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Cherokee County Mexican eatery fails health check

A Cherokee County Mexican restaurant failed a recent health inspection. Tacos El Sabor in Woodstock scored 62/U on June

11. Previous scores were 90/A on June 19, 2019, and 89/B on Nov. 15, 2018.

According to the report, an employee handled raw shrimp with gloved hands and then prepared food for a customer without changing gloves or washing hands.

Other violations:

■ There were no hand-drying provisions at front food service hand-washing sink and in the restrooms.

■ Panna cotta (dessert) that had been made in someone’s home was in residential refrigerator under the cash register.

■ Dishes in the sanitizing compartment of 3-compartment sink had no sanitizing solution.

■ Several cold foods were at temperatures above 41 degrees.

■ Boxes of food were on the floor.

Most restaurants with failed scores are reinspected within 10 days.

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■ Wendy’s, 1506 W. McIntosh Road, Griffin.

■ American Pie Pizzeria, 927 Maple St., Carrollton.

■ Blue Mount’n Café, 4921 Carrollton Villa Rica Highway, Villa Rica.

■ Butter’d Udder, 207 Adamson Square, Carrollton.

■ Los Cowboys Mexican Restaurant, 113 Main St., Villa Rica.

■ Taco Bell, 1690 Ga. 27 S., Carrollton.

■ Sam Won Gak, 1291 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee.

■ Taqueria Tsunami, 5160 Town Center Blvd., Peachtree Corners.

■ American Deli, 135 Pavilion Parkway, Fayetteville.

■ Firehouse Subs, 46 Hudson Plaza, Fayetteville.

■ Johnny’s Pizza, 230 Glynn St., Fayetteville.

■ Rinconcito Azteca Bar & Grill, 725 E. Lanier Ave., Fayetteville.

■ Tropical Smoothie Café, 2566 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta.

■ Zaxby’s, 4409 Hugh Howell Road, Tucker.

The opening of two new Goodwill stores in early June meets more than one need, a representative said.

Goodwill of North Georgia opened a new store in Sandy Springs on Thursday. A location in Roswell opened June 4. Director of Public Relations Tenee Hawkins said the new stores provide employment in a tough economy and affordable goods for shoppers.

“Demand and products and our services are doing very well,” Hawkins said. “And the stores support our mission to put peo

As we take back to the roads (and many of us have), we need to take a trip back to the basics. And one of the foundational tenets of traffic law is obedience to the stop sign.

Well, those rules are simple: Stop before proceeding. Point blank. But navigating multiple stop signs in an intersection warrants a layered understanding.

Four-way stops are top of mind for me, because they recently have multiplied like rabbits on my home stretch of Peachtree Road in Chamblee. Officials likely chose to enhance these intersections because of the proliferation of condo complexes (like mine) making the side streets intersecting with Peachtree more busy. Those streets back up because drivers on them wait at stop signs while Peachtree moves merrily along and without stop signs.

That arrangement worked well when most of the side streets consisted mainly of industrial businesses. But the recent residential boom increased delays on those streets, while traffic on Peachtree Road also grew. This meant exiting those streets became increasingly difficult. So the nearly stop-free stretch of Peachtree Road between Chamblee Tucker and Peachtree Boulevard is still a ple to work.”

Goodwill expected hundreds of shoppers on opening day of the Sandy Springs store located in Northridge Shopping Center at 8331 Roswell Road, Hawkins said. The thrift store is located in the former Kroger supermarket space.

It’s also less than 5 miles from an established location down the street. Hawkins said stores in close proximity are a benefit for people on thrift shopping sprees.

“We found these locations don’t cannibalize each other,” she said. “A lot of thrift shoppers are repeat customers, and they like to go from one location to another.” good spur to avoid the heavier traffic and numerous traffic lights of Peachtree Boulevard, but it now involves several four-way stops.

Georgia law is very clear on the procedures of a four-way stop. Every vehicle approaching such an intersection is supposed to come to a complete stop and then advance, no matter what. If two vehicles or more are stopped at a four-way stop, the vehicle that arrived first has right of way. If two vehicles seem to arrive at the same time, then the one to the right has the (wait for it) right of way.

And no driver is to just assume their right of way, no matter what. The Georgia Driver’s Manual is very clear: “If another driver tries to take your turn, even if you have the right of way, let the other driver proceed. It might prevent a traffic crash.” That is a centerpiece in the philosophy of defensive driving.

But another situation that falls into a gray area is the issue of two vehicles that need to cross the intersection but not in each other’s paths. If cars coming to stops in the opposite way just need to stop and then go forward, do they need to do that one at a time? The

The new Roswell store is inside Indian Creek shopping center at 4905 Alabama Road. The locations each have a drive-up door to drop off donations.

Goodwill has social distancing and safety measures in place for the coronavirus pandemic. They include one-way traffic on each aisle, plexiglass at the cash register, and the disinfecting and wiping down of cart handles after every use.

Fitting rooms are closed temporarily.

“The health and safety of our team members, shoppers and donors remain the highest priority,” Goodwill President and CEO Keith Parker said.

O’Charley’s, 1512 W. McIntosh Road, Griffin. Smart Choice Smoothie, W. McIntosh Road, Griffin.