ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Restaurant Roundup Week 7 featured Mr. A’s restaurant, owned by Ansley Pierce in Sasser.

Mr. A’s Restaurant opened in Jan. 2026 and offers an extensive menu, including breakfast items like waffles, pancakes, sausage, and eggs, along with lunch and dinner menu items like steaks, potatoes, fish, and shrimp, to name a few.

Before entering the restaurant and food industry, Pierce spent his entire career in the construction industry until he retired about 10 to 12 years ago.

When Pierce first discovered the building where Mr. A’s is located, he knew it would be the best location to have a coffee and home cooking restaurant.

“We’ve had tremendous reception in the community, everybody is so glad to have a restaurant that they can come to and get almost any kind of food... We have steak nights on Friday night, we have fish night on Saturday night, and it’s really been a big hit. ”

Mr. A’s is open 6 days a week, offering an array of different food types that require specific storage. Most days they are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday, they are open from 6 a.m. all the way up until 9 p.m. Operating long hours could put a strain on the staff; however, Pierce is confident in their ability to maintain health standards.

“The main reason we can do it is because we’ve got the professional help that we do to be able to serve almost any type of food. They have been in the food business for quite a few years,” says Pierce.

>> Click here to view last week’s Restaurant Roundup. <<

One of the main reasons why Pierce and his team were able to receive a perfect score on their inspection was their daily morning meeting.

“We have a meeting every morning when I first get there... and we discuss things that may have gone wrong or problems we have... It’s like a family operation; we all work together to perform the tasks that we have.”

Although Mister A’s has been open for less than two months, they have exciting plans for the future. Pierce says, “As we speak, we are working on making the seating area for the dining room about three times the size that we have now. And we are also upgrading and making the kitchen larger”.

Pierce hopes to continue to grow his business, and he expresses gratitude to community members who have been so supportive during this new phase.

“We’ve come a long way in a short time, and we just really, really appreciate the local people that have helped us. We’ve had neighbors and friends that have come and helped when we’ve had a fish fry... It’s just awesome the way we have been treated here.”

Below is a list of restaurants that have been inspected in the last week (Feb. 23 through March 2) in South Georgia:

Restaurants from this week’s food service inspection included:

1. El Vaquero
   1. Infractions
      1. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.07(5)(j)] Observed employee hat placed on shelf among facility spices and an employee hoodie hanging on a shelf for dry storage
      2. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.07(4)(b)] Observed employee bottle of water stored among facility dishes and utensils.
2. Sista’s Soul Food Kitchen
   1. Infractions
      1. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.05(6)(n)] Observed the sanitizer concentration at the 3 compartment not at 50 ppm for chlorine.
      2. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.04(7)(d)] Observed no food allergy awareness statement posted for the customers.
      3. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.04(4)(g)] Observed the vegetable sink being used to wash chicken.
      4. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.05(7)(d)] Observed the RIF not clean to sight or touch.
3. The Rib Shack
4. Bee Smoothie’s Cafe
   1. Infractions
      1. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.05(10)(e)1,2,4] Observed drink dispensers stored on the ground.
5. Tifton Nutrition
6. West Coast Vegan Grill
   1. Infractions
      1. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.06(2)(o)] Observed employee handwashing sink in kitchen area being blocked by multiple containers.
      2. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.07(3)(a)] Observed no handwashing cleanser at employee handwashing sink in kitchen area.
      3. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.03(5)(j)] Observed an employee handling food without a beard restraint in kitchen area.
      4. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.05(2)(a)] Observed unapproved equipment (ice maker) being utilized in the facility.
      5. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.05(2)(a)] Observed white prep cutting board in front kitchen area with visible stains and cuts.
      6. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.07(2)(a)] Observed ceiling tile in back area of kitchen over dry storage area with visible brown wet stains.
7. Pa Bill’s Grill
   1. Infractions
      1. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.03(3)(a)] Firm has no current serv safe permit. Advised them that if a CFSM is not obtained by the end of the year that the permit would be suspended.
      2. Violation of Code: [511-6-1.05(2)(x)] Place hanging thermometers in all cooling and freezing units, none found. New Violation.
8. Mr. A’s Restaurant

Below, you can find the food service inspection document for each restaurant covered in this week’s report:

El Vaquero

Sista’s Soul Food Kitchen

The Rib Shack

Bee Smoothie’s Cafe

Tifton Nutrition

West Coast Vegan Grill

Pa Bill’s BBQ

Mr. A’s

Have a news tip or see an error that needs correction? Let us know. Please include the article’s headline in your message.

To stay up to date on all the latest news as it develops, follow WALB on Facebook and X (Twitter). For more South Georgia news, download the WALB News app from the Apple Store or Google Play.

Copyright 2026 WALB. All rights reserved.