Waffle, wing and Asian restaurants in South MS written up by health department
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- Kien Giang Vietnamese Restaurant was graded C for inadequate handwashing facilities.
- Waffle House received a C after its June 8 inspection and failed to post the grade.
- In June, 116 restaurants scored A, 35 scored B after on-site corrections, and 7 scored C.
Restaurant owners typically have an idea when the Mississippi Health Department inspector will be visiting to renew a license or perform a scheduled inspection, but knowing doesn’t always help them avoid a failing grade.
Since June 6, three Coast restaurants scored a C grade, which now must be posted in a prominent space to inform customers the inspector found critical health violations.
These three were cited:
Kien Giang Vietnamese Restaurant, 10598 D’Iberville Blvd., D’Iberville, was inspected for a permit renewal on June 10.
It was cited for:
- Inadequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
Corrected during the inspection was:
- Insects, rodents or animals not present
This is the fifth C since 2018. The prior Cs were in 2025, 2023, and two in 2019
Waffle House, 1423 Denny Ave., Pascagoula, had a scheduled inspection June 8. It was cited for:
- Last inspection grade not posted
Corrected during the inspection was:
- Hands clean and properly washed
This is the fourth C dating back to 2013. The previous Cs were in 2022 and two in 2014.
Pep Street Wings, 4518 Main St. Moss Point, had a scheduled inspection June 11. It was cited for:
- Last inspection grade not posted
Corrected during the inspection were:
- Hands clean and properly washed
- Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
This was the first C at the restaurant. The previous two inspections resulted in As.
Most of the restaurants inspected since June 1 passed with no violations. So far in June, 116 restaurants scored an A with no a clean inspection, 35 were graded B when violations were corrected while the inspector was on site and 7 had critical violations and scored a C.
