5 restaurants, winery and more fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities area
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 Dec. 28 to Jan. 3.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 36 inspections, with 11 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
Bookwalter Winery, 894 Tulip Lane, Richland, Routine Dec. 30 (50 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper hot holding temperatures; improper use of time as a temperature control.
Farh Thai Restaurant, 5601 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-Up Dec. 30 (35 Red, 6 Blue)
Notes:, Lack of active managerial control; raw meats stored above ready-to-eat food; room temperature storage (coconut milk discarded).
Kennewick Springhill Suites By Marriott, 7048 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Dec. 31 (55 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; food worker cards not 100%; not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date on sliced turkey, ham, cream cheese and opened milk — food discarded); room temperature storage (sliced ham and boiled eggs discarded); unlabeled spray bottles and other containers.
Royal Mart, 4212 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Dec. 31 (45 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (handwashing sink not draining properly and no paper towels); not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date on hot dogs in cooler); improper hot holding temperatures (some food discarded).
Sbarro, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 2 (65 Red, 3 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control; food worker cards not 100%; inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at one handwashing sink and bucket is blocking it); room temperature storage (stromboli in display case discarded); improper cold holding temperatures; lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Passed inspections
Badger Canyon Coffee Company, 12125 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Dec. 31 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
Barnard Griffin Winery, 878 Tulip Lane, Richland, Routine Dec. 30 (10 Red, 5 Blue)
Becky’s Coffee Corner, 1120 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine Jan. 2 (0 Red, 3 Blue)
Brewminatti, 713 Sixth St., Prosser, Follow-Up Jan. 2 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bruchi’s, 1840 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Jan. 2 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Buffalo Wild Wings, 8551 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Dec. 31 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Circle K, 4201 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Dec. 31 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Crepe Zone, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Dallas Gasoline, 5151 Trowbridge Blvd., Richland, Follow-Up Dec. 31 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Davy’s Burger Ranch, 1305 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine Jan. 2 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Desert Wind Winery, 2258 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Jan. 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Eastside Brothers, 1303 E. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Dec. 31 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Golden Roll Sushi, 1321 Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Golden Yan Restaurant, 1217 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine Jan. 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Goose Ridge Vineyards, 16304 N. Dallas Road, Richland, Routine Jan. 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Hellfired Pizza, 4862 W. Hildebrand Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
J. Bookwalter Winery, 1695 Malibu Private Road, Richland, Routine Dec. 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Just Juice, 4309 W. 27th Place, 101 Kennewick, Routine Dec. 31 (0 Red, 3 Blue)
Kennewick Bottle and Food (Deli), 325 S. Union St., Kennewick, Routine Dec. 31 (5 Red, 5 Blue)
King’s Cup Coffee, 3425 King Ave., Pasco, Routine Jan. 3 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Maverik, 3505 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine Jan. 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Meals On Wheels, 505 N. First Ave., Pasco, WA 99301 Dec. 31 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Monarca, 1408 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine Jan. 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Panda Express, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Jan. 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Papa John’s Pizza, 125 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Jan. 3 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Powells Inferno, 110 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine Dec. 31 (5 Red, 0 Blue) (Caterer 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Proof, 6627 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Jan. 2 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Prosser Mini Mart (Food service), 1232 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine Jan. 2 (10 Red, 5 Blue)
Prosser Thai Bistro, 614 Sixth St., Prosser, Jan. 2 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Royal Columbian Retirement, 5615 W. Umatilla Ave., Kennewick, Follow-Up Dec. 30 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
Target, 2941 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Dec. 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Thai Garden, 101 N. Union St., Kennewick, Routine Dec. 30 (20 Red, 6 Blue)
Walgreens, 585 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Jan. 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Wingstop, 121 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Dec. 30 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
