Donut Worry scored 83 on an Oct. 15 follow-up, up from 63 and 76, with a warning of suspension for repeats. Smoothie King 100 and Riverside Pizza 96 after U grades.
Three restaurants with Lawrenceville addresses got unsatisfactory U grades from Gwinnett County health inspectors in the past week. Each has a follow-up inspection due by Friday, Oct. 9.
Updated Oct. 12: inspectors went back to all three on Friday, Oct. 9. Smoothie King scored 100 and Riverside Pizza 96 on follow-up inspections. Donut Worry scored 76, a C, at a visit the portal records as a routine inspection. Scores are in the table below.
Updated Oct. 16: Donut Worry scored 83, a B, at a follow-up inspection on Thursday, Oct. 15, according to the report. Butter and cooked kolaches were again held on time control without written procedures, the third straight inspection with that violation; it was corrected during the visit. The report also recorded an employee drinking from an open water bottle behind the counter and the latest inspection report not posted at the front or the drive-thru window. “Repeat violations will result in permit suspension,” the inspector wrote.
The scores come from the GNR Public Health inspection portal, which posts every report for Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale counties. A U grade is a score of 69 or less out of 100.
| Restaurant | Address | Failed visit | Score | Oct. 9 visit | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Pizza | 2100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 110 | Sept. 29 | 57, U | Follow-up | 96, A |
| Smoothie King | 3375 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 106 | Sept. 29 | 61, U | Follow-up | 100, A |
| Donut Worry | 248 E. Crogan St., Suite 6 | Oct. 2 | 63, U | Routine | 76, C; 83, B on Oct. 15 follow-up |
A Lawrenceville mailing address covers more than the city itself. Some of these restaurants may be in unincorporated Gwinnett County.
A score describes one visit. Each business can correct the problems and ask questions of the health department, and the follow-up visit gets its own score.
Riverside Pizza, 57
The inspector found three whole pizzas in the hot-holding unit at 116 to 120 degrees, below the 135 degrees the food code requires, according to the Sept. 29 report. The report also recorded:
- tomatoes, ham and tomato sauce held at 44 to 52 degrees, above the 41-degree limit
- shredded cheese made the night before that had not cooled to 41 degrees, a repeat violation
- mold-like growth on spinach in the pizza prep cooler
- no way to dry hands at the front hand sink
- uncooked pizzas held on time control with no label showing when the time ran out
The food in question was thrown out during the visit, the report said. The restaurant’s previous score was 86, a B, on March 23.
Smoothie King, 61
Inspectors recorded a black mold-like substance inside the ice machine, and on several pieces of ice, according to the Sept. 29 report. The report also recorded:
- mold-like growth on thawed frozen pineapple and on pumpkin puree
- 10 items in the prep cooler at 68 to 78 degrees, including fruit, almond milk, hard-boiled eggs and pesto
- a person in charge who could not name all the illnesses staff must report
The ice and the food were thrown out, the report said. The ice machine must be cleaned by Oct. 9. The store scored 80, a B, on Feb. 16.
Donut Worry, 63
The downtown doughnut shop’s report says several risk-factor violations showed “an overall lack of active managerial control,” according to the Oct. 2 report. The report recorded:
- used gloves left in the powdered sugar and cinnamon sugar containers
- butter and a cooked food item held on time control with no written procedure, a repeat violation
- no proof that staff were trained to report illness
- no approved disinfectant for cleaning up vomit or diarrhea
- no allergen notice for customers, and food and spray bottles without labels
The shop scored 91, an A, on May 19 and 100 on Dec. 11, 2025. The Oct. 2 visit was a required additional routine inspection, the report shows.
The rest of the week’s inspections
Inspectors recorded 71 food service inspections at Lawrenceville addresses from Sept. 22 to Oct. 6, according to the GNR portal. That count includes school cafeterias, the county jail kitchens and follow-up visits.
- A, 90 to 100: 45 inspections, 18 of them perfect scores of 100
- B, 80 to 89: 21
- C, 70 to 79: two, Mi Bella Colombia Fonda on Cruse Road (78, Oct. 2) and Ashton Manor at Sugarloaf on Lawrenceville Highway (77, a follow-up on Monday)
- U, 69 or less: the three above
Perfect 100s went to restaurants including 550 Trackside on North Clayton Street, Philly Connection and Papa John’s on Buford Drive, Marco’s Pizza on Cruse Road, Wow Poke N Juice on Old Peachtree Road and Wingnuts Hibachi and Wing on Sugarloaf Parkway.
What it means for you
- Look up any restaurant on the GNR inspection portal by name. Our restaurant inspections guide explains the grades.
- Report a problem to Gwinnett Environmental Health at 770-963-5132.
- The Oct. 9 scores for all three restaurants are in the table at the top of this story. Each report on the portal lists what the inspector found on that visit.
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