Cottage Restaurant 1704 Harris Houston Road, Charlotte, NC 28262

"Excellent service! Very large portions and very good value, always come back to Cottage resturaunt. The burgers are good too!"

"This is horrifying!!! The Charlotte Observer is the source: Cottage Restaurant, 1704 Harris Houston Rd., received a score of 84 during its Sept. 5 2023 inspection. Health department inspectors cited the restaurant after a dead roach was “observed on a cutting board that an employee was actively using,” documents show. The restaurant was also dinged when a live roach was found in a meat grinder, another on a prep table, “several live roaches” in potato starch and flour bulk bins, and “dozens of dead roaches” stuck on walls, dry storage bins and in cabinets, documents show. Inspectors also noticed a “large amount of flies” in the restaurant, documents show. Other violations the restaurant was cited for include: Raw tuna and pre-cooked imitation crab stored in the same cooler Meat residue on meat grinder Heavy food buildup on most utensils and food contact equipment Lo mein and breaded chicken wings stored above required temperatures Food stored on floor in freezer"

"The county says it pulled Cottage Restaurant’s permit to sell food due to the contamination with live and dead cockroaches. The restaurant will have to contract with a pest control company “to treat and remediate the infestation and clean all food and non-food contact surfaces after completion of pest control treatment.”"

"Just going to leave this news article here. Currently shut down due to huge roach problem. The bug problem at one Chinese food restaurant in northeast Charlotte is so bad that the county health department suspended its food permit this week. Health inspectors found live roaches in and around a meat grinder; more roaches were in potato starch and flour bulk bins and on prep tables, and a dead roach was found on a cutting board that was actively being used by an employee. A spokesperson told Channel 9′s Joe Bruno Wednesday that Mecklenburg County Environmental Health inspectors went to the Cottage Restaurant on Harris Houston Road on Tuesday and found over a dozen violations. The inspection report says there were also food temperature violations in the University City restaurant. There was also an instance of raw tuna being stored in the same pan as pre-cooked imitation crab. Other utensils and areas of the kitchen had heavy food buildup, and inspectors said the food prep station hadn’t been cleaned in days. An inspector also noted that employees at Cottage Restaurant were washing their hands “for less than five seconds with no soap.” The county says it pulled Cottage Restaurant’s permit to sell food due to the contamination with live and dead cockroaches. The restaurant will have to contract with a pest control company “to treat and remediate the infestation and clean all food and non-food contact surfaces after completion of pest control treatment.” Those violations amounted to a final score of 84, which was a B grade. Last year, the same restaurant got a 75.5 score when a cook was seen smoking while at the grill. According to the county, the owners of Cottage Restaurant can request a reinspection to reactivate their permit to sell food. As of Wednesday morning, the restaurant hadn’t yet requested a reinspection. WSOC-TV new staff provided the article shared above"

"Update: wings have been fresh lately.... best in town! When the chicken is fresh I give them 5 stars but half the time the fried chicken does not taste fresh and seems like it was cooked in old grease which is a 1.. so they're average."