9 restaurants, bakery, meat market fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities

The Benton Franklin Health District gave nine failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Feb. 16-22.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 42 inspections, with 17 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, Follow-up Feb. 20 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date mark on imitation crab meat); raw meat improperly stored.

Blue Bridge Bar & Restaurant, 2724 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 20 (45 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; inadequate handwashing facilities (no paper towels at kitchen handwashing sink); improper cooling procedures (baked potatoes voluntarily discarded); accurate thermometer not provided.

Juliana’s Meat Market, 5413 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Routine Feb. 18 (35 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; inadequate handwashing facilities (no hot water at one handwashing sink); food not in good condition (moldy bacon that manager said was not being served to customers); raw meat improperly stored; improper cold holding (42-45°F).

King City Truck Stop, 2100 E. Hillsboro St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 18 (75 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control; food worker cards not 100%; raw meat improperly stored; improper cooling procedures (sausage gravy discarded); improper hot holding (some foods in hot holding case <130°F); lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Las Lupitas, 720 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 21 (80 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper handwashing (not washing hands for long enough time); not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date marking system in place); improper raw meat handling procedures (sanitizer that was not strong enough used for dishes contaminated by raw meat); raw meat improperly stored; improper cooling procedures (beans voluntarily discarded).

Los Pinos, 1504 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 20 (35 Red, 3 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; food worker cards not 100%; improper cooling procedures (rice voluntarily discarded).

Mandarin House, 1035 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine Feb. 18 (40 Red, 20 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control; improper chemical use (lubricants that were not food grade stored in food area).

Red Lion Airport Hotel, 2525 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 20 (60 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control; food not in good condition (moldy broth discarded); not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (some deli meats had no date marked and some food was more than seven days old); improper cooling procedures; improper cold holding (>45°F).

Tina’s Tasty Treats, 1325 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Feb. 20 (50 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on site; raw meat improperly stored; improper shell egg handling practices; improper cooling procedures (some chicken voluntarily discarded); lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Passed inspections

Aki Sushi, 321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up Feb. 20 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

AMC Kennewick 12, 1331 N. Center Parkway, Kennewick, Follow-up Feb. 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Atomic Ale Brewpub & Eatery, 1015 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine Feb. 18 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Best Western Inn At Horse Heaven, 259 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Feb. 20 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Best Western Plus Kennewick Inn, 4001 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger King, 4501 Road 68, Pasco, Routine Feb. 18 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger King, 2205 E. Hillsboro St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Carniceria Los Toreros, 210 Chardonnay Ave., Prosser, Routine Feb. 20 (10 Red, 5 Blue) (Commissary 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, 2673 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Feb. 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Crazy Moose Casino, 510 S. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine Feb. 20 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Dutch Bros, 119 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Feb. 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Eastside Market, 335 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Feb. 20 (25 Red, 5 Blue)

Finley Elementary School, 213504 E. Cougar Road, Kennewick, Routine Feb. 18 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Finley Middle School, 37208 S. Finley Road, Kennewick, Routine Feb. 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Firehouse Subs, 6255 Keene Road, West Richland, Routine Feb. 19 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Garcias Market, 804 Sixth St., Prosser, Routine Feb. 20 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Golden Palace, 1185 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Feb. 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Hilton Home 2 Suites Hotel, 2861 Lincoln Landing, Richland, Routine Feb. 21 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

IDK Restaurant, 335 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine Feb. 18 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Jimmy John’s, 534 Swift Blvd., Richland, Routine Feb. 18 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Kagen Coffee & Crepes, 270 Williams Blvd., Richland, Routine Feb. 20 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

KFC/Taco Bell, 109 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Feb. 21 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Las Lupitas (Commissary), 720 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Lazy River Taphouse, 4033 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Routine Feb. 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Los Volcanes Panaderia y Lonches, 502 Ninth Ave., Benton City, Routine Feb. 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

McDonald’s, 4810 Road 68, Pasco, Routine Feb. 20 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Meadow Springs Country Club, 700 Country Club Road, Richland, Routine Feb. 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Riverview High School, 36509 S. Lemon Drive, Kennewick, Routine Feb. 18 (10 Red, 7 Blue)

Ron’s Food Mart, 1821 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 18 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Round Table Pizza, 1435 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Feb. 18 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Swampy’s BBQ, 215 E. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine Feb. 20 (25 Red, 0 Blue) (Caterer 0 Red, 0 Blue)

The Busy Bee Diner, 1505 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 20 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

The Spudnut Shop, 228 Williams Blvd., Richland, Routine Feb. 20 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Tri-Cities Food Co-op (Espresso Bar), 1420 Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine Feb. 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Tri-City Adventist Academy, 4115 W. Henry St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 21 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

US Foods CHEF’STORE, 1939 Fowler St., Richland, Routine Feb. 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Vida Saludable Activa, 2508 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Routine Feb. 21 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Walmart, 4820 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine Feb. 19 (Bakery 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Whitstran Steaks & Spirits, 1427 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Feb. 20 (20 Red, 0 Blue)