Covington, Newton County

Pinches Tacos Shack/ Base of Operation

7108 Washington Street Covington GA 30014

Food
Latest score
96
Mar 10, 2026
City
Covington
County
Newton
Grade
A
Inspections
4

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 10, 2026

Routine

Score: 96Grade: A1 violation
Comments

Note: All cold and hot holding temperatures are in compliance. Note: Employees working with food shall not have on stoned rings or rings with grooves or bracelets Including medical bracelets. Questions?: Call 770-784-2121 or visit www.gnrhealth.com

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

2-2B: .03(5)(k)1&2Observed half drank water bottles in on passthrough window behind sauce prep service bar. Observed half drank water bottles and coke bottle stored in the upright cooler. 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: All drink discarded.

Oct 29, 2025

Routine

Score: 91Grade: A1 violation
Comments

Note: Note all cold and hot holding temperatures are in compliance unless otherwise noted. Note: Ensure that all employees that are involved with food prep are not wearing any watches, or bracelets (Including medical bracelets) around the wrists. Note: Fish and Fish products cannot be stored in water and ice. Can be stored on top off ice and the ice must be changed as it melts. Mostly used for display purposed only. Questions?: Call 770-784-2121 or visit www.gnrhealth.com

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

4-1A: .04(4)(c)1(i)(ii)(iii)(v) (vi)(vii)(viii)Observed Shrimp stored under raw beef in the drawer cooler under the grill. / Observed Raw Beef being being sliced on a prep table with an opening being prepared over sugar. In the upright freezer, repackaged beef, pork and lamb products stored over fish products. 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: All items in all locations repositioned to obey separation and protection rules and cook temperatures.

Mar 17, 2025

Routine

Score: 96Grade: A1 violation
Comments

Hot/cold held in compliance Foods frozen solid Questions?? 770.784.2131 Www.gnrhealth.com

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

6-2: .04(6)(g)Observed multiple time and temperature control for safety foods with no date marking. A food that requires datemarking shall be discarded if it is in a container or package that does not bear a date or day. (P) Corrective Actions: Foods were discarded.

Sep 23, 2024

Routine

Score: 84Grade: B3 violations
Comments

Note: Food must be stored covered Note: Water must be stored 6inches off the floor Note: Shellshock tag must be transferred with any oysters being thawed, by photo. Note: Menu must be correct to reflect the true items undercooked. Person in charge states the oysters are the only menu items undercooked. Questions?? 770.784.2121 www.gnrhealth.com

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

1-2A: .03(1)(a);(b);(c)1,4,5,6,7, 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16Person in charge could not list the names of symptoms and diseases of the employee health form. The person in charge must be able to demonstrate their food safety knowledge through full compliance of the food code with no violations, be a Certified Food Safety Manager, or be able to provide correct answers to food safety questions as they relate to the food service operation at hand. (Pf) Corrective Actions: Person in charge was educated on symptoms and diseases. Also where to find the information.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

3-1D: .04(3)(l)Observed raw oysters stored in a container without their shellshock tags. 1. Shellstock tags shall remain attached to the container in which the shellstock are received until the container is empty. Pf 2. The date when the last shellstock from the container is sold or served shall be recorded on the tag or label. Pf 3. The identity of the source of shellstock that are sold or served shall be maintained by retaining shellstock tags or labels for 90 calendar days from the date that is recorded on the tag or label, as specified under paragraph 2 of this subsection, by: Pf (i) Using an approved record keeping system that keeps the tags or labels in chronological order correlated to the date when, or dates during which, the shellstock are sold or served. Corrective Actions: Oysters were discarded.

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Corrected: YesRepeat: No

10D: .04(8)(b)Observed oysters will a sell by date of "09/14/2024". Today is "09/23/2024." Prepackaged sandwiches, eggs, infant formula, shucked oysters, milk, and time/temperature control safety foods that are labeled as "keep refrigerated" and that are for sale or service to the consumer or used as an ingredient in other foods shall be immediately discarded and shall not be sold, served, or used after the manufacturer's expiration date or the sell-by date. (P) Corrective Actions: Oysters was discarded.