Tri-Cities restaurant closed due to cockroaches, 4 more also fail food safety inspections
The Benton Franklin Health District gave five failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Nov. 23-29.
One Asian-style restaurant in Pasco was closed Nov. 25 due to a cockroach infestation and had not been allowed to reopen as of the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 4.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 44 inspections, with 25 of those earning 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.
To pass followup inspections, they must have fewer than 25 red points and fewer than 10 repeat red points for previous issues.
Scores of 85 or more red points result in establishments remaining on probation until they pass two follow-up inspections, the first one within 72 hours.
Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illnesses, such as not keeping hot food hot enough or cold food cold enough, inadequate 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.
Businesses may have separate inspections of business lines with different health safety risks, such as grocery sales and a deli that prepares food.
Inspection results are posted online so residents can look up the status and the details of any violations of individual restaurants or check other businesses.
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.
For questions or complaints about food safety in Benton or Franklin counties, email contactusfoodsafety@BFHD.WA.GOV.
To participate in the health district’s food safety topics survey, go to bit.ly/BFHDfoodsafetysurvey.
Failed inspections
Asian Garden, 1320 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine Nov. 25 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of conformance with approved procedures (cockroaches in traps and moving around facility, with cockroach feces through out the establishment).
Lucky Bao, 1415 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up Nov. 23 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper hand washing (hands not washed before putting on gloves).
Mexico Lindo & Que Rico, 1819 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Nov. 25 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff, improper hand washing (hands not washed before putting on gloves), improper shellstock identification or parasite destruction procedures (no record of shellstock tags), raw meat improperly stored.
Osaka Teriyaki & Sushi, 4101 W. 27th Place, Kennewick, Follow-up Nov. 26 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (rice, noodles, fried chicken and grilled chicken discarded).
Sushi House, 6627 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Follow-up Nov. 25 (25 Red, 10 Blue)
Notes: Improper hand washing (worker did not wash hands before putting on gloves).
Passed inspections
AD Tacos y Mas, 214610 E. Highway 397, Kennewick, Follow-up Nov. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Baymont Inn & Suites, 4220 W. 27th Place, Kennewick, Routine Nov. 27 (20 Red, 0 Blue)
Carniceria La Cabana (Food Service), 5426 N. Road 68, Pasco, Follow-up Nov. 25 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
Chipotle Mexican Grill, 1102 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 26 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Doggie Style Gourmet (Mobile), 1415 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Nov. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Dollar Tree, 1307 Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine Nov. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Dollar Tree, 87 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine Nov. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Dollar Tree, 3017 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
DQ Dairy Queen, 1313 Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine Nov. 25 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Dutch Bros, 6609 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Nov. 26 (15 Red, 5 Blue)
El Asadero Restaurant, 2318 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Nov. 27 (20 Red, 0 Blue)
Fairchild Cinemas, 5020 68th Place, Pasco, Routine Nov. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Family Fresh Sushi, 1410 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 25 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Helados La Michoacana, 712 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine Nov. 25 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Honey Baked Ham, 731 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up Nov. 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Jacksons, 1400 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Jamba Juice, 7425 Sandifur Parkway, Pasco, Routine Nov. 27 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Kabana-King, 1305 Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine Nov. 25 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
La Quinta Inn & Suites, 2600 S. Quillan Place, Kennewick, Routine Nov. 27 (10 Red, 2 Blue)
Legacy High School, 4624 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 26 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Lucky Bao, 1415 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up Nov. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Mocha Express, 1400 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Nikko Japanese Restaurant, 5025 Road 68, Pasco, Follow-up Nov. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Safeway, 690 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Nov. 26 (Bakery 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Deli 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 10 Red, 0 Blue) (Produce 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Starbuck’s Coffee, 5204 Road 68, Pasco, Routine Nov. 26 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Starbuck’s Coffee, 698 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Nov. 26 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Starbuck’s Coffee, 7600 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 26 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Sunrise Food Mart, 620 N. 28th Ave., Pasco, Routine Nov. 25 (30 Red, 0 Blue) (Commissary 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria El Sazon, 2226 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up Nov. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Walgreens, 5506 Road 68, Pasco, Routine Nov. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
The Wild Taco, 1415 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Nov. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Yoke’s Fresh Market, 1410 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 25 (Bakery 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Caterer 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Coffee 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Deli 15 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Kiosk 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)