Out-Of-Date Food, Dirty Nozzles: Charlotte Restaurant Inspections

CHARLOTTE, NC — Five Charlotte-area restaurants received health score downgrades recently after health inspections found a range of infractions, from an employee handling raw chicken before touching clean utensils, to open beverages perched atop raw meat and knives stored as clean with stuck-on food.

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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.

Restaurants that received a "B" rating include:

• Pho An Hoa, 4832 Central Avenue, Charlotte
• Yorkmont Restaurant, 2925 Yorkmont Road, Charlotte
• New Century Oriental Meat Market, 4500 N.Tryon Street, Charlotte
• R&K Express, 8712 Pence Road
• Godavari Authentic Indian Cuisine, 8624 Camfield Street

At Ph An Hoa, quick-cooling food was found kept at improper temperatures, such as containers of chicken broth that had cooled overnight and still wasn’t less than 45 degrees and food improperly dated.

At Yorkmont, an inspection found employees improperly washing their hands, and an insufficient level of sanitizer, as well as potato salad and tuna salad without a date mark. At New Century Oriental Meat Market, an inspection found an employee’s opened can beverage sitting on top of a box of raw meat, and an employee handling raw chicken with their gloved hands before handling clean utensils.

An inspection at R&K Express found part of a mop bucket stored in the hand-washing sink and no soap, as well as build up inside the ice machine and soda fountain nozzles. An open container of slaw was also found with a date five days past the manufacturers sell by date.

A kitchen employees was spotted handling raw chicken before working with ready-to-eat food without washing their hands between glove changes and another washing their hands without taking their gloves off at Godavari Authentic Indian Cuisine. An inspector also found dirty knives and food with no date labels.

Results from the Mecklenburg County Health Department inspections done Feb. 7 -- Feb. 13, 2018 are listed below. You may look up your favorite restaurant or find more detailed information about this latest batch of inspections here.

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