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Forsyth County restaurant inspections: March 2017
Restaurant
Matthew Hanley
Published: Apr 12, 2017, 7:44 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 March 2017. A score of 69 or less is failing.

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APPLEBEE'S @ JOHN'S CREEK
4210 Johns Creek Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga. 30034
March 15, 2017
Score: 93
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

APU GRILL
433 Canton Road Ste. 101 Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 7, 2017
Score: 90
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

ARBY'S #1850 @ TRI-COUNTY PLAZA
403 Tri-County Plaza Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 17, 2017
Score: 100

ARBY'S #7252 @ MCFARLAND RD
1505 McFarland Road Alpharetta, Ga. 30005
March 14, 2017
Score: 99
Notes: Physical facilities poorly installed, cleaned, used

AUSTRALIAN BAKERY
101 Colony Park Dr. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 23, 2017
*Score: 56*
Notes: Uncertified manager, irresponsible management, unclean food-contact surfaces
April 5, 2017
Score: 99
Notes: In-use utensils improperly stored

BEEF O' BRADY'S
2619 Freedom Pkwy. Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 21, 2017
Score: 90
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

BUFFALO'S CAFE
1175 Buford Hwy. Ste. 100 & 150 Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 27, 2017
Score: 87
Notes: Irresponsible management, improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

BURGER KING # 4466
598 Atlanta Hwy. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 17, 2017
Score: 87
Notes: Improper hot holding temperatures

CHEESEBURGER BOBBY'S
882 Buford Hwy. Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 24, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

CHILI'S
874 Buford Road Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 27, 2017
Score: 95
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

CUMMING MANOR NURSING HOME
2775 Castleberry Road Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 2, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

DECKER'S
560 Lakeland Plaza Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 23, 2017
Score: 80
Notes: Improper cold holding temperatures, food unprotected/unseparated

DOS MARGARITAS 6 INC.
3455 Peachtree Pkwy. Ste. 201 Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 16, 2017
Score: 87
Notes: Improper hot holding temperatures, uncertified manager

DREM WAFFLE & COFFEE BAR
3590 Old Atlanta Road Ste. 200 Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 8, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Insects/rodents/animals present

DUTCH MONKEY DOUGHNUTS
3075 Ronald Reagan Blvd. Suite 502 Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 24, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Wiping cloths improperly stored/used

FIREHOUSE SUBS
2320 Atlanta Hwy. Ste. 102 &103 Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 24, 2017
Score: 91
Notes: Improper cooling time

FIVE GUYS BURGERS AND FRIES
2235 Marketplace Blvd. Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 3, 2017
Score: 100

FRY ME TO THE MOON
5155 Atlanta Hwy. 9 Ste. 102 Alpharetta, Ga. 30004
March 13, 2017
Score: 100

HARDEES #1500839
125 W. Maple St. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 7, 2017
Score: 92
Notes: Improper cooling methods applied, unclean non-food contact surfaces

HOUSE OF CHEN
5430 McGinnis Ferry Road Alpharetta, Ga. 30005
March 29, 2017
Score: 94
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

JIM N NICK'S BAR -B-Q
3130 Ronald Reagan Boulevard Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 20, 2017
Score: 85
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

LA CAZUELA @ JOHNS CREEK
4090 Johns Creek Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 27, 2017
Score: 97
Notes: Contamination prevention measures not applied

LAKE BURRITO
3040 Keith Bridge Road Ste. A-6 Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 2, 2017
Score: 100

LAS FRUTAS LOCAS
304 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 27, 2017
Score: 100

LITTLE CAESARS
580 Atlanta Road Ste. 202 A Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 30, 2017
Score: 100

LOS RIOS MEXICAN RESTAURANT
12 Tri-County Plaza Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 21, 2017
Score: 84
Notes: Improper hot holding temperatures, improper cold holding temperatures

MAIN MOON CHINESE RESTAURANT
7766 McGinnis Ferry Road Ste. 200 Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 27, 2017
Score: 93
Notes: Unapproved thawing methods applied

MARLOW'S TAVERN
410 Peachtree Pkwy. Ste. 162 Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 23, 2017
Score: 85
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

MCDONALD'S #22740
5750 Highway 9 North N. Alpharetta, Ga. 30004
March 3, 2017
Score: 90
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces, unsatisfactory personal cleanliness

MCDONALD'S #32463
4890 Post Road Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 24, 2017
Score: 87
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

MCDONALD'S @ KEITH BRIDGE
2815 Keith Bridge Road Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 10, 2017
Score: 95
Notes: Toxic substances improperly identified/stored

MELLOW MUSHROOM
410 Peachtree Pkwy. Ste. 200 Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 22, 2017
Score: 100

MINT-INDIAN BISTRO & BAR
2340 ATLANTA HWY CUMMING, GA 30040
March 1, 2017
*Score: 50 *
Notes: Person-in-charge not present, food unprotected/separated, inadequate handwashing facilities/methods applied, unclean food-contact surfaces
***PERMANENTLY CLOSED***

MOE'S SOUTHWEST GRILL @ 5620 COMMERCE
5620 Commerce Blvd. Ste. K Alpharetta, Ga. 30004
March 3, 2017
Score: 98
Notes: Physical facilities poorly installed, cleaned, used

MY FRIEND'S PLACE
1545 McFarland Road Ste. 104 Alpharetta, Ga. 30005
March 29, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

PALAPAS BAR & GRILL
2950 Buford Hwy. Ste. 220 Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 28, 2017
Score: 82
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use, unclean food-contact surfaces

PANDA EXPRESS #1801
905 Market Place Blvd. Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 24, 2017
Score: 95
Notes: Wiping cloths improperly stored/used

PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA #1712
1595 Peachtree Pkwy. Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 3, 2017
Score: 99
Notes: Inadequate ventilation/lighting

PIZZA HUT #4763
6415 Hwy. 9 North Suite C Alpharetta, Ga. 30004
March 10, 2017
Score: 92
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities/methods applied

POLLO TROPICAL @ MARKETPLACE
1510 Market Place Blvd. Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 23, 2017
Score: 90
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

PUEBLOS MEXICAN CUISINE
3120 MATHIS AIRPORT PARKWAY, SUITE 100 SUWANEE, GA 30024
March 28, 2017
*Score: 59*
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use, person-in-charge not present, uncertified manager, contamination prevention measures not applied
April 6, 2017
Score: 97
Notes: In-use utensils improperly stored, inadequate venting and lighting

QDOBA MEXICAN GRILL
3630 Peachtree Parkway # 701 Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 1, 2017
Score: 100

RED ROBIN AMERICA'S GOURMET BURGERS & SPIRITS
370 Peachtree Pkwy. Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 1, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

RENE'S CAFE
1321 Atlanta Hwy. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 3, 2017
Score: 93
Notes: Manager uncertified

RICK TANNER'S GRILL & BAR
5810 Bond St., Suite E2 Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 22, 2017
Score: 94
Notes: Unclean food-cntact surfaces

ROOSTERS
216 M Atlanta Hwy. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 2, 2017
Score: 99
Notes: Physical facilities poorly installed, cleaned, used

SHO ASIAN CUISINE
4335 Bethelview Road Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 6, 2017
Score: 94
Notes: Improper cooling methods used

SID'S PIZZA
2631 Peachtree Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 9, 2017
Score: 83
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

SLOPES BBQ OF CUMMING
444 Canton Hwy. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 21, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

SRI KRISHNA VILAS
2255 Calloway Ct. Ste. 100 & 200 Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 1, 2017
Score: 90
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use, unclean food-contact surfaces

STEAK N SHAKE #609 @ BUFORD HWY
930 Buford Hwy. Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 2, 2017
Score: 95
Notes: Improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

TACO MEXICO
530 Lake Center Pkwy. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 23, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces

TAQUERIA LA ROSITA
337b Dahlonega St. Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 28, 2017
Score: 95
Notes: Food stored uncovered, unclean food-contact surfaces

TCBY
2615 Peachtree Pkwy. Ste. 140 Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 10, 2017
Score: 100

WENDY'S AT PEACHTREE PARKWAY
3661 Peachtree Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 24, 2017
Score: 100

WHICH WICH?
410 Peachtree Pkwy., Suite 4150 Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 28, 2017
Score: 87
Notes: Unclean food-contact surfaces, improper eating, drinking, tasting, tobacco use

YUAN LI RESTAURANT
5110 Browns Bridge Road Cumming, Ga. 30041
March 21, 2017
Score: 86
Notes: Contamination prevention measures not applied

ZAXBY'S
3125 Mathis Airport Pkwy. Suwanee, Ga. 30024
March 8, 2017
Score: 96
Notes: Insects/rodents/animals present

ZAXBY'S
6020 Bethelview Road Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 20, 2017
Score: 99
Notes: Food and non-food contact surfaces difficult to clean/reach

ZEEANA RESTAURANTS, LLC DBA GOOD GRUB SUBS
5905 Atlanta Hwy. Ste. 104 Alpharetta, Ga. 30004
March 16, 2017
Score: 74
Notes: Uncertified manager, person-in-charge not present, inadequate handwashing facilities/methods applied

ZHAN JIA YUAN INC DBA HONG KONG RESTAURANT
580 Atlanta Road Ste. 212 Cumming, Ga. 30040
March 27, 2017
Score: 92
Notes: Improper cooling methods

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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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