Atkins Park Restaurant

794 North Highland Ave, Atlanta, GA 30306
American
License: Food Service
Last inspected: Dec 11, 2025
61
Score
Medium Risk

Across the available record, Atkins Park Restaurant has three inspections on file, the first dated 2024. The most recent visit was on Dec 11, 2025. The medium risk tier sits in the middle: not spotless, but not alarming either.

The trend has not been favorable: recent inspections average around seven violations each, up from closer to four violations before.

“Nonfood-contact surfaces clean” accounts for the largest share of issues, appearing three times across the record.

The city-wide average sits at 90, which Atkins Park Restaurant's 61 doesn't quite reach. The inspection history reads as standard for a restaurant of this size.

3
Inspections
1
Critical latest
1
Major latest
5
Minor latest
Inspection History
Dec 11, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 5 minor violations. 2 corrected on site.
View 7 violations
6-2 - proper date marking and disposition (corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed vodka sauce, cooked vegetables, and cooked meats either without being date marked or dated past the seven days. Observed food dated 11/18, 11/30, 11/29. COS- food was removed. 511-6-1.04(6)(h) - Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Disposition (P) (h) Ready-to-Eat, Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Disposition. 1. A food that requires datemarking shall be discarded if it: (i) Exceeds 7 days, not including the time that the product is frozen; P (ii) Is in a container or package that does not bear a date or day; P or (iii) Is inappropriately marked with a date or day that exceeds 7 days . P 2. Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time / temperature control for safety food prepared in a food service establishment and dispensed through a vending machine with an aut...
511-6-1.04(6)(h)
15B - warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
Inspector notes: Observed no lactic acid test strips to test the sanitizer concentration of the sink and surface cleaner. CA- test strips shall be provided. 511-6-1.05(3)(h),(i),(j) - Temperature Measuring Device, Manual Warewashing; Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Device (Pf) i) Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices. A test kit or other device that accurately measures the concentration in mg/L of sanitizing solutions shall be provided. Pf (h) Temperature Measuring Devices, Manual and Mechanical Warewashing.
511-6-1.05(3)(h)
10D - food properly labeled; original container
Inspector notes: Observed multiple squeeze bottles, bulk seasonings, and small containers of seasoning not labeled with the common name. CA- all items not easily recognizable must be labeled. 511-6-1.04(4)(d) - Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) (d) Food Storage Containers, Identified with Common Name of Food. 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.
511-6-1.04(4)(d)
15C - nonfood-contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: Observed shelves unclean, observed the equipment on the main grill line unclean, observed the gaskets in the coolers unclean. CA- all equipment nonfood contact surfaces shall be cleaned. 511-6-1.05(7)(a)2,3 - Equipment, Food/Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils, food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment & nonfood-contact surfaces free of accumulations (C) 2. The food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment and pans shall be kept free of encrusted grease deposits and other soil accumulations. 3. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
511-6-1.05(7)(a)
17C - physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
Inspector notes: Observed the floors not in good repair observed missing floor tiles filled with standing water. Observed the floors unclean throughout the main kitchen and WIC’s. Observed the walls not cleaned throughout the kitchen. 511-6-1.07(5)(a),(b) - Good Repair, physical facilities maintained; Cleaning, Frequency & Restrictions, cleaned often enough to keep them clean (C) (5) Maintenance and Operation. (a) Good Repair. All physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair. (b) Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions. 1. The physical facilities shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean and by methods that prevent contamination of food products.
511-6-1.07(5)(a)
11C - approved thawing methods used (corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed raw fish that was unthawed in a package that stated it should be removed from packaging before thawing. COS- fish was removed from vacuum packaging. 511-6-1.04(6)(c) - Thawing (C) (c) Thawing. Except as specified in paragraph 4 of this subsection, time/temperature control for safety food shall be thawed:5. Reduced oxygen packaged fish that bears a label indicating that it is to be kept frozen until time of use shall be removed from the reduced oxygen environment: (i) Prior to its thawing under refrigeration that maintains the food temperature at 41°F (5°C) or less; or (ii) Prior to, or immediately upon completion of its thawing, using procedures to completely submerge in running water as specified in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
511-6-1.04(6)(c)
15A - food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
Inspector notes: Observed cutting boards with deep gashes on the cutting boards on the prep top coolers. CA- cutting boards shall be replaced or resurfaced. 511-6-1.05(6)(b) - Cutting Surfaces (C) (b) Cutting Surfaces. Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized, or discarded if they cannot be resurfaced.
511-6-1.05(6)(b)
61
Jun 6, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 5 minor violations. 2 corrected on site.
View 6 violations
6-1A - proper cold holding temperatures (corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed multiple TCS foods in the back WIC holding above 41 degrees due to the WIC door being left open. Observed TCS food holding in a RIC under the grill above 41 degrees. COS- food was removed, WIC door was closed and ambient temperature was observed at 40. 511-6-1.04(6)(f) - Time/Temperature Control for Safety; Cold Holding (P) (f) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot and Cold Holding. Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control, time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 41°F (5°C) or below or 135°F (57°C) or above, except that roasts cooked to a temperature and for a time specified in subsection (5)(a)2 of this Rule and reheated using the same temperature and time conditions as cooking may be held...
511-6-1.04(6)(f)
4-2A - food stored covered (corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed items holding inside the RIC in the front kitchen stored uncovered. COS- items were covered to prevent contamination. 511-6-1.04(4)(c)1(iv) - Packaged & Unpackaged Food, food stored covered(C) (iv) Except as specified under paragraph 2. of this subsection and when cooling as specified in DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(6)(e)2.(ii), storing the food in packages, covered containers, or wrappings, except for loosely covered or uncovered containers in which food is being cooled if protected from overhead contamination;
511-6-1.04(4)(c)
10D - food properly labeled; original container
Inspector notes: Observed multiple squeeze bottles, bulk seasonings, and small containers of seasoning not labeled with the common name. CA- all items not easily recognizable must be labeled. 511-6-1.04(4)(d) - Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) (d) Food Storage Containers, Identified with Common Name of Food. 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.
511-6-1.04(4)(d)
15A - food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
Inspector notes: Observed heavily stained cutting boards and deep gashes on the cutting boards on the prep top coolers. CA- cutting boards shall be replaced or resurfaced. 511-6-1.05(6)(b) - Cutting Surfaces (C) (b) Cutting Surfaces. Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized, or discarded if they cannot be resurfaced.
511-6-1.05(6)(b)
15C - nonfood-contact surfaces clean
Inspector notes: Observed shelves unclean, observed the equipment on the main grill line unclean, observed the gaskets in the coolers unclean. CA- all equipment nonfood contact surfaces shall be cleaned. 511-6-1.05(7)(a)2,3 - Equipment, Food/Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils, food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment & nonfood-contact surfaces free of accumulations (C) 2. The food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment and pans shall be kept free of encrusted grease deposits and other soil accumulations. 3. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
511-6-1.05(7)(a)
17C - physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
Inspector notes: Observed the floors not in good repair observed missing floor tiles filled with standing water. Observed the floors unclean throughout the main kitchen and WIC’s. Observed the walls not cleaned throughout the kitchen. 511-6-1.07(5)(a),(b) - Good Repair, physical facilities maintained; Cleaning, Frequency & Restrictions, cleaned often enough to keep them clean (C) (5) Maintenance and Operation. (a) Good Repair. All physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair. (b) Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions. 1. The physical facilities shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean and by methods that prevent contamination of food products.
511-6-1.07(5)(a)
67
Jul 5, 2024
Routine
1 major violation.
View 1 violation
4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Inspector notes: Observed cutting boards heavily stained. Advised PIC to clean to sight and touch or replace.
511-6-1.05(7)(a)
90

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Atkins Park Restaurant last inspected?

The most recent health inspection at Atkins Park Restaurant on file is from Dec 11, 2025. The public record contains three inspections in total.

What is the most common violation at Atkins Park Restaurant?

Across the inspection record, “nonfood-contact surfaces clean” has been cited three times, more than any other issue at Atkins Park Restaurant.

How does Atkins Park Restaurant compare to other restaurants in Atlanta?

Atkins Park Restaurant most recently scored 61 out of 100, which is lower than the Atlanta average of 90.

Has Atkins Park Restaurant's inspection record improved over time?

No. Recent inspections at Atkins Park Restaurant have averaged around seven violations per visit, up from roughly four earlier in the record.

What does a medium risk rating mean?

A medium risk rating at Atkins Park Restaurant means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.