Restaurant receives rough report cards

El Amigo, the longest-running Mexican restaurant in Milledgeville, didn’t exactly make amends after receiving a health inspection score of 58 in mid July.

During the follow-up inspection, conducted eight days later by the Georgia Department of Public Health, the restaurant scored a 60. El Amigo was dinged the hardest for “bare hand contact” and “improper cold holding temperatures.” Also, for the second time in as many inspections, the health inspector “observed black mold like substance in the ice machine.” There was also a repeat violation for “missing date markings” on meat and other items in the cooler.

In terms of pests, El Amigo was dinged three points for flies in the kitchen. However, no other insects or rodents were observed, according to the health inspection.