Mar 23, 2026
Routine
Score: 1000 violations
No violations recorded for this inspection.
Athens, Clarke County
Mother Pho Vietnamese Restaurant
167 E BROAD ST ATHENS, GA 30601
Food
Latest score
100
Mar 23, 2026
City
Athens
County
Clarke
Inspections
6
Score history
Inspection scores over time for this facility.
Inspection history
Georgia inspection history is score-based, with violations grouped under each recorded inspection.
Sep 2, 2025
Routine
Score: 1000 violations
No violations recorded for this inspection.
Mar 11, 2025
Routine
Score: 982 violations
15A - food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(6)(b) - cutting surfaces (c)
1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Green cutting board in back kitchen is heavily marked.
17D - adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
Regulation: 511-6-1.07(5)(j) - using dressing rooms & lockers, used for changing clothes and storing employee belongings (c)
1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No
Employee purse and phone stored on prep table in back kitchen.
Sep 12, 2024
Routine
Score: 961 violation
2-2B - proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
Regulation: 511-6-1.03(5)(k)1&2 - eating, drinking, or using tobacco (c)
4 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No
Employee drink observed in travel mug on prep table in back kitchen. Corrective action (CA): All employee drinks must be stored in a disposable cup with a lid and straw, stored below and separate from all food, utensils, equipment, linens, single-use/single-service (FUELS) items. Cup removed from kitchen.
Mar 27, 2024
Routine
Score: 902 violations
6-1A - proper cold holding temperatures
Regulation: 511-6-1.04(6)(f) - time/temperature control for safety; cold holding (p)
9 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No
Multiple time/temperature control for safety (TCS) foods above 41F in bottom of Pho Make Station. Corrective action (CA): All TCS foods when cold-held must be kept at or below 41F. Food determined to have been in cooler less than 4 hours, moved to cool in walk-in cooler.
15A - food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(6)(a) - good repair & proper adjustment (c)
1 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No
Bottom of Pho Make Station not keeping TCS foods at or below 41F. Do not store any TCS foods in bottom of cooler until fixed. May continue using top with time. Cooler was turned down - ambient temp is now 40F.
Oct 18, 2023
Routine
Score: 961 violation
4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(6)(n) - manual and mechanical warewashing equipment, chemical sanitization-temperature, ph, concentration, hardness (p,pf)
4 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No
Chlorine <50 ppm in sanitizer bottle in dining room. Corrective action (CA): Chlorine sanitizer needs to be kept at 50-100 ppm. Sanitizer brought up to 50 ppm of chlorine with new sanitizer.