Sushi restaurant, specialty butcher shop fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities area
The Benton Franklin Health District gave two failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Feb. 1-7.
A sushi restaurant and a specialty grocery and butcher shop failed.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 69 inspections, with 38 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
Carniceria El Sol, 623 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine Feb. 7 (60 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; raw meat improperly stored; improper cooling procedures (beans discarded); improper hot holding (<130°F).
Tokyo Sushi & Teriyaki, 3617 Plaza Way, Kennewick, Routine Feb. 7 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; inadequate handwashing facilities (handwashing sink should be used only for handwashing), improper cooling procedures.
Passed inspections
2K Bakery, 335 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Feb. 6 (10 Red, 8 Blue)
509 Taco’s, 110 S. Elm Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 5 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
American Legion, 1029 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 5 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up Feb. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bern’s Tavern, 618 Sixth St., Prosser, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bills Speakeasy, 1205 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Captain Gray Elementary School, 1102 N. 10th Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Chinook Middle School, 4891 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Churros Mia, 1212 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 6 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Circle K, 1915 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Richland, Routine Feb. 5 (5 Red, 3 Blue)
Columbia Market, 1831 W. Cartmell St., Pasco, Follow-up Feb. 7 (20 Red, 3 Blue)
Domino’s Pizza, 364 Chardonnay Ave., Prosser, Routine Feb. 6 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Dutch Bros, 731 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up Feb. 4 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
El Antojito Mexicano Restaurant, 1915 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 4 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
El Tiburon, 1410 E. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 5 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Ellen Ochoa Middle School, 1801 E. Sheppard St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Farh Thai Restaurant, 5601 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Feb. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Finley General Store (Deli), 214410 E. Highway 397, Kennewick, Follow-up Feb. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Flying X Coffee, 8530 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (5 Red, 6 Blue)
Gateway Chevron, 20 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Ice Harbor Brewing Co., 10 E. Bruneau Ave., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Isaac Stevens Middle School, 1120 N. 22nd Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
KFC/A&W, 2210 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
KFC/A&W, 2750 Duportail St., Richland, Routine Feb. 7 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Ki-Be Elementary & Middle School, 913 Horne Drive, Benton City, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Ki-Be High School Kitchen, 1205 Horne Drive, Benton City, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
La Cantina, 2735 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 7 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
La Hacienda Meat Market, 4242 W. Van Giesen West Richland, Routine Feb. 6 (25 Red, 10 Blue)
La Villa, 214 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 4 (Bakery 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Food service 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Lincoln Elementary School, 4901 W. 21st Ave., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Little Caesar’s, 8530 Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Longfellow Elementary School, 300 N. Eighth Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
McDonald’s, 103 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Meals On Wheels, 1231 Dudley Ave., Prosser, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
The Pacific Clinic Desk Concessions, 1350 N. Grant St., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 5 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Palencia Winery, 65105 N. Demoss Road, Benton City, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
The Palm Bar & Grill, 603 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine Feb. 7 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Parkview Estates Community, 7820 W. Sixth Ave., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Pasco High DECA Doghouse, 1108 N. 10th Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 7 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Pasco High School, 1108 N. 10th Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Picante Mexican Taqueria, 20 S. Auburn St., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Prosser Heights Elementary School, 2001 Highland Drive, Prosser, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Prosser High School, 1500 Paterson Road, Prosser, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Prosser High School FBLA Student Store (Concession), 1500 Paterson Road, Prosser, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Prosser Senior Citizen Club, 1231 Dudley Ave., Prosser, Routine Feb. 7 (5 Red, 5 Blue)
Ready And Out Restaurant, 1827 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Feb. 6 (10 Red, 0 Blue) (Catering 10 Red, 0 Blue) (Commissary 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Robert Frost Elementary School, 1915 N. 22nd Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Round Table Pizza, 3300 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Rowena Chess Elementary School, 715 N. 24th Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Royal Mart, 4212 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Sakura Restaurant, 130 Keene Road, Richland, Routine Feb. 3 (15 Red, 3 Blue)
Smooth Swings, 110 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Feb. 3 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Southridge High School, 3520 Southridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Super Quesadilla Gigante, 220 N. 18th Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Tri-Cities Food Bank, 712 10th St., Benton City, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Taco Bell/Long John Silvers, 2485 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Feb. 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Tacos El Paisano, 2735 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Tap and Barrel, 112 Keene Road, Richland, Routine Feb. 3 (5 Red, 5 Blue)
Taqueria Buena Vista, 4903 Convention Center Drive, Pasco, Routine Feb. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria El Amigazo De Tecoman, 1719 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 6 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria El Sazon, 2226 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up Feb. 7 (0 Red, 2 Blue)
Target (Store), 1106 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Virgie Robinson Elementary School, 125 S. Wehe Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Zeron Winery, 1200 Corral Creek Road, Benton City, Routine Feb. 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)