HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Hendersonville restaurant that failed its health inspection this week is confronting the result head-on on social media.
Moby Dicky’s, a seafood restaurant and sports bar, received a 57 out of 100 during its health inspection on Wednesday. Numerous violations were observed, including issues that would prevent contamination and foodborne illnesses.
Observation notes posted online by the Tennessee Department of Health cite a total of 15 compliance failures. Among the issues observed, the state said its inspector witnessed:
no hand washing during inspectionROP fish in make line cooler was thawing. packages stated remove from packaging before thawing.eggs stored over ready to eats foods in walk in coolersoup in warmers not in tempfood stored on floor in walk in coolerwiping cloths not stored in sanitizer buckets
Moby Dicky’s posted about the results on Facebook Friday, saying, “I’m sure by now you’ve heard we got a horrible health inspection score.”
“We have several small violations that are being corrected now. I know all of the haters are going to have a field day with this,” the restaurant said. “There are no issues with roaches, mold or anything like that. We are definitely guilty of being complacent on smaller issues and will get that fixed.”
Moby Dicky’s said that its new score should be posted next week.
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