Famous Toastery, Original NY Bagels: Huntersville Health Grades

HUNTERSVILLE, NC — Several metro area restaurants -- including one upscale eatery in Uptown -- saw their health ratings drop recently after inspections found numerous health code violations, ranging from mold growing inside an ice machine to food not held at proper temperatures. In Huntersville, nine restaurants were inspected, all receiving A health grades, however there were numerous violations found.

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 Charlotte, Huntersville, Davidson, and elsewhere in Mecklenburg County, performed by the Mecklenburg County Health Department.

Here are the Huntersville restaurants recently inspected, their grades and links to their inspection reports:

• Pho Ginseng Vietnamese Restaurant, 12905 Rosedale Hills Ave. — 97.5/ A
• Taco Bell, 106 N. Statesville Road — 97.5/ A
• Hawthorne’s NY Pizza & Barr, 14205 Reese Blvd. — 96.5/ A
• Metro Diner Huntersville, 14211 Reese Blvd. — 96/ A
• Brixx Wood Fired Pizza, 16915 Birkdale Commons Pky — 96/ A
• Hardee’s, 14101 Statesville Road — 95.5/ A
• Romanello’s Pasta, Pizza & Subs, 105 S. Statesville Road — 95/ A
• Original NY Bagels, 9810 Gilead Road — 92.5/ A
• Famous Toastery, 12715 Conner Drive — 91.5/ A

At Original NY Bagels, a March 11 inspection documented five violations, including an employee cracking raw eggs and then handling ready-to-eat food without changing gloves or washing their hands, and an entire display case of food that needed to be discarded after the temperature was found to be too warm.

A March 9 inspection at Famous Toastery found 10 violations, including a food worker wipe his nose with a gloved hand then go back to handling food, 9-day-old black bean burgers, and chicken and tuna salad held with no date marks.

In Charlotte, a March 7 inspection at upscale Eddie V’s on South Tryon Street found 19 violations in a report that cited an “overall lack of managerial control throughout the kitchen.” Infractions found include an uncovered employee drink was found in food preparation areas, raw fish and tuna stored with ready-to-eat foods, employees not washing hands and numerous food items held at improper temperatures.

An inspection at Waffle House on Arrowood Road found 12 violations, including mold buildup on the interior of the ice machine, sausage gravy and waffle batter that needed to be discarded after they were not held at proper temperatures, and knives stored with food debris on them.

Results from the Mecklenburg County Health Department inspections done March 6 - March 12, 2019 are listed below. You may look up your favorite restaurant or find more detailed information about this latest batch of inspections here.