Here are the Columbus restaurants that got perfect scores in February inspections

A large portion of Muscogee County restaurants that had routine health inspections in February earned “A’s”, with 20 of them receiving perfect scores.

Last month, 44 restaurants, lounges and bars were inspected, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s online portal. There were 37 Columbus businesses offering food services that received “A’s” in their routine inspections and seven earned “B’s”.

No restaurant in Columbus failed their routine inspection between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28.

Perfect food safety scores

• Carousel Lounge, 3003 Victory Dr.

• Checkers, 2453 Wynnton Rd.

• Jordan’s Girls Gourmet Dawgs, 801 Veterans Pkwy

• Ride On Smoothie and Juice Bar, 1036 Broadway

• Schomburg Nutrition, 7600 Schomburg Rd. suite E

• Sharky’s Fish & Chicken, 2626 Manchester Expy

• Marble Slab Creamery/Great American Cookies, 5555 Whittlesey Blvd suite 1940

• Wendy’s, 1633 Bradley Park Dr.

• River Road Nutrition, 5156 River Rd. suite L

• TRS Lounge, 2911 Airport Thruway, suite 10

• Zaxby’s, 7033 Ruffie Way, Midland

• Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, 3465 Macon Rd., suite G

• ATL Wings Express, 1815 12th Ave.

• Ezell’s Catfish Cabin, 4001 Warm Springs Rd.

• Graze Craze of Columbus, suite 6298 Veterans Pkwy, suite 3H

• Snack Chabelita, 4475 Warm Spring Rd suite 3

• The Chicken Lady’s Coop, 6597 Whittlesey Ste B

• The Rolling Coop (Mobile), 6597 Whittlesey Ste B

• Wendy’s, 6490 Milgen Rd.

• Shark’s Fish & Chicken, 5609 Milgen Rd.

How establishments are graded

Restaurants receive one of four letter grades that are assigned based on how many points are deducted from 100:

• “A” grades mean food safety is excellent is achieved by receiving 90-100 points

• “B’s” are issued when there is “satisfactory compliance” with the business receiving 80-89 points

• “C’s” mean there is marginal compliance and applied to scores between 70-79

• “U’s” represent unsatisfactory compliance and are applied to scores of 69 or less.

Establishments that receive a “C” or “U” food safety grade will have at least one additional routine inspection added in a 12-month period, according to state law.

This story was originally published March 9, 2023 at 5:00 AM.

Brittany McGee

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Brittany McGee is the community issues reporter for the Ledger-Enquirer. She is a 2021 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Media and Journalism with a second degree in Economics. She began at the Ledger-Enquirer as a Report for America corps member covering the COVID-19 recovery in Columbus. Brittany also covered business for the Ledger-Enquirer.