UPDATE: Dua was re-inspected Friday and received a 93/A. It had three new violations, including failure to properly label food containers, failure to properly cool beef and having a light in a refrigeration unit in disrepair. The restaurant is also required to designate a vegetable hand sink within 14 days.
ORIGINAL STORY (published May 15): A Vietnamese restaurant in downtown Atlanta failed a recent health inspection, with officials noting unsatisfactory "active managerial control measures."
Dua Vietnamese Noodle Soup scored a 62 following the Friday afternoon evaluation; 69 and below is considered failing. Dua's prior score, from November, was a B.
According to the report, raw food items were not properly separated inside a reach-in cooler.
Officials also reported food, including noodles and raw chicken, stored at temperatures above 41 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Owner Thomas Cao said the violations shouldn’t have happened, and assures they “will never happen again.”
One of the infractions — which noted that some ceiling tiles, a piece of flooring and a “wall piece” were missing — is because the restaurant is expanding, Cao said Monday.
That area is in the hallway and no one sits there, he said.
Follow-up inspections are generally completed within 10 days of the original evaluation.
Dua Vietnamese Noodle Soup
53 Broad St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Score: 62
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