These Bibb restaurants and lounges ace routine health inspections with perfect scores

Becky Purser

Most Bibb County restaurants earned “A’s” on their most recent routine health inspections, including more than two dozen restaurants and lounges that earned perfect scores of 100.

Just under a dozen other Bibb restaurants earned “B’s” while one received a “C,” according to what was reported Tuesday in the Georgia Department of Public Health’s online portal.

None of the restaurants failed their routine inspection Dec. 1-31.

State health inspectors assign grades based on how many points are deducted from 100, with scores of 69 and below considered failing.

One of the burgers at The Rookery in Macon named from musicians is the Johnny Jenkins burger, a hamburger cooked to order topped with pimento cheese, bread and butter pickles, onion and lettuce.
One of the burgers at The Rookery in Macon named from musicians is the Johnny Jenkins burger, a hamburger cooked to order topped with pimento cheese, bread and butter pickles, onion and lettuce.

Perfect scores

  • Baldinos Giant Jersey Subs, 596 Cherry St.

  • Decadent, 530 Poplar St.

  • Dog Gone It Anyway You Want It at the Macon Flea Market, 3670 Eisenhower Parkway

  • H&H Restaurant, 807 Forsyth St.

  • Hen’s Nest, 1897 Shurling Drive

  • Hoops Bar & Lounge, 477 Martin Luther King Jr, Blvd.

  • Jag’s Pizzeria & Pub, 1635 Montpelier, Suite A

  • Domino’s Pizza, 600 New St., Suite A

Fried shrimp platter with gumbo and jambalaya hush puppies at Kudzu Seafood Company.
Fried shrimp platter with gumbo and jambalaya hush puppies at Kudzu Seafood Company.

  • Kudzu Seafood Company, 512 Poplar St.

  • Maria’s Lounge, 4581 Forsyth Road, Suite A

  • McDonald’s, 4472 Ocmulgee East Blvd.

  • Reckon Coffee & Wine Bar at Hotel Forty Five, 401 Cotton Ave.

  • Sharks’ Fish & Chicken Chicago Style, 3485 Mercer University Drive

  • The Back Burner Restaurant, 2242 Ingleside Ave.

  • The Rookery, 543 Cherry St.

  • Your Pie, 536 Poplar St.

Also, Party Ice, a food truck operating in Bibb, earned a perfect score.

From left to right, a to-go plate from the Hen’s Nest of Cornish hens, cornbread dressing with cranberry sauce, cheesy macaroni cheese and potato salad, and a to-go plate of smothered pork chops over rice, cheesy macaroni cheese and seasoned collard greens.
From left to right, a to-go plate from the Hen’s Nest of Cornish hens, cornbread dressing with cranberry sauce, cheesy macaroni cheese and potato salad, and a to-go plate of smothered pork chops over rice, cheesy macaroni cheese and seasoned collard greens.

Here’s how the scores are graded: “A” for a score between 90 and 100 that indicates “food safety excellence.” “B” for a score between 80 and 89, considered “satisfactory compliance,” and “C” for “marginal compliance’‘ for a score between 70 and 79. A “U” for ``unsatisfactory compliance” is given when a restaurant scores a 69 or less.

Restaurant inspections are designed to protect public health. The Telegraph reviews inspection reports monthly and generally reports only the best and the worst scores.

”A” food safety excellence score 90 to 100
”A” food safety excellence score 90 to 100

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