. It was graded again on Sept. 23 and received 91%.
Sept. 9 violations included:
The second inspection yielded build up and food debris throughout and employees washing hands without soap, as well as a few other violations.
China Cafe is located at 10230 Berkeley Place Dr., Suite 150 in Charlotte. This is the restaurant’s first “B” score in the sanitation database.
The Mecklenburg County sanitation grades database shows that at least 493 restaurants were inspected in September. The other restaurants received an “A” grade, or a score of at least 90%.
In North Carolina, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant scores below 70%. You can search restaurant inspections at public.cdpehs.com.
The Charlotte Observer reports restaurant sanitation scores lower than an “A”, and updates the public when “B” and “C” grade restaurants are graded again. The News & Observer previously covered the methodology of sanitation scores.
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