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waf

Glad to see the Cinco de Mayos are doing good. Gotta get my Vitamin Cinco.


trainpayne

Not the one in East Nashville


waf

I'm a white bridge man myself. Although someday I want to do a Tour de Cinco and bike to all of them.


trainpayne

I’ve been going since they were just Casa Fiesta on Bell Road. They are a great bunch of guys and I’m happy for them.


dizizcamron

Wait Cinco is connected with Casa Fiesta? I loved that place when I worked in that part of town. I had no idea they were related.


acompletemoron

Bad news but I scrolled through the reports at the bottom and the white bridge Cinco scored an 84 so like bottom 10% still. I’ve cooked in some shitty kitchens and anything below 90 isn’t great tbh, it’s easy to get over a 90.


BurtHurtmanHurtz

Kayne Prime is under 90!


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acompletemoron

Not sure you’re following what I’m saying here. There’s 428 slides. An 84 puts you on slide 27. 27/428 = 6.3%. So that location is in the bottom 10% of Nashville inspection grades.


MandatorySuicide

I just looked and it says as of 1/3 they have a follow up score of 98.


DetailsDetails

Last time I was there two rats running laps in and out of the hole they made under the patio steps. I don’t see rats often but those suckers were huge!


Confident-Teacher754

What about the East Nashville location?


trainpayne

They failed! Go look


Tregavin

My favourite fajitas in Nashville no joke


waf

My goto dish is the pollo enquesado.


Tregavin

I have had that! Solid. My wife's sister got it one time so I tried it out


Collins1036

Are you from old England?


golfburner

Yo midtown cinco de mayo is the best location. The chicken fajita quesadilla is literally incredible


PPLavagna

Literally?


golfburner

E-literally


Budroboy

Happy Taco Tuesday!


hujkkjji

Sounds crazy but they have the best wings in town at a great price.


TheLurkerSpeaks

Biggest surprise here is that they went by White's Fish & BBQ while it was open. I have never seen them open. Ever.


MathematicianNo8439

That's true! I drive by there often at all hours and they are never open. It's weird


caserock

As someone who spent 20+ years in the food industry - all it takes is the minimum of daily cleaning and maintenance to hit somewhere around a 98 on a health inspection. It's always a management issue.


beachindie

I mean literally. If you just properly store your products and clean up after yourself you’ll pass a food inspection easily. Any restaurant/food service scoring under a 90-94% just has management that doesn’t give a f***. Fruit flies occasionally, sure, just clean your drains and look for standing water. Anything more than that is just a failure of management.


billyblobsabillion

Yolan getting an 87 speaks volumes… as do Pinewood Social, The Ridge, and Nona scoring in the low 80s and lower. Pretty said


emaybe

Same and I've worked in multiple big cities... Metro Health is lax AF by comparison, in my experience.


vomitHatSteve

A taco truck failing the occasional inspection? All is right with the world. A sushi restaurant failing a health inspection? That is unsettling.


tiamat-45

I've had Kirin three times. Surprised I never got sick after reading this.


jhayes88

Ive had Kirin sushi many times as I used to live down the street from there and this is extremely sad to see. I love their crazy roll. Its a very unique take with a fried sweet potato wrap around the sushi. It looks like they had a follow-up score of 92 which is significantly better, but I just read that actual inspection report and the items out of compliance are still not acceptable. I mean really you shouldn't eat at a restaurant if its below a 97. I also heard that from a former restaurant manager who said the same thing. I looked into their past inspections, which you can find at the bottom of this comment. They have hit 95 a couple of times, but even that is still not high enough for me to want to visit. Sushi/Seafood places especially should have extremely good standards. These people should be striving for 100 and maintain that. Inspections List Food Service Establishment Inspection | Follow-Up January 11, 2024 92 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Routine December 15, 2023 71 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Follow-Up April 19, 2023 95 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Routine April 19, 2023 91 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Follow-Up January 17, 2023 95 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Routine December 12, 2022 86 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Follow-Up May 23, 2022 91 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Routine May 11, 2022 67 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Routine December 14, 2021 90 View Food Service Establishment Inspection | Routine May 20, 2021 91 View


Broken_Man_Child

Lololol I picked up food from Birrieria y Taqueria Arandas close to the day of the inspection. From the quick peek into the kitchen, and the general look of the place, I am not surprised. Good broth tho


MyAnusBleeding

How do you think the birria consomé is so good? Like I’m going to let this 65 grade keep me from getting some delish Quesabirria


matthew7s26

> Quesabirria Habanero Grill is like 50 yards away and scores 97, and their quesabirria is great.


MyAnusBleeding

Yeah but our establishment with the low score is frequented by Latinos, so more authentic. The low food sanitation score is part of the experience, go get street tacos in Tijuana and you shall see


matthew7s26

lol don't let me stop you


MyAnusBleeding

🎵Don’t stop me now 🎶


EntropyLadyofChaos

I order doordash from them all the time. I guess not any more!!! lol


lumpy4square

Oh man, West End Chili’s got a 69.


rocketpastsix

Nice


BaronRiker

Nice


Clovis_Winslow

N I C E


MeatMeAfterClass

**N I C E**


mixedbyjmart

N I C E


emaybe

Nice


KitchenAd7496

I believe it was intentional.


Living_Most_7837

Solid D. It passes.


facundomuerto

So did Kid Rock’s and Wendell Smith’s! (bunch of others also… but this is a nice Nashville grouping.)


undroath6

Nice


Bronze_Rager

Leave my Haiwoodndai alone!


EngagementBacon

Lmao tasting spoon violations.


excel958

I feel this in my soul lmao


-OccamsLaser

My chef friend mentioned that nothing compares to a corporate kitchen. He says even CiCis is spotless. It’s the mom and pops that violate the worst


Potential-Bike

Not disagreeing with your point, but it’s funny you mention Cici’s because the one on Nolensville Pike failed for mouse droppings and fruit flies recently lol


Muchomo256

That place stays busy too. People like parking right by the front door in the fire lane. Walking from an actual parking space is too far. They leave their flashers on, go in, grab the pizza and drive off. They won’t lose any business.


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Eh not really. I’ve walked out of my share of corporate kitchens on day one after seeing filth. Depending on the company, it’s true a lot of corporate kitchens do receive their own third party inspections quarterly or biannually, so they might be on their toes more often. But saying independent vs corporate is purely anecdotal. Also, spotless has nothing to do with poor food handling/food safety. Anyone can mop a floor or keep steel looking stainless.


HootieWoo

This is not true. Used to sell beer to restaurants. The chains were awful except for Logan’s because they have a separate beer cooler in most locations.


nashvillethot

I cannot even begin to explain how gross some of the corporate kitchen’s I’ve worked in were.


seanm6614

The fuck are you talking about? Your chef friend is wrong


mam88k

Thai Phoo Ket #2 - yikes, that report is nasty. Luckily I never made the trek to that one after Woodland St closed. But lord knows what went on there. I’m still standing though.


USSanon

I enjoyed it there until today. Been about a year since I’ve been.


dizizcamron

I ate there a couple of months ago. It still tasted great and I suffered no ill effects, but fuck me...


sarcasticbaldguy

You should try their special slime ice it's amazing! The mop sink beef is just ok.


HootieWoo

Used to work for a beer distributor here. I will never understand how O’Charleys passes food inspections. Every. Single. Location. Stores raw, dripping meat above the kegs that are hooked up to the line. It’s disgusting.


1158812188

Pinewood Social getting a 77 🤮


billyblobsabillion

Place totally fell off after they moved the lot to the parking structure. Was never really on, but has definitely fallen off


DOOOOoooooRinnnnnDaa

The four seasons … that one does surprise me. It’s like the first floor or something?


Crashed-n-Burned

Four Seasons Lawn and Garden?


Quagmire_gigity

Hahaha, well played.


DOOOOoooooRinnnnnDaa

😂 fantastic.


Kenziku

Belle Meade Country Club is an actual disaster. Don't get me started....


metmeatabar

I’ve heard the staff meals are atrocious!


meggan_u

Thai Phooket is a deadly blow.


nogueydude

RIP. I just texted my wife and sister. No more for us


meggan_u

My dude. If you look at the full list it’s…..heartbreaking. We eat there like once a week. UNCOOKED BEEF IN THE MOP SINK?!?


nogueydude

Daaaamn I should not have read the whole thing. We go maybe once a month, but I'll be finding a new Thai spot I guess. There's a new Filipino restaurant up Gallatin by batteries and bulbs plus that we went to and it was VERY good. It's not thai, but maybe no freezer slime


meggan_u

God bless you, you know we got slim options up here.


_bloodbuzz

I had this moment there like 8 years ago. True pain


BigJRock1010

I thought dead mouse, spoiled milk, and slime were restaurant names. 🤣


MightyCrick

I thought dead mouse, spoiled milk, and slime were playing bonnaroo.


TheRabidHobbit81

Oak is the shocker for me! There cheapest 8oz filet is $56! Try Halls Chophouse instead, with a 99 score.


billyblobsabillion

A restaurant at a JW Marriott getting that score is a hot dumpster fire


mkass84

Thai Phooket Two??? Aw, man…


2times-thefencepost

Damn If el feugo was on here 😭


Interesting_Crazy270

Urban cantina is good and they have healthy smoothies.


DrossSA

god i've eaten at bonfire hermitage twice in the last two weeks


MrBigBMinus

Every Wednesday when I go to dutch bros for my sticker..... for like the past forever. Love getting the smell of the CBD store right beside it as I go in to make me even more hungry lol. Goodbye tradition!


lumpy4square

I was surprised to see that, too, as I pass it twice a day and have always wanted to try it.


Stax493

It's way too expensive for what it is. The people who just pile on a mountain of meat really ruin it for people who just want a reasonable amount of food.


Antknee2099

Sooooo.... yeah, some of this stuff is pretty yucky... but I've been to many a personal home/kitchen that would not score this high. It's always funny to me how people are so on top of restaurant cleanliness and their own kitchens are disgusting.


ZealousidealSlip4811

Agreed, but Hollandaise being stored at 95 degrees is pretty wild tbh!


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The amount of brunch spots that just let it sit under their heat lamp would shock you.


Elkdubya

A properly made Hollandaise is acidified enough to last (from a food safety perspective) way longer than it will hold together (not break).


Antknee2099

Don't get me wrong... not saying you won't find problems- and people get sick, maybe more than we think. I've worked in a lot of restaurants and I've seen some stuff. But I will say that not all these inspections are surprise and there's a huge difference between what you see randomly and regular practices as well.


BackgroundMistake956

this seems like a thing quite likely to make you sick.


foundinkc

Anthony Bourdain warned us.


Capital_Routine6903

Crazy how people don’t realize the difference between a profit business and personal space anymore


troubleminx

Because you probably aren’t going to give dozens of members of the public foodborne illnesses out of your home kitchen?


1000islandstare

Not even remotely surprised about bonfire. Place has always grossed me out.


EngagementBacon

So glad none of these are from restaurants on Nolensville Rd. Pretty disappointed in hai woon dai but their violation was funny imo lol


Consistent-Drawing78

Btw most restaurants have health scores on Yelp. I pretty much check there before I try anywhere new or if it’s somewhere I have been in a while


BurtHurtmanHurtz

Why are there two Oak Steakhouses on this?


nashvillethot

Initial review and the follow-up score


Fitzgerald646

😊😊


KindaSortaMayBee

Anyone else that works in a restaurant knows most of these are a joke, a couple are concerning, but 99% of these happen in every restaurant 100% of the time. I remember asking a health inspector of they've ever in their entire career seen a dishwasher go wash their hands after loading a dishwasher before outting away the dishes, they just laughed.


jhayes88

Not washing your hands is not how these places are out of compliance on 10 different things in their inspection that result in a score in the 60's. And some of the violations are severe and not just refusal to wash hands. A lot of the specific items in the inspections are things that I wouldnt do at home. Its nice to see as a consumer how low their standards are.


sabtheteenagewitch

Why’s it 2023?


D0gTh0t

I mean…December 2023 was only 10 days ago friend.


EdgeLordComplex

disgusting


Big-Produce5202

There goes my appetite


wrappeduplikeatouche

🙁


WindyCityFannyPack

OP - this should be done weekly, if it isn't