Update (March 13, 2018):
A Chinese restaurant in Mableton re-opened to the public the day after it closed due to two failed health inspections.
China Inn opened its doors again on Friday, employee Kevin Liu told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Veterans Memorial Highway eatery earned a score of 96 on its Friday health check, according to county records.
The report noted dishes being improperly stored along with debris on clean knives and a peeler.
Its first failure was on Feb. 26.
Update (March 8, 2018):
A Mableton restaurant that serves Chinese food closed its doors Thursday after its second failed health inspection, according to Cobb County health department records.
China Inn, at 1025 Veterans Memorial Highway, was issued a notice of violation along with a cease and desist order, the health department reported. After earning a score of 55, a manager locked the front door and turned customers away.
“Facility not approved for cooking or preparation of foods until clearance for re-opening is received from health department,” the inspection report said.
The inspector wrote that the restaurant failed again because of improperly thawing shrimp, employees handling food without washing their hands first and the back door to the kitchen was left open.
A manager wasn’t immediately available for comment Thursday. An employee who answered the phone but declined to give his name told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the restaurant was closed.
The employee said he didn’t know when it would reopen.
Original (published Feb. 27, 2018):
A Chinese restaurant in Mableton has failed its recent health check, according to Cobb County health department records.
China Inn, at 1025 Veterans Memorial Highway, earned a score of 66 on Monday, in part due to cleanliness issues. Follow-up inspections are usually done within 10 days of the original evaluation.
A manager declined to comment to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution via an employee on Tuesday.
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An inspector noted a build-up of of black mold inside ice machine “in a manner to allow contamination of ice.”
There were also “accumulations on vent/hoods in a manner to cause dripping onto foods.” The report didn’t detail what the accumulations were made of.
Several foods, including two types of chicken wings, were being held at improper temperatures “for (an) extended period of time for use during busy hours.”
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The back door of the kitchen was also “left open with screen door also propped open for (a) prolonged period of time,” which could let pests and bugs in.
The eatery was also docked points because it had an outdated inspection report posted from 2016. The restaurant has failed two other inspections since March 22, 2016, online health department records show.
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