8 Tri-Cities area restaurants and other businesses fail food safety inspections
CORRECTION: This article has been revised to reflect that the Benton Franklin Health District corrected its report for Brother’s Cheese Steaks to show that it passed its inspection.
The Benton Franklin Health District gave failing grades to seven restaurants or other food businesses, including in Kennewick and Pasco, for June 24-30.
Three of them were failures of follow-up inspections after not correcting conditions to health district standards after an initial check.
The health district’s food safety team also gave passing grades on 18 inspections, two of them with perfect scores.
In the district’s routine inspections, businesses or organizations that receive at least 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.
Failed inspections
Davy’s Burger Ranch, 1305 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine June 30 (75 Red, 3 Blue)
Notes: Improper hand washing, improper hot holding (<130°F), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.
Explosion de Sabor, 251 N. Columbia Ave., Connell, Routine June 29 (45 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper cold holding (>45°F), improper cooling procedures, lack of conformance with approved procedures.
McCorkle’s Market (Deli), 14601 N. Rothrock Road, Prosser, Follow-up June 30 (60 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, improper hot holding (<130°F), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, accurate thermometer not provided or used.
Monarca Ice Cream, 1830 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine June 30 (70 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing, inadequate handwashing facilities, improper cooling procedures.
Mr. Qwik’s Country (Food service), 13101 N. Glade Road, Eltopia, Follow-up June 29 (75 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, inadequate handwashing facilities, improper cooling procedures, improper hot holding (<130°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Tomatillo Authentic Mexican Flavors, 1360 N. Louisiana St., Kennewick, Routine June 27 (85 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper hand washing, improper cooling procedures, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper chemical use.
Wong’s Chinese Gardens, 1520 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Follow-up June 27 (35 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Improperly disposing of potentially unsafe food, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.
Passed inspections
Blooming Coffee Co., Event, Routine June 25 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Brother’s Cheese Steaks, 8524 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 26 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Carniceria Meat Market El Rodeo (Grocery), 354 Chardonnay Ave., Prosser, Routine June 30 (Grocery 10 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 5 Red, 3 Blue)
Chukar Cherries, 320 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine June 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Circle K, 4805 Road 68, Pasco, Routine June 27 (Food service 10 Red, 5 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Dutch Bros, 496 Keene Road, Richland, Routine June 27 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Foodies Too, 701 The Parkway, Richland, Routine June 27 (25 Red, 8 Blue)
IPlay Experience, 8524 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 26 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Juniors Tacos, 530 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine June 30 (20 Red, 5 Blue)
Little Caesar’s, 8530 Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 26 (20 Red, 5 Blue)
Mi Lindo Nayarit, 1315 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine June 29 (10 Red, 5 Blue)
Our Cookie House, 8530 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 27 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Tacos El Socio, Event, Routine June 27 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Tacos La Esperanza (Mobile), Event, Routine June 27 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Tacos La Esperanza (Mobile), Event, Routine June 29 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria La Esperanza (Mobile), Event, Routine June 27 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
The Kozy Kup, 2250 Keene Road, Richland, Routine June 27 (5 Red, 5 Blue)
This story was originally published July 7, 2023 at 11:23 AM.