Macon restaurants receive September health inspection grades. Here’s how they performed

All Macon restaurants passed their health inspections for the month of September, and nearly 20 made a perfect score.

Macon-Bibb County restaurants and bars, that were evaluated by the Georgia Department of Public Health in September, all scored 80 or higher on their health inspections, according to the department’s online portal Tuesday. No location received a “C” or a failing grade of “U.”

The three locations with the lowest score of 80 were the Red Carpet Inn at 2690 Riverside Drive, McDonald’s at 6210 Zebulon Road and Sake Hibachi and Sushi at 121 Tom Hill Sr. Blvd.

Here is a list of the restaurants in Macon-Bibb County that received a perfect score:

• 3rd & Cherry, 379 Third St.

• Applebee’s, 3652 Eisenhower Parkway

• Barberitos, 652 New St.

• Bearfoot Tavern, 468 Second St.

• CC Fish House, 4032 Chambers Road

• Chick-fil-A, 1569 Bass Road

• Cookout, 5001 Brookhaven Road

• Fajitas Mexican Grill, 6012 Zebulon Road

• Fatty’s Pizza, 396 Second St.

• Holy Pie! Pizzeria, 5797 Houston Road

• Hong Kong Garden, 3045 Hartley Bridge Road

• HypeWing, 5966 Zebulon Road

• Ice Bar & Grill, 3464 Williamson Road

• K’s Fish & More, 3047 Hartley Bridge Road

• S&S Cafeteria, 3724 Bloomfield Village Drive

• Shurling Seafood, 737 Shurling Drive

• Subway, 6020 Harrison Road

• Taiwan Restaurant, 3896 Pio Nono Ave.

• Tucker’s Barbecue, 4591 Broadway

How it works

The process of inspecting restaurants is simple but also complicated.

After a state environmental health inspector conducts an inspection, a restaurant receives a score that results in a letter grade. The inspector determines the score based on a 100-point scale, and the inspector deducts points for each violation the restaurant has.

Scores of 90-100 result in an “A,” which means the restaurant has reached “food safety excellence.” Scores of 80-89 result in a “B,” which is satisfactory, and scores of 70-79 result in a “C,” which means the restaurant has marginally met requirements. Any score below 70 results in a “U,” which stands for unsatisfactory which means the restaurant has failed its health inspection, according to the rules of the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Depending on the type of food preparation an establishment performs, a restaurant might have anywhere from one to three inspections a year. The frequency of the inspections may increase due to receiving a “C” or “U” grade on a routine inspection.

The Telegraph monitors inspection results once a months and typically reports the highest and lowest scores.