Upscale Indian restaurant in Gwinnett fails health inspection

An upscale Duluth Indian restaurant had  its food service permit suspended Thursday after a health inspector noted evidence of employees taking naps in storage areas and several employees washing hands without soap.

Currylicious, located on Satellite Boulevard, scored a 21/U on its health inspection Thursday, according to a Georgia Department of Public Health inspection report. The county health inspector opted to suspend the restaurant's food service permit for its flagrant violations and a third repeat violation of facility cleanliness, according to the report. After providing training to the staff, the inspector reinstated Currylicious' permit.

Read the full report here.

Currylicious previously scored a 76/C on a routine October health inspection.

During Thursday’s inspection, a health inspector came across a bowl of naan bread resting on  an in-use trash. The inspector also observed a comforter and pillow set up in a dry storage room, an employee drinking from a pitcher of water, dishes that were cleaned with sanitizer rather than dishwashing liquid and various cooling and heating food issues.

Currylicious co-owner Fateema Hooda said she is aware that her staff made some mistakes and is working to correct them.

“I know we were wrong in some places,” Hooda told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We will follow all the instructions moving forward.”

An informal inspection is scheduled for May 27.

If several violations are not corrected by that time, the food service permit could be suspended, again.

Find more Gwinnett health inspection scores and reports here.