Nov 6, 2025
Routine
Score: 1000 violations
No violations recorded for this inspection.
Savannah, Chatham County
Ave Bar and Grill
1721 WATERS AVE SAVANNAH, GA 31404
Food
Latest score
100
Nov 6, 2025
City
Savannah
County
Chatham
Inspections
2
Score history
Inspection scores over time for this facility.
Inspection history
Georgia inspection history is score-based, with violations grouped under each recorded inspection.
Mar 13, 2025
Initial
Score: 927 violations
1-2B - certified food protection manager
Regulation: 511-6-1.03(3)(c) - certification documentation (pf)
4 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Observed certified food safety manager certificate to have been expired July 2024. RCA: PIC shall retake the exam from a certified agency.
16B - plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
Regulation: 511-6-1.06(2)(r) - system maintained in good repair (p, c)
2 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Observed heavy build-up on all plumbing throughout kitchen. RRCA: Deep clean to keep plumbing in good repair.
15A - food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(1)(g) - wood, use limitation (c)
1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Observed a wooden plank used as a storage shelf for clean dishes about three-compartment sink. RCA: 511-6-1.05(1)(g) - Wood, Use Limitation (C) (g) Wood, Use Limitation. 2. Hard maple or an equivalently hard, close-grained wood may be used for cutting boards; cutting blocks; bakers' tables; and utensils such as rolling pins, doughnut dowels, salad bowls, toothpicks, and chopsticks. It may also be used for wooden paddles used in confectionery operations for pressure scraping kettles when manually preparing confections at a temperature of 230ºF (110ºC) or above.
15B - warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(3)(h),(i),(j) - temperature measuring device, manual warewashing; sanitizing solutions, testing device (pf)
1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Observed facility to use chlorine bleach as a sanitizer but only to have quaternary ammonium testing strips. RCA: Facility shall have appropriate testing strips for sanitizer.
15C - nonfood-contact surfaces clean
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(7)(d) - nonfood-contact surfaces (c)
1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Observed build-up of grease on outside of equipment such as refrigerator, hand sink and freezer. CA: 511-6-1.05(7)(d) - Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) (d) Nonfood-Contact Surfaces. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues.
15C - nonfood-contact surfaces clean
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(7)(d) - nonfood-contact surfaces (c)
1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Observed build-up and debris in bottom of beer cooler. Observed old food spill in bottom of reach-in freezer in bar cooler. RCA: 511-6-1.05(7)(d) - Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) (d) Nonfood-Contact Surfaces. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues.
17C - physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
Regulation: 511-6-1.07(5)(a),(b) - good repair, physical facilities maintained; cleaning, frequency & restrictions, cleaned often enough to keep them clean (c)
1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Observed peeling and sticky floors. RCA: Recommend refinishing flooring with epoxy coating or other smooth, non-absorbent, easily cleanable surface.