Church's Texas Chicken

5394 Thomaston Rd, Macon, GA 31220

Passed re-check · Dec 23, 2024 Directions
54
Poor BiteKarma score 54 out of 100
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 8 of 9 graded inspections since 2022.
  • Last inspected Dec 23, 2024: passed with 1 violation. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Proper hot holding temperatures, cited 5 times, plus 17 other repeat issues.
  • #1 in Macon's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 5 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 9 visits

  1. 2024
  2. Passed Dec 23

    Followup

    1 violation
    • Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
  3. Passed Dec 20

    Followup

    10 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Proper hot holding temperatures
    • Critical Proper hot holding temperatures
    • Minor Hot and cold water available; adequate pressure
    • Minor Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Minor Management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Personal cleanliness
    • Minor Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
  4. Passed Dec 12

    Routine

    16 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Hands clean and properly washed
    • Critical Proper hot holding temperatures
    • Critical Proper hot holding temperatures
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
    • Minor Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
    • Minor Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Response procedures for vomiting and diarrheal events
    • Minor Insects, rodents, and animals not present
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
  5. Passed May 29

    Routine

    9 violations
    • Minor Garbage/refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
    • Minor Personal cleanliness
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
    • Minor Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Certified food protection manager

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