Restaurants & Bars

12 Mooresville Restaurants Earn β€˜A’ Ratings In Kitchen Inspection

Recent kitchen inspections, however, found dirty pans and an employee handling plates for food after touching raw bacon.

MOORESVILLE, NC β€” A dozen recently inspected Mooresville area restaurant kitchens all earned β€œA” health ratings, however numerous health code violations were found ranging from dirty pans stored as clean to an employee handling plates for food after touching raw bacon.

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 Mooresville and elsewhere in Iredell County, performed by the Iredell County Health Department.

At Jersey Mike’s Subs, an inspection found 12 violations, including metal pans stored as clean that still had food debris and residue inside of them. A meat slicer was found to be washed rinsed and sanitized once every 24 hours, when codes require every four, the report said.

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An employee at Waffle House was seen handling raw eggs and bacon with gloved hands right before handling clean plates to put food on them, a July 25 inspection report said. The kitchen inspection also found dirty plastic containers, and that the dishwasher was not reaching the proper temperature during its final hot water sanitizing rinse cycle, clean coffee mugs splattered with coffee, bags of clean linens sitting on the floor and areas of the kitchen in need of cleaning.

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Results from the Iredell County Health Department inspections done July 25 - July 31, 2018 are listed below. You may look up your favorite restaurant or find more detailed information about this latest batch of inspections here.

EstablishmentAddressInspection DateScoreGrade
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches279 Williamson Rd., Mooresville7/30/201898.5A
Burger King256 Plaza Drive, Mooresville7/30/201898A
Joe Fish510 River Highway, Mooresville7/26/201898A
Johnny Brusco's New York Style Pizza129 Gateway Blvd., Mooresville7/27/201898A
Big Bite'z Grill II843 Williamson Road, Mooresville7/30/201897.5A
Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Que328 W. Plaza Drive, Mooresville7/31/201897.5A
Bojangles275 Plaza Drive, Mooresville7/25/201897A
La Patisserie631 Brawley School Rd., Ste. 406, Mooresville7/31/201897A
Salsarita's Fresh Cantina688-A Bluefield Dr., Mooresville7/30/201896A
Tropical Smoothie CafΓ©109-E Williamson Rd., Mooresville7/27/201895A
Waffle House111 Days Inn Dr., Mooresville7/25/201894.5A
Jersey Mike's Subs647 Brawley School Rd., Mooresville7/27/201892A

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