River Street Tavern

40 River Street Suite B, Ellijay, GA 30540

Passed · Sep 8, 2026 Directions

Excellent

How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

Passed 11 of 11 graded inspections since 2023.
Last inspected Sep 8, 2026: passed with 1 violation.
No critical violations in the last two years.
Keeps coming up: Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean, cited 9 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 11 visits

2026
Passed Sep 8

Routine
1 violation
- Minor Proper date marking and disposition
Passed May 11

Routine
7 violations
- Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
- Minor Food stored covered
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
- Minor Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
2025
Passed Oct 21

Routine
4 violations
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
- Minor Proper cooling methods used: adequate equipment for temperature control
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
Passed Apr 1

Routine
4 violations
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
- Minor Proper cooling methods used: adequate equipment for temperature control

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