Frank’s Family Restaurant fails inspection | News

Diane Fonseca, general manager at the restaurant, said she asked for the failing score.

The inspector and her trainee came during the lunch rush hour and were finding so many little problems that the restaurant could have passed with a low score in the 70s, but she didn’t want to accept that, Fonseca said.

“I’d rather take the fail than to have a mediocre score for six months,” she said.

If a restaurant fails an inspection, the Coweta Board of Environmental Health reinspects within 10 business days.

The restaurant was cited for numerous items including having cooked gyro meat next to raw liver and bacon, foods including diced tomatoes, kale, lettuce and cooked sausage not being held at the proper temperatures as well as having heads of cauliflower in the cooler that had “black, mold-like substance” on them.

The one repeat violation was that no current inspection report was posted.

Fonseca said that she had all the reports in her office at the time of the inspection because she was planning to redo the placement on the wall.

At the two previous inspections on June 2, 2023, and Nov. 29, 2022, the restaurant scored 89-B and 85-B respectively.

Frank’s Family Restaurant, 1188 Collinsworth Road, Palmetto – was inspected Nov. 21 and scored 54-U. Inspector comments: Observed no certified food safety manager certificate posted. New violation. Observed no soap at handwash sink at bar. New violation. Observed cooked gyro meat beside raw liver and cooked gyro meat beside raw bacon. PIC moved items to appropriate locations. Corrected on-site. New violation. Observed multiple prepped items in reach-in coolers without lids. New violation. Observed multiple prepped…