Braselton restaurant fails health inspection

Violations include multiple food items kept at unsafe temperatures.

Pat’s Eatery in Braselton failed a routine health inspection with multiple cold foods at unsafe temperatures and other cooked items that were improperly cooled.

Buttermilk, cheese, ham, tomatoes, spinach, cheesecake and red velvet cake were all out of temperature in the coolers and were discarded.

Gravy, noodles and potato salad were thrown away because they were not cooling fast enough to prevent contamination.

The inspector said improper methods for cooling were used, with some foods cooling at room temperature and others in covered containers inside a walk-in cooler.

Pat’s Eatery, 2625 Old Winder Highway, scored 65/U, down from 95/A in June. It will be reinspected.

Among other violations, several cutting boards stored as clean were dirty with food debris. Food debris also was on seasoning bins and shelving. Cleaning buckets had no measurable amount of sanitizer.

Two employee hand sinks were inaccessible, and water was leaking from a dishwasher pipe.

PAT’S EATERY

2625 Old Winder Highway, Braselton. Score: 65/U.

ACROSS METRO ATLANTA

Here are other recent inspection scores for area restaurants.

Cobb County

■ Cielo Blue Mexican Grill & Cantina, 1080 Windy Hill Road, Smyrna. 87/B

■ Forks & Flavors, 2920 Busbee Parkway, Kennesaw. 93/A

■ JJ Dominican Snacks, 2198 Austell Road, Marietta. 90/A

■ Panda Express, 741 Townpark Lane, Kennesaw. 84/B

■ Waffle House, 3441 Barrett Parkway, Marietta. 86/B

Dekalb County

■ Calabar & Grill, 4144 Redan Road, Stone Mountain. 87/B

■ Hibachi & Seafood, 5982 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain. 100/A

■ Las Colinas Mexican Grill, 2327 Main St., Tucker. 91/A

■ Mediterranean Bakery, 3362 Chamblee Tucker Road, Atlanta. 96/A

■ Tan-cha Milk Tea, 5677 Buford Highway, Doraville. 73/C

Fulton County

■ Burger King, 3195 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, Atlanta. 99/A

■ Dynasty Chinese Restaurant, 10955 Jones Bridge Road, Alpharetta. 86/B

■ OK Café, 1284 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta. 95/A

■ Old Lady Gang Southern Eatery, 177 Peter St., Atlanta. 95/A

■ Smokey’s BBQ, 3850 Jonesboro Road, Atlanta. 80/B