Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County

FRIENDS RESTAURANT

4850 Sugarloaf Pkwy Suite 401 Lawrenceville GA 30044

Food
Latest score
84
May 17, 2026
City
Lawrenceville
County
Gwinnett
Grade
B
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.

May 17, 2026

Routine

Score: 84Grade: B6 violations
Comments

Cold foods were observed holding at 41°F or below unless otherwise noted. Hot foods were observed holding at 135°F or above. Please contact us at 770-963-5132 or visit www.gnrhealth.com.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

2-2A: .03(1)(c)2,3,17The person in charge was unable to recall reportable symptoms and illnesses. Person in charge shall explain their responsibility for preventing the transmission of foodborne disease by a food employee who has a disease or medical condition that may cause foodborne disease and can describe the symptoms associated with the diseases that are transmissible through food. They also shall be able to explain how food employees and conditional employees comply with reporting responsibilities and exclusion or restriction of food employees. (Pf) Corrective Actions: The person in charge was advised.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

6-1C: .04(6)(d)Noodles held in a container for 10 minutes were 45°F at 2:00 PM. The food was returned to the cooler, where the temperature rose to 47°F. TCS foods being cooled from 135°F to 70°F in 2 hours MUST cool 0.54°F per minute (roughly 32.5°F per hour). TCS foods being cooled from 70°F to 41°F MUST cool 7.25°F per hour (0.121°F per min or 29°F in 4 hours). Corrective Actions: The food was separated into two containers.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

6-1C: .04(6)(d)Rice cooked yesterday at 9:00 PM temped at 44°F at 2:08 PM. Cooked time/temperature control for safety food shall be cooled: 1) within 2 hours from 135°F (57°C) to 70°F (21°C); and 2) within a total of 6 hours from 135°F (57°C) to 41°F (5°C) or below. (P) Corrective Actions: The food was discarded.

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Corrected: NoRepeat: No

15C: .05(7)(d)There is an accumulation of debris on the equipment. Non-food contact surfaces shall be cleaned at a frequency great enough to prevent accumulation of food residues. (C)

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Corrected: NoRepeat: No

17C: .07(5)(a),(b)1,2,3There is an accumulation of debris underneath the equipment. All physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair and shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean and by methods that prevent contamination of food products. (C)

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Corrected: NoRepeat: No

17D: .07(4)(b)Employee belongings are stored next to or above customer items. Areas designated for employees to eat, drink, and use tobacco shall be located so that food, equipment, linens, and single-service and single-use articles are protected from contamination. (C)

Aug 11, 2025

Routine

Score: 83Grade: B4 violations
Comments

NOTE: All cold and hot held temperatures were in compliance unless otherwise noted. NOTE: Facility uses MSG, tomato shade, and egg shade (additives) *NOTE: Food code summary of changes reviewed with PIC. Digital copy provided. Questions? Contact us at www.gnrhealth.com or 770-963-5132.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

2-2B: .03(5)(j)1&2Observed multiple employee drinks in unapproved cups throughout the kitchen prep area. Employees shall consume food and drink only in approved designated areas separate from food preparation and serving areas, equipment or utensil areas and food storage areas (unless drinking from a single service beverage cup with a secure lid and straw that is handled to prevent contamination of the employee's hands, the container, exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, unwrapped single-service and single-use articles). (C) Corrective Actions: Person in Charge (PIC) moved the employee drinks to the designated employee area.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

4-1A: .04(4)(c)1(i)(ii)(iii)(v) (vi)(vii)(viii)Observed raw pork stored behind vegetables in the prep cooler, raw chicken stored above vegetables in the walk-in cooler, and raw chicken stored above raw beef in the up-right freezer. All items were removed from the original packaging. Food shall be protected from cross contamination by: (i) Except as specified in paragraph (i)(III) of this subsection, separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from: (I) Raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as fruits and vegetables, (P) and (II) Cooked ready-to-eat food; and (P) (III) Frozen, commercially processed and packaged raw animal food may be stored or displayed with or above frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready-to-eat food. (ii) Except when combined as ingredients, separating types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by: (I) Using separate equipment for each type, (P) or (II) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented, (P) and (III) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas; (P) (iii) Cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils; (v) Cleaning hermetically sealed containers of food of visible soil before opening; (vi) Protecting food containers that are received packaged together in a case or overwrap from cuts when the case or overwrap is opened; (vii) Storing damaged, spoiled, or recalled food being held in the food service establishment separate from food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles; or (viii) Separating fruits and vegetables, before they are washed from ready-to-eat food. Corrective Actions: PIC reorganized the prep cooler, walk-in cooler, and up-right freezer to follow proper separation protection guidelines.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

10D: .04(4)(d)Observed multiple sauces and seasonings on the wok station cart without a label stating the common name of the items. Except for containers holding food that can be readily and unmistakably recognized, such as dry pasta, working containers holding food or food ingredients that are removed from their original packages for use in the food establishment, such as cooking oils, flour, herbs, potato flakes, salt, spices, and sugar shall be clearly and legibly identified, in English, with the common name of the food. (C) Corrective Actions: PIC put a label on all of the sauces and seasonings at the wok station.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

17D: .07(4)(b)Observed employee food and personal items stored on the top shelf in the walk-in cooler and above the prep table. Areas designated for employees to eat, drink, and use tobacco shall be located so that food, equipment, linens, and single-service and single-use articles are protected from contamination. (C) Corrective Actions: PIC moved the employee food and items to the designated employee area.