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Lowest Scores:
The Half Shell688 South Mendenhall Road, Memphis, TN 38117Score: 65Violations include: Employee cell phone stored in the food prep area; multiple air vents are stained with rust and dust accumulation; walls and ceiling tiles throughout the kitchen are heavily stained; floor tiles are missing, and floors are stained; cooler doors do not close properly; beer cooler door at the bottom is ripped up; interior of coolers and freezers is dirty; several wiping cloths stored throughout the kitchen; bag of pasta left open on dry storage rack; gaps in the top and bottom of the back door; multiple food items on the service line are in the temperature danger zone; both cutting board attached to prep coolers are stained with deep grooves; and person in charge unable to provide shell stock tags from most deliveries of oyster. Full report
Local Lime7605 West Farmington Boulevard, Suite #1, Germantown, TN 38138Score:75Violations include: No hot water available in the restroom; multiple flies in the lobby area and in the kitchen prep area; leftover food stored for multiple days before and left inside the walk-in cooler; ceilings have a large accumulation of dust; and 2-ounce ramekin used to scoop out ingredients. Full report
Hugstables Sports Bar & Grill813 Jackson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38107Score: 76Violations include: Employee seen using gloves to handle raw meat and did not change gloves afterwards; plastic sauce cup used to scoop coleslaw stored inside the coleslaw container; no date-marking system in place for foods being held over 24 hours; stained walls and buildup on the floors; grease buildup on the exterior of all kitchen equipment; significant buildup on the fryer baskets; significant buildup on food containers; single-use lids box stored on the ground; uncovered food in the cooler; missing internal thermometers in several freezers; raw chicken stored over raw beef, smoked sausages and fries next to raw beef, and smoked sausage next to raw fish; employee seen handling raw hamburger meat, grab a wiping cloth out of a bucket, dump grease, and not change gloves or wash hands afterwards. Full report
Smoky City BBQ1023 Jackson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38107Score: 80Violations include: Permit is expired; hamburger buns stored on top of a package of raw beef, and raw beef stored above cooked pork; employee not wearing a hair restraint; excessive items that are not being used are stored throughout the restaurant; buildup on the floors and walls; no covered lid for the women’s restroom trash can; buildup on the exterior of all kitchen equipment; buildup on food containers and sauce bottles; cutting boards stored on the ground; unlabeled food containers and sauce bottles; and no internal thermometers in the coolers or freezers. Full report
Captain JJ Fish & Chicken4300 Summer Avenue, Memphis, TN 38122Score: 82Violations include: The no-smoking sign is not posted at the front entrance; no lid for the unisex restroom trash can; damaged walls and ceilings in the restroom; food buildup in the bottom of the prep cooler and the walk-in freezer; trash containers used to store seasonings; rusty shelves in the prep cooler; ice scoop lying on top of the ice in the ice bin; food and sauce containers unlabeled; missing internal thermometers in coolers and the freezer; raw chicken stored above raw shrimp; and employee seen handling raw chicken with gloves on, changed gloves but did not wash hands before putting new gloves on. Full report
Courtside Grill221 South B.B. King Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38103Score: 82Violations include: No hot water at the front hand sink; tongs are stored on the oven railing; the hanging thermometer is missing from the Pepsi reach-in cooler; the consumer advisory is not present on the menu for ribeye; the ice machine has buildup; the dish machine is not dispensing sanitizer; and mold-like substance is present in the walk-in cooler. Full report
El Porton Mexican Restaurant2095 Merchants Row, Germantown, TN 38138Score: 82Violations include: Multiple flies in the kitchen; black specks located on the white dispenser of the ice machine; excessive dust and brown damage on the ceiling tile; multiple random wiping cloths stored on prep stations and between grills; multiple uncovered tortillas bowls without lids or covers; and the kitchen manager is not aware of illness policy. Full report
Lopez Grill5653 Stage Road, Bartlett, TN 38134Score: 82Violations include: Black substance present on the ice chute in the ice bin; uncovered food in most of the cooling units; single-use tin cans in the walk-in cooler that are being used to store food; cooks are wearing wiping cloths; unlabeled food containers throughout the kitchen; prepared and raw animal products in the walk-in cooler are out of the original packaging and are not date-marked; and raw steak is being stored above raw shrimp in the walk-in cooler. Full report
Pho House1278 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104Score: 83Violations include: Heavy brown discoloration on ceiling tiles in the food prep area; permit is expired; drain plug missing on the dumpster; side doors were left open; stained ceiling tiles in the women’s restroom; serving bowls on the floor underneath the sink; soiled blue wiping cloths on the floor and prep counter; meat sitting in a bucket of water on the sink; worn cutting board with deep grooves and heavily stained; and meat stored by veggies. Full report
Waffle & Pancake House420 South Germantown Parkway, Suite #112, Memphis, TN 38018Score: 83Violations include: Raw burger meat stored over hash browns; dumpster door left open; ice buildup in freezer; food debris in microwave; thermometers are missing in walk-in cooler and prep cooler; raw eggs sitting on counter next to grill reading 78°F (should be 41°F or below); deep grooves in cutting boards; raw chicken stored next to chopped onions; and open turkey bacon stored in container with an avocado and mayo. Full report
Mochi & Mi1605 North Germantown Parkway, Suite #105, Memphis, TN 38016Score: 84Violations include: Orange buildup in ice machine; wiping cloths stored on prep table; updated permit not posted; personal phones stored near meat slicer; food debris in freezer; stained cutting board in kitchen; food boxes stored on floor; several food containers and bottles not labeled; missing thermometers in coolers and freezer; ready-to-eat foods stored on top and in front of cartons of eggs; and raw meat stored between veggies. Full report
Beale Sweets Sugar Shack, 156 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38103Chicken and Fries, 191 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38103Chick-fil-A, 920 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163IPOP, 191 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38103Wiseacre 112, 191 Beale St. Memphis, TN 38103Nothing Bundt Cakes, 1329 West Poplar Avenue, Suite #104, Collierville, TN 38017Classics 113, 191 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38103 Delta Blues Winery, 6585 Stewart Road, Lakeland, TN 38002 Sissy’s Log Cabin Kitchen, 191 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38103 La Guadalupana, 4818 Summer Ave, Memphis, TN 38122