4 failed food safety inspections at Tri-Cities area restaurants, other food businesses
The Benton Franklin Health District gave failing grades to four restaurants or other businesses that sell food and drinks in food safety inspections April 17-21.
They included Pasco, Richland and Kennewick eateries.
The district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 20 inspections, nine of them with perfect scores. Those acing the inspection on the first try were a drive-thru coffee stand and a pizza restaurant.
In the district’s routine inspections, businesses or organizations that receive 35 points for the more serious red violations are required to have additional inspections and must meet a tougher standard on those.
For followup inspections, they must have fewer than 25 red points and a limited number of repeat problems to pass.
Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illnesses, such as improper temperature control of food, lack of handwashing or bare-hand contact with foods.
Blue violations are low risk factors related to the cleanliness and physical condition of an establishment.
No notice is given before the inspections.
Inspection results are posted online so residents can look up the status and the details of any violations of individual restaurants.
Go to bit.ly/BFHDinspections. Click on the business name and then on the date of the inspection on the right half of the next page. Look for the “Violations” tab.
Call 509-460-4205 with questions or concerns.
Failed inspections
Dog Haus, 7425 Sandifur Parkway, Pasco, Routine April 18 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper hot holding (<130°F), improper cold holding (>45°F).
Rancho Meat Market (Food Service), 8425 Chapel Hill Blvd., Pasco, Follow-up April 18 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Raw meat improperly stored, improper hot holding (<130°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Sbarro, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine April 17 (50 Red, 3 Blue)
Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, inadequate handwashing facilities, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper chemical use.
Subway, 93 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine April 18 (35 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper hand washing, improper produce washing.
Passed inspections
Black Rock Coffee Bar, 300 N. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine April 20 (10 Red, 5 Blue)
Brewd Awakening, 4727 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 20 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Cafe’nated, 507 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine April 20 (0 Red, 8 Blue)
Country Mercantile (Kiosk/IceCream/Espresso), 5015 Ava Way, Richland, Follow-up April 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
DQ Meadow Ridge Grill & Chill, 91 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine April 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Dutch Bros, 4305 W. 27th Place, Kennewick, Routine April 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Farh Thai Restaurant, 5601 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up April 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
IHop, 6511 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine April 20 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Jack in the Box, 4800 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up April 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
MOD Super Fast Pizza, 5326 Road 68, Pasco, Routine April 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Outback Steakhouse, 6819 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Follow-up April 20 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Proof, 6627 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Follow-up April 18 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Somer Bakery (Grocery), 5601 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up April 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Starbuck’s Coffee Co., 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up April 17 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Sushi Mori, 1350 N. Louisiana St., Kennewick, Follow-up April 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
The Pub, 7001 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up April 20 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
The Village Bistro, 5215 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up April 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Tri-Teriyaki, 5431 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Routine April 20 (0 Red, 7 Blue)
Ty’s Bar & Grill, 3880 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Routine April 20 (0 Red, 7 Blue)
Yummie Pho, 7520 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up April 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)