‘Heavy Food Debris’: Charlotte Area Restaurant Inspections

CHARLOTTE, NC -- This week, the thought of another meal of leftovers could very likely send you out to a restaurant for dinner. Before you go, however, you might want to check out recent health inspection findings. Some restaurant kitchens in Mecklenburg County have dirty kitchen equipment caked with old food debris and aren’t sanitizing eating utensil correctly, according to a recent round of health inspections.

Do you truly know how clean your favorite coffee shop or restaurant is? Find out with the most recent restaurant and food service inspections in Charlotte, Huntersville, Davidson, and elsewhere in Mecklenburg County, performed by the Mecklenburg County Health Department.

Area restaurants that received a “B” rating for violations include: Pho An Hoa located at 4832 Central Avenue, Carmel Place located at 5512 Carmel Road and The Factory Cafe, located at 1000 NC Music Factory Boulevard.

At Pho An Hoa, an employee was seen handling ready-to-eat food with bare hands, raw eggs were stored over cooked tripe and raw pork, and build-up was found in the boba tea mixer and a noodle container. At Carmel Place, an inspection found an employee in the kitchen touching ready-to-eat pork tenderloin with their bare hands, and blades of a can opener and meat slicer with heavy food debris. Eating utensils that were to be submerged in a sanitizer vat for at least a minute were dunked for less than five seconds, the inspection report said.

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