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A Mauldin restaurant briefly shut its doors in August after a South Carolina health inspection turned up flies in the kitchen, uncovered food and a toilet that wasn’t attached to the floor. It was one of several Greenville County restaurants that received low grades from state inspectors last month.
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FULL STORY: This SC restaurant closed in August after failed health inspection. Here’s where and why
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Here are key takeaways:
- Taqueria Restaurante Simon on Main Street in Mauldin closed voluntarily after scoring a 65 on Aug. 14. State rules require a restaurant to close if it scores below 70. The next day it scored a 95.
- Inspectors found flies in the kitchen, roach gel bait stored above the prep cooler near food, cans of Raid labeled for residential use only, dented cans and food kept at improper temperatures. A bathroom sink was not sealed to the wall and the toilet was not sealed to the floor.
- The South Carolina Department of Agriculture inspected 441 Greenville County restaurants in August. Of those, 399 earned an A, 33 got a B and seven received a C, the lowest grade issued.
- Other C-graded restaurants included La Reata in Taylors, La Especial Bakery No. 2 and Coronados Mexican Restaurant in Greenville, Crate Restaurant and Wine Bar in Greer and Charley’s Philly Steaks in Greenville. Issues ranged from live cockroaches and rotten produce to missing food handler certifications.
- Charley’s Philly Steaks received a C on both Aug. 6 and Aug. 13 because no one working had a food handler’s certification — a repeat issue also cited on July 17 and July 27.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.
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