A LongHorn Steakhouse kitchen in East Point, Georgia, was thrust into the spotlight after employee-shot video showed roaches and trash on the floor, prompting a promised health recheck and a corporate shake-up.
Story Highlights
- Employee video showed a roach and scattered food and trash on the kitchen floor.
- LongHorn said the conditions were unacceptable, said they were addressed, and installed a new leader.
- Health officials said they would revisit the restaurant after the footage aired.
- The site earned an A/90 on August 25, raising questions about how inspections track day-to-day risk.
What the Video Shows and Where It Was Shot
FOX 5 Atlanta and WSB-TV reported that a now-former cook filmed roaches, food scraps, and trash in the LongHorn kitchen on Camp Creek Parkway in East Point. The clips show at least one roach on the floor and debris scattered in work areas, according to those reports. The former cook said he warned managers and corporate many times but felt ignored. The exact date of the filming was not confirmed in the coverage reviewed.
Station reports identified the restaurant by name and location, tying the footage to a specific store rather than a vague claim online. That matters because it allows public health officials and customers to check records. The Fulton County Board of Health said it plans to revisit the site after seeing the coverage, signaling official concern beyond social media reactions. At the time of those reports, no new post-video inspection score had been released.
How the Company Responded
LongHorn corporate said the conditions shown were unacceptable and had been addressed. The company said it is taking steps to keep guests and team members safe and recently placed a new leader at the restaurant to enforce standards. One report added that a spokesperson said the store has regular pest-control service and nightly professional cleaning, claims aimed at showing routine safeguards exist even when lapses occur.
These steps reflect a common corporate playbook after viral food-safety scares: accept that the scene looks bad, promise fixes, and change local leadership. That may calm some guests. But it also risks closing the book before officials complete a reinspection and publish specific findings. The public still lacks a dated record linking the video to a given shift or explaining how debris and pests got past daily checks.
Why an A Grade Can Coexist With a Disturbing Clip
Public records cited in coverage show the restaurant received an A with a score of 90 on August 25, 2026, and had scores in the high 80s to low 90s over two years. Health inspections are periodic snapshots. They can find risk, but they do not capture every shift or late-night cleanup. A kitchen can pass in August and still have a bad hour in September. That tension often drives the gap between what people see online and what the score shows.
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Roaches crawl across the kitchen floor as food and trash sit scattered around a LongHorn Steakhouse in Georgia.Employee Sean Headley recorded the conditions inside the East Point restaurant after saying he repeatedly raised concerns with managers and…
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The unanswered questions are narrow but important: when was the video recorded, what shift conditions existed, and what failed that day? Until the reinspection lands, the best-established facts are the filmed scene, the company’s acceptance that it was unacceptable, and the promise of a follow-up by local health officials. Those points support both left and right concerns that oversight often reacts after a problem goes public, not before.
What to Watch Next
Watch for the Fulton County Board of Health’s revisit report. Look for any citations, required fixes, and timelines. Check whether LongHorn’s new leader keeps the kitchen clean across multiple surprise checks. If officials publish no new score soon, customers face a familiar choice: trust a past A grade, or trust a current video. The smartest path is to demand transparent, dated inspection notes that confirm the fix actually stuck.
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