Tuscaloosa Restaurants Get Low Marks In Latest ADPH Scores

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Alabama Department of Public Health has released its recent list of enforcement actions for different restaurants and businesses, including several in the Tuscaloosa area.

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ADPH says an establishment is required to immediately cease operations in the event of any of the following:

• Extended interruption of electrical or water service
• Complete lack of refrigeration
• Complete lack of hot water
• Sewage backup
• Misuse of poisonous or toxic materials
• Onset of an apparent food-borne illness outbreak
• Other circumstance that may endanger public health, including an inspection score of less than 60.

The state health department points out that operations are not resumed until an inspection indicates conditions constituting an imminent health risk and a substantial hazard no longer exist.

What's more, ADPH stressed that, in most instances, conditions are corrected and the establishment can reopen within a few hours of receiving the score.

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Below is a list of recent — within the last 90 days — enforcement actions for food service establishments, lodging facilities and body art facilities in Tuscaloosa County.

Buffalo Phil's

• Address: 1149 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 36401
• Date: Aug. 13, 2021
• Purpose: Inspection score of less than 60

Checker's

• Address: 4300 McFarland Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
• Date: July 23, 2021
• Purpose: Roach infestation

Half Shell Oyster House

• Address: 2325 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
• Date: July 7, 2021
• Purpose: Roach infestation.

Maw Maw's

• Address: 1204 Plantation Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
• Date: May 24, 2021
• Purpose: Roach infestation

Circle K #2723732

• Address: 5525 McFarland Boulevard, Northport, AL 35476
• Date: July 8, 2021
• Purpose: Complete lack of hot water

K & A Foodmart Shell

• Address: 1325 Lurleen Wallace Blvd, Northport, AL 35476
• Date: June 23, 2021
• Purpose: Sewage leak in the kitchen and rodent infestation

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