Crawling ants, warm raw hamburger meat and dirty floors were just a few of the violations that health inspections uncovered at 13 low-scoring Nashville-area restaurants in July.
The Tennessee Department of Health last month inspected more than 800 restaurants, food trucks and other food-service kitchens in Davidson County. The median score on those initial inspections was an impressive 97 out of 100.
Not all restaurants did that well.
Listed below, in alphabetical order, are the 13 restaurants that received a score of 74 or below on initial inspections in July.
All the restaurants on the list are in Nashville, unless otherwise noted. Restaurants get a chance to correct issues, and sometimes a follow-up inspection is completed the same day. If a follow-up inspection was completed by the time of publication, that score is noted.
Want to learn more about restaurant health inspection in Tennessee? See our explainer .
Full inspection reports can be found on the website of the Tennessee Department of Health .
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Bar Louie
Score = 65
Date of inspection: Ju ly 18
Examples of violations: Damaged cans were not thrown out; several coolers did not have thermometers; ready to eat cheese stored with raw meat in a cooler.
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Follow-up score = 96
Date of follow-up inspection: July 30
314 11th Ave.
Broadway Brewhouse
Score = 70
Date of inspection: July 11
Examples of violations: The floors, walls and cooking equipment were covered in an excessive amount of grease; dark, sticky liquid was leaking from pipes in the basement storage area; raw seafood was thawing in a sink without being covered in running water.
See the full inspection report .
Follow-up score = 91
Date of follow-up inspection: July 23
317 Broadway
IHOP
Score = 67
Date of inspection: July 12
Examples of violations: Milk in a cooler was 47 degrees; an employee handled dirty dishes and then touched clean dishes without first washing their hands; no thermometers in several coolers.
See the full inspection report .
Follow-up score = 94
Date of follow-up inspection: July 23
La Costa Nayarita
Score = 56
Date of inspection: July 15
Examples of violations: Ants were crawling over the prep area near the freezer; there was standing water throughout the kitchen; cooked octopus inside a cooler was 57 degrees.
See the full inspection report .
5332 Cane Ridge Road, Antioch
Lemongrass Thai
Score = 57
Date of inspection: July 8
Examples of violations: Cooked shrimp inside a cooler was 46 degrees; knives were covered in an excessive build-up of food; flour was stored next to a sanitizer bucker and bleach.
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Follow-up score = 93
Date of follow-up inspection: July 16
73 White Bridge Road
Marisqueria Vallarta Mexican Grill 2
Score = 68
Date of inspection: July 10
Examples of violations: Flies were seen throughout the kitchen; frozen raw chicken was thawing at room temperature; raw beef was stored above crab sticks in a cooler.
See the full inspection report .
Follow-up score = 95
Date of follow-up inspection: July 19
2315 Gallatin Pike North, Madison
Nomzilla
Score = 70
Date of inspection: July 9
Examples of violations: The person in charge did not have proper knowledge of sushi and rice handling; an employee washed their hands in the three-compartment dish sink, dried hands on their pants and then began preparing food; a fly tape was hanging over the food prep area.
See the full inspection report .
Follow-up score = 97
Date of follow-up inspection: July 16
1000 Gallatin Ave,
Thai Esane at Assembly Food Hall
Score = 70
Date of inspection: July 29
Examples of violations: Fruit flies were seen in the dish area; no one was in charge who could answer food-safety questions; raw chicken was thawing in the three-compartment dishwashing sink.
See the full inspection report .
5055 Broadway
Panda Cafe
Score = 50
Date of inspection: July 2
Examples of violations: There were an excessive number of gnats in the dishwashing area; sauces and utensils were stored on the floor; the floors, walls and ceiling were excessively dirty.
See the full inspection report .
Follow-up score = 86
Date of follow-up inspection: July 17
1000 Rivergate Parkway, Goodlettsvlle
Park Cafe
Score = 73
Date of inspection: July 31
Examples of violations: Flies were seen in the prep area and in a cooler; raw hamburger meat in a cooler was 59 degrees; the handwashing sink had no paper towels.
See the full inspection report .
4403 Murphy Road
Rafferty's
Score = 70
Date of inspection: July 15
Examples of violations: The floors, walls and ceiling were dirty throughout the kitchen; flies were seen in the kitchen; several cooked items in the cooler were dated from late May.
See the full inspection report .
Follow-up score = 92
Date of follow-up inspection: July 16
4041 Armory Oaks Drive
Shoney's
Score = 74
Date of inspection: July 19
Examples of violations: There was a strong sewage smell in the office across from the mop sink; raw salmon in a cooler was 58 degrees and raw ground beef was 57 degrees; the wall and ceiling around the prep area was badly damaged.
See the full inspection report .
Follow-up score = 93
Date of follow-up inspection: July 30
546 Donelson Pike
Traphouse Wingz
Score = 71
Date of inspection: July 31
Examples of violations: Raw chicken stored on the floor of the walk-in cooler; an excessive amount of flies were seen in the back area near the dishes; the hand sink was blocked by boxes and other items.
See the full inspection report .
Follow-up score = 92
Date of follow-up inspection: July 31
1204 Buchanan St.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Flies, gnats and crawling ants: The worst Nashville restaurant inspections in July
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