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Underground Atlanta restaurant fails health inspection, report says

Underground Atlanta is the famous shopping mall in the heart of downtown Atlanta. It is both at-times revered and reviled, and has been at the core of the city's most famous historical episodes, from Freaknik to New Year's Eve to Black Lives Matter protests.
Underground Atlanta is the famous shopping mall in the heart of downtown Atlanta. It is both at-times revered and reviled, and has been at the core of the city's most famous historical episodes, from Freaknik to New Year's Eve to Black Lives Matter protests.
Oct 16, 2015

Kempani Hawaiian Grill

Underground Atlanta

50 Upper Alabama ST

STE 134

Atlanta, GA 30303

Score: 66

A restaurant at Underground Atlanta failed a routine health inspection this week after an official noted food items were not properly stored.

The report also states that a staff member did not wash their hands properly and the back door was open - a pest and animal control violation - at the Kempani Hawaiian Grill in downtown Atlanta.

The location is also near Georgia State University and the MARTA Five Points station.

Calls and voicemails to this location were not immediately answered.

Read the full report here.

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