A Sandy Springs Thai restaurant flunked its latest health inspection with a 56, while an Alpharetta breakfast favorite pulled off a spotless 100. The sharp split landed in the same weekly restaurant report card, with one kitchen scrambling to clean up and the other collecting bragging rights.
According to Atlanta News First, Erawan Organic Thai received a 56 and a U for unsatisfactory compliance. Inspectors found food debris on knives, chicken, pork and calamari held at unsafe temperatures, and an employee handling raw chicken before touching vegetables without changing gloves or washing hands. The report also said an employee told the station there was no manager on site and the owner was out of the country.
Georgia's grading system makes the result unusually stark: scores of 69 or below receive a U, while 80 to 89 earns a B and 90 to 100 earns an A, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Erawan's follow-up inspection came back at 87, a B, just hours after the station's visit, turning a serious stumble into a quick but incomplete recovery.
Erawan’s Score Rebounded But The Posting Raised Questions
Erawan's own website markets the business as Sandy Springs' first organic Thai restaurant and says it has been serving customers for about a decade. That branding makes the inspection findings especially awkward, particularly the report's note that staff had displayed an older score of 96 instead of the failing result.
Georgia food-service rules require restaurants to display their most current inspection report prominently near the front or primary public door. That requirement is spelled out in the state's food-service regulations, making the old score more than a stale piece of wall decor.
Alpharetta Breakfast Cafe Earns A Perfect Score
On the brighter side of the roundup, Egg Harbor Café in Alpharetta earned 100 points and the report's Golden Spatula award. Atlanta News First said the restaurant uses fresh ingredients, makes its food from scratch and keeps every menu item under $20. Chubby Cattle on Ashford Dunwoody Road also scored well, earning a 96 and an A.
Egg Harbor's official Alpharetta page says the location opened on June 8, 2018, and has spent eight years serving breakfast, brunch and lunch. For local diners, the week's report card delivered a simple scoreboard: Erawan got a fast reinspection and a B, while Egg Harbor walked away with the perfect number.
