3 restaurants fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities
The Benton Franklin Health District gave three failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area March 15-21.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 51 inspections, with 23 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
Fuego Mexican Grill, 3911 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 17 (60 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control; food worker cards not 100%; improper cooling procedures; improper hot holding (<130°F).
Sharetea, 128 S. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine March 19 (40 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Improper hand washing (worker at cash register did not wash hands before putting on gloves to prepare drink), accurate thermometer not provided; improper chemical use (unknown chemicals in unlabeled spray bottle in food service area).
Woo’s Teriyaki Grill, 1379 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine March 17 (45 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Food obtained from unapproved source (fresh salmon did not have parasite destruction before being used raw for sushi); improper shellstock identification or parasite destruction procedures (no record of parasite destruction for tuna used raw for sushi); improper cooling procedures.
Passed inspections
4 Whistles Winery, 119 W. First Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Ahava Coffee Co., 2171 Van Giesen St., Richland, Routine March 21 (10 Red, 5 Blue)
Amistad Elementary School, 930 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Amon Creek Elementary School, 18 Center Parkway Richland, Routine March 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Badger Mountain Elementary School, 1515 Elementary St., Richland, Routine March 20 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bruchi’s, 2615 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 17 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Burger King, 1001 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine March 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Burger King, 2501 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine March 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Burger King, 7407 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine March 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Carniceria El Sol, 623 Ninth St., Benton City, Follow-up March 19 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Casa Mia, 607 George Washington Way Richland, Routine March 20 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Cooper Wine Co., 35306 N. Sunset Road, Benton City, Routine March 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Crumbl Cookies, 2665 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine March 21 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Dollar Tree, 7411 Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine March 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Domino’s, 4001 Kennedy Road, West Richland, Routine March 20 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
El Aguila, 939 S. 10th Ave., Pasco, Routine March 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Farh Thai Restaurant, 5601 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 21 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Foodies Richland, 701 The Parkway, Richland, Routine March 20 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Hubby’s Pizza, 346 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine March 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Jamba Juice, 2727 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine March 19 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Kennewick High School, 500 S. Dayton St., Kennewick, Routine March 20 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Kitzke Cellars, 72308 E. Private Road 260 N.E., Richland, Routine March 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Mi Linda Sierra, 5610 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 21 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Park Middle School, 1011 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 20 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Pho Lao Laan Xang, 5610 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 21 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Pizza Hut, 818 Vineyard Drive, Kennewick, Routine March 19 (5 Red, 3 Blue)
Riverfront Hotel, 50 Comstock St., Richland, Routine March 21 (10 Red, 5 Blue)
ROMA House, 617 The Parkway, Richland, Routine March 20 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
Salsitas Tacos Grill, 4311 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Santa Fe, 1014 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine March 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
St. Joseph’s School, 516 S. Garfield St., Kennewick, Routine March 20 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Starbuck’s Coffee, 2801 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Starbuck’s Coffee, 4008 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 21 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria El Marino II, 605 N. Gum St., Kennewick, Routine March 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria Oaxaca (Mobile), 3869 Kennedy Road, Richland, Follow-up March 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Town Mart, 104 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine March 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Toyota Center/Kona, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 16 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Toyota Center/Mac Daddy, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Toyota Center/KC Brand Kettlecorn, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 16 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Toyota Center/Doggie Style Gourmet, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 16 (15 Red, 8 Blue)
Toyota Center/Taco City, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 16 (20 Red, 3 Blue)
Toyota Center/Chapala Express, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 16 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Toyota Center/Bobablastic, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 16 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Toyota Center/Baskin Robbins, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Toyota Center/Funky Chicken, 7016 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Tropical Express, 342 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine March 19 (10 Red, 3 Blue)
Underhill Cheese, 1121 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine March 19 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
VFW, 1101 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine March 21 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Victorian Connection, 2531 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Wheat Head Brewing Co., 92308 E. Locust Grove Road, Kennewick, Routine March 21 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Wine O’ Clock, 548 Cabernet Court, Prosser, Routine March 21 (10 Red, 5 Blue)