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Forsyth County restaurant inspections: December 2016
Restaurant
Matthew Hanley
Updated: Jan 11, 2017, 6:45 PM
Published: Jan 11, 2017, 6:52 PM

Visit the Forsyth County Public Health Inspection page for a searchable list of food service scores.

Following are the food service businesses that were inspected by the Forsyth County Environmental Department in December 2016. A score of 69 or less is failing.

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ALESSIO'S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA
3775 Windermere Pkwy. Ste. M Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 15, 2016
Score: 97
Notes: Unsatisfactory personal cleanliness

ASIAN TABLE
2950 Buford Hwy. Ste. 180 Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 14, 2016
Score: 83
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces, improper cold holding temperatures

ATLANTA BREAD COMPANY
908 Buford Hwy. Cumming Ga 30040
Date: December 19, 2016
Score: 74
Notes: Food not in good condition, unclean food-contact surfaces, improper cold holding temperatures

BELLO ITALIAN RESTAURANT
101 Meadow Drive Ste. K Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 15, 2016
Score: 90
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

BELMONT VILLAGE JOHNS CREEK
4315 Johns Creek Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga 30024
Date: December 8, 2016
Score: 98
Notes: Unavailable hot and cold water

BLIMPIE
1510 McFarland Rd. Alpharetta, Ga 30005
Date: December 2, 2016
Score: 95
Notes: Unsatisfactory personal cleanliness

BOJANGLES
3285 Keith Bridge Rd. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 16, 2016
Score: 82
Notes: Hands unclean and unwashed

BOUNTIFUL ON BURGESS
1520 James Burgess Rd. Suwanee, Ga 30024
Date: December 19, 2016
Score: 94
Notes: Improper cooling methods used

CASA NUOVA RESTAURANT
5670 Highway 9, Suite A1 Alpharetta, Ga 30004
Date: December 8, 2016
Score: 91
Notes: Improper hot holding temperatures

CASTLEBERRY ALE HOUSE
5446 Bethelview Rd. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 14, 2016
Score: 91
Notes: Improper hot holding temperatures

CHEEKY TAQUERIA
410 Peachtree Pkwy. Ste. 122 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 1, 2016
Score: 94
Notes: Improper cooling methods

CHOPSTICKS CHINA BISTRO
405 Peachtree Pkwy., Suite 100 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 13, 2016
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

CINCO MEXICAN CANTINA
5755 N Vickery St. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 2, 2016
Score: 100

COCO'S CUBAN RESTAURANT
1240 Buford Hwy. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 6, 2016
Score: 91
Notes: Improper cold holding temperatures

COFFEE HOUSE HOLDINGS, INC dba STARBUCKS #13994
435 Peachtree Pkwy., Suite 400 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 6, 2016
Score: 92
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

COUNTRY LAND GOLF COURSE GRILL
6560 Mayfield Dr. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 9, 2016
Score: 100

DUNKIN DONUTS
3275 Keith Bridge Rd. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 16, 2016
Score: 92
Notes: Irresponsible management, unsatisfactory personal cleanliness

EL PORTON OF MIDWAY
4902 Atlanta Hwy. Alpharetta, Ga 30004
Date: December 14, 2016
Score: 93
Notes: Improper cooling methods

FUKU ASIAN BISTRO
3280 Keith Bridge Rd. Ste. 1-D Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 13, 2016
Score: 95
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

GIORGIO'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT & PIZZA
558 Lakeland Plaza Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 8, 2016
Score: 99
Notes: Unclean non-contact surfaces

GOLDEN PALACE
2300 Bethelview Rd. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 7, 2016
Score: 89
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces, improper cooling methods

I4FOOD RESTAURANT & BAR
5456 Bethelview Rd. Ste 109 Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 14, 2016
*Score: 65*
Notes: Irresponsible management, unseparated food, unsatisfactory personal cleanliness
Date: December 28, 2016
Score: 94
Notes: Improper date marking

ICHIBAN BUFFET
655 Atlanta Rd. Ste. 609 Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 12, 2016
Score: 85
Notes: Improper hot holding temperatures, unposted food service scores

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES
920 Market Place Blvd. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 20, 2016
Score: 100

JAZ CHINESE CUISINE
270 Saint Claire Dr. Ste. 101 Alpharetta, Ga 30004
Date: December 21, 2016
Score: 82
Notes: Irresponsible management, improper hot holding temperatures

JET'S PIZZA
5430 McGinnis Ferry Rd. Ste. 101 A Alpharetta, Ga 30005
Date: December 9, 2016
Score: 94
Notes: Improperly stored/identified toxic substances

KITANI SUSHI
1485 Peachtree Pkwy. Suite D-2 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 5, 2016
Score: 85
Notes: Hands unclean and unwashed

LANIER GRILL
2080 Buford Dam Rd. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 20, 2016
Score: 97
Notes: Unsatisfactory personal cleanliness

LET'S ROLL SKATE'N FUN CENTER
5065 Piney Grove Rd. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 9, 2016
Score: 100

LITTLE CAESARS
3280 Keith Bridge Rd. Ste. 1b Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 16, 2016
Score: 86
Notes: Non-certified food protection manager

LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE #5106
925 Market Place Blvd. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 20, 2016
Score: 94
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

LOS MAGUEY MEXICAN RESTAURANT
5456 Bethelview Road, Suite 101 Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 14, 2016
Score: 76
Notes: Irresponsible management, improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use, unclean food-contact surfaces

MARCO'S PIZZA
2360 Bethelview Dr. Ste. 108 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 2, 2016
Score: 91
Notes: Inadequate hand-washing facilities

MIA RISTORANTE ITALIANO
2300 Bethelview Rd. Ste. 104 & 105 Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 8, 2016
Score: 100

MR. SWISS
230 Elm St. Ste. 800 Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 15, 2016
Score: 85
Notes: Irresponsible management, improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

OAKS AT HAMPTON
5610 Hampton Park Dr. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 20, 2016
Score: 90
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
1715 Market Place Blvd. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 8, 2016
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

PANDA EXPRESS # 910
3585 Peachtree Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga 30024
Date: December 2, 2016
Score: 82
Notes: Hands unclean and unwashed, bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food

PUEBLOS MEXICAN CUISINE
2595 Freedom Pkwy. Ste. 100 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 14, 2016
Score: 94
Notes: Improperly stored/identified toxic substances

RICE RESTAURANT & SUSHI BAR
3480 Keith Bridge Road Ste. B-1 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 6, 2016
Score: 82
Notes: Irresponsible management, inadequate handwashing facilities

ROSATI'S PIZZA AND SPORTS BAR
415 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 200 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 6, 2016
Score: 96
Notes: Improper response procedures for vomiting/diarrheal events

SHANE'S RIB SHACK
2609 Peachtree Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga 30024
Date: December 13, 2016
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

SMOKEY Q
1850 Bald Ridge Marina Rd. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 7, 2016
Score: 89
Notes: Irresponsible management, insects, rodents present

ST MARLO COUNTRY CLUB
7755 St. Marlo Country Club Pkwy. Duluth, Ga 30097
Date: December 21, 2016
Score: 90
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use, inadequate handwashing facilities

SUBWAY #17547 @ BANNISTER RD
5430 Bannister Rd. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 23, 2016
Score: 94
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities

SUSHI MING JAPANESE KITCHEN
5430 McGinnis Ferry Rd. Ste. 103 Alpharetta, Ga 30005
Date: December 21, 2016
Score: 99
Notes: Utensils improperly stored

TACO BELL #60613
3579 Peachtree Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga 30024
Date: December 23, 2016
Score: 96
Notes: Improper response procedures for vomiting/diarrheal events

TAM'S BACKSTAGE
215 Ingram Ave. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 15, 2016
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

TED'S MONTANA GRILL
410 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 100 Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 22, 2016
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

THAI BASIL KITCHEN
1475 Peachtree Pkwy. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 5, 2016
Score: 87
Notes: Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food

THAT BISCUIT PLACE, INC.
5110 Chattahoochee Industrial Park Dr. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 13, 2016
*Score: 57*
Notes: Person-in-charge not present, unclean food-contact surfaces, improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use
Date: December 28, 2016
Score: 89
Notes: Improper cold-holding temperatures

THE STATION HOUSE RESTAURANT
212 Atlanta Hwy. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 14, 2016
Score: 96
Notes: Improper cooling methods

TOSCANA
4090 Johns Creek Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga 30024
Date: December 1, 2016
Score: 88
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

VILLA'S AT CANTERFIELD
815 Atlanta Hwy. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 7, 2016
Score: 86
Notes: Hands unclean and unwashed

VINCENZA'S PIZZA
765 McFarland Pkwy. Ste. D Alpharetta, Ga 30004
Date: December 12, 2016
Score: 99
Notes: Improperly stored utensils

WAFFLE HOUSE #1466 @ BETHELVIEW RD
6026 Bethelview Rd. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 23, 2016
Score: 91
Notes: Improper cold holding temperatures

WAFFLE HOUSE #1507 @ MCFARLAND PKWY
1515 McFarland Rd. Alpharetta, Ga 30005
Date: December 21, 2016
Score: 91
Notes: Improper cold holding temperatures

WAFFLE HOUSE #841 @ BUFORD HWY
903 Buford Hwy. Cumming, Ga 30041
Date: December 19, 2016
Score: 86
Notes: Hands unclean and unwashed

WINDWARD TAVERN
5206 McGginnis Ferry Rd. Cumming, Ga 30040
Date: December 13, 2016
Score: 91
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

WOK & CHOPSTICK
1525 McFarland Road Suite 101 Alpharetta, Ga 30004
Date: December 12, 2016
Score: 79
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces, improper cooling methods, improperly stored/identified toxic substances

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Woman opens new business selling homemade caramel corn
Kandie's Korn
Kandice Goas has recently started a new local business, Kandie’s Korn, selling her homemade caramel corn. - photo for FCN regional staff
Updated: Aug 2, 2020, 3:21 PM
Published: Aug 2, 2020, 3:22 PM

By Erica Schmidt, FCN regional staff

Kandice Goas had worked in human resources for corporate America for the past 27 years of her life. For every holiday, Goas would bring in her homemade caramel corn, made from a recipe she used to make together with her mother as a child, to share with her coworkers. Every time she brought the treat to share, Goas would get comment after comment about how people loved it. 

Now, the single mother of three is pursuing her passion for cooking full-time by starting her own business: Kandie’s Korn. 

“One day in March I’d brought my caramel corn in and I overheard some guys talking in the break room and going on and on about how great it was, so I went home and emailed somebody to ask if they could make a logo of me as a cartoon with my apron,” Goas said. “He sent the logo back the next day, and I just said ‘OK, I’m doing this’” 

About a month after first getting the idea to start her own business, Goas officially quit her job and never looked back.

Since then, she has started selling her home-baked caramel corn online, the Dawsonville Farmer’s Market, the Cumming Farmer’s Market and anywhere else she can set up a booth.

The decision to quit her corporate job and go all-in with her caramel corn business was one that was both exciting and intimidating, according to Goas. 

“I was relieved in the sense that I didn’t have the everyday stress of the corporate world and the company that I was working for, so I was relieved to leave that toxic situation,” Goas said. “But I was also nervous thinking what if I fail at this or it doesn’t work? I have three girls, two of whom are still at home and depend on me.” 

But according to Goas, she has always been a go-getter and was determined to pursue her dream. 

“It was nerve-wracking, but I’ve always been headstrong, so failure is not an option,” Goas said. 

Now, several months later, Goas has built a following for her homemade caramel corn and has branched out to include several new flavors for her business’s offerings, including cheese, peanut butter, and “Kracker Knax,” her own spin on the classic Cracker Jack popcorn. 

“People love the Kracker Knax — the other day I had a gentleman call me who had picked up a couple bags of them,” Goas said. “And he said ‘I stopped at your booth and had to call you personally and tell you that as soon as I ate your product it brought me back to the ’50s when I was a kid and what Cracker Jack used to taste like.’ And I was crying over the phone hearing that because that was just so sweet.” 

Kandie’s Korn is unique in that it is lighter and not as hard to chew as some of the other brands of caramel corn on the market, and because Goas makes each batch fresh to order. 

“Quality is really important to me,” Goas said, “So I bake everything fresh to order, and I bake for all the tent sales usually the day before so everything is literally as fresh as possible.”

Goas currently operates out of her house, but her goal is to have her own storefront.

“I have a license through the state so I do it at home now, but eventually I would love to have a storefront,” Goas said. “I just need to increase my revenue enough to justify that.”

In addition to being at the Dawsonville Farmer’s Market and the Cumming Farmer’s Market every week, Goas sets up a pop-up tent off of Jot Em Down Road. She also offers online ordering and either ships her products or delivers if the customer is close. 

“I ship throughout the United States, and then I do local delivery and local pick up for people that are in the area,” Goas said. “Any way I can get orders and sell it, I’ll do it.” 

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Kandie's Korn
The logo for Kandie’s Korn is based off of Goas herself, complete with her signature apron. - photo for FCN regional staff

One of the factors that drives Goas is her three daughters, 24-year-old Jillian, Breanne, 19, and 13-year-old Bailey. Her two younger daughters live at home with their mother, and Breanne in particular is a huge help to Goas business. 

“My 19-year-old does help me; usually she’ll run the booth at the Cumming Farmer’s Market when I do the Dawsonville one because they’re at the same time,” Goas said. “And she’ll help me put labels on stuff — she just doesn’t help with the baking because I’m the only one who knows exactly how it’s supposed to taste so I do that all myself.”

One of the most rewarding parts about Kandie’s Korn has been the hugely favorable reception by the community, according to Goas. 

“The other day I had left the farmers market and was headed to the post office and I had a couple that had attended my tent sale pull up next to me in traffic at the light and start beeping, waving and calling ‘do you have any caramel corn on you?” Goas said. “It’s just so amazing to have your customers love you so much — everybody is so great.” 

A small way in which Goas tries to give back to her customers is by including a personal, handwritten note in each box of caramel corn. 

“I always put a thank you card for the customer into my boxes,” Goas said.“I just want customers to know that they’re appreciated, and I want to be set apart from a typical business; I want them to feel special when they order something.”

To Goas, the overarching goal of Kandie’s Korn is to build something to someday leave for her children. 

“I’m trying to build a legacy for my children, so God forbid when I leave my kids someday I have something to leave for them,” Goas said. “That’s the goal and kind of really one of the reasons I left corporate America was so I could leave my kids something.”

You can find Kandie’s Korn set up on Saturdays at the Dawsonville Farmer’s Market or at the Cumming Farmer’s Market. All other pop-up tent sales are announced a day or two ahead of time on social media, and online orders can be placed at any time on the Kandie’s Korn website. 

“I always have sales going on, so follow my social media pages and my website for those and to know where I’m going to be when,” Goas said. “And I’m going to try to start setting up at different locations so I can try to reach more customers, so I’ll announce that on there too.”

You can follow Kandie’s Korn on social media at www.facebook.com/KandiesCaramelKorn/or www.instagram.com/kandieskorn/, and you can visit the Kandie’s Korn website at kandieskorn.com. 


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