Atlanta food maven, John Kessler, doesn’t have time to mince words…

J. Christopher’s in Decatur fails health inspection. “Employees seen washing hands with gloves on.”

It looks like the restaurant scored a failing grade of 62 during a December 14th inspection.

What happens now?  From the full report…

Voluntary Closure: A food service establishment that is graded as a “U” and does not earn at least a grade “C” within ten days of receiving the “U” will be requested to volunarily close untill all violations are corrected and/or have enforcement action taken to suspend or revoke the food service permit.

Sorry all. This was supposed to post this morning before I got on our flight back to ATL, but apparently the post just wasn’t feeling up to it.

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The winners of this year’s Decorate Decatur contest were announced by the city commission at last night’s meeting.  This year’s grand prize, in the form of the “Commissioner’s Cup”, went to Nancy Wilkinson & Susan Phillips’s “raucous display” at 205 Adair Street.  143 Adair also received a winning mention by the commission.

“Festive lights” gave U-Joint and Steinbecks top business decoration honors; along with Little Shop of Stories for it’s rooftop easy-access-for-Santa Christmas tree.

The shops along West Ponce (the strip formerly known as “WePo”) received a mention for “top streetscape experience”, while Lamont and Vidal and Ridgeland Avenue both won “best neighborhood” awards.

After the jump, see the city’s description of all of the city’s decoration winners.

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