UPDATE: PittyPat's Porch restaurant has passed a re-inspection by the Georgia Department of Public Health with a score of 88.
The Southern restaurant, in its 50th year of service, failed a late December inspection including uncovered food in the walk-in cooler and inadequate handwashing.
Many of the violations were addressed the day of the inspection, owner Guy Thomson said, and others were repaired between the failing inspection and Thursday’s passing inspection.
The restaurant will also paint a door, repair a sink and fix “a few other minor items” in order to reach a score in the “high 90s”the next time they are inspected, Thomson said.
UPDATE: PittyPat's Porch will be re-inspected by the Georgia Department of Public Health on Friday after failing a late December inspection.
The issues that caused the restaurant to fail were resolved on the day of the inspection and allowed dinner service to occur as planned, owner Guy Thomson said.
The restaurant was asked to voluntarily close after the December inspection, but chose not to because the issues were “minor and easily correctable,” Thomson said.
“We had a very busy night and everything went well,” he said in an email.
The inspector’s report said an “intervention meeting” had been scheduled, but instead a follow-up inspection was scheduled, Thomson said.
All violations in the December report have been “either fixed or rectified” and the restaurant expects to be in full compliance for its follow-up inspection Friday, Thomson said.
PittyPat’s Porch refused to voluntarily close after failing its second health inspection within a year, a report from the Georgia Department of Public Health said.
The downtown Atlanta restaurant scored a 69/U on its Dec. 30 inspection. Violations included inadequate handwashing and handwashing stations, leaking pipes and uncovered food in a walk-in cooler.
25 Andrew Young International Blvd.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Score: 69
The restaurant manager refused to close the restaurant after the health inspector asked him to voluntarily do so, the report said.
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The inspector and the manager, Charles Dorough, were scheduled to meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday for an “intervention meeting,” according to the report. Dorough was not available for comment Wednesday afternoon.
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