Senior living complex, truck stop and food trucks fail inspections in Tri-Cities area

The Benton Franklin Health District gave four failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area April 5-11.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 35 inspections, with 21 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 inspection

El Flaco Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs, 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 5 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hand washing (no soap, towels or running water); inadequate handwashing facilities (stand had no running water but was allowed to set up temporary handwashing station — must be fixed by next event).

Fresh Squeezed Lemonade (Cart), 109 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 5 (55 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control; food worker cards not 100%; improper hand washing (person in charge began food prep and cooking without washing hands); inadequate handwashing facilities (missing soap and towels and water was not turned on); improper produce washing.

King City Truck Stop, 2100 E. Hillsboro St., Pasco, Follow-up April 10 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper use of time as a control for hot holding.

Solstice Senior Living At Kennewick, 8264 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine April 8 (60 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 marked on cubed ham); room temperature storage (yogurt left on counter); improper cold holding (>45°F — pasteurized eggs too warm); accurate thermometer not provided or used.

Passed inspections

Aliona’s Euro-Bake, 4525 Road 68, Pasco, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Basin City Child Development Center, 281 First Ave., Mesa, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Basin City Elementary School, 303 Bailie Blvd., Mesa, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Benton County Corrections, 7122 W. Okanogan Place, Kennewick, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Broadway Flying ‘J’ Truckstop (Deli), 2216 E. Hillsboro Road, Pasco, Routine April 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Burlesque Brew, 5303 W. Metaline Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 8 (5 Red, 8 Blue)

Burns Korners, 10002 Burns Road, Pasco, Routine April 8 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Cap’n Dave’s Fish & Chips, 103 Keene Road, Richland, Routine April 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Carniceria Madrigal Tri-Cities (Meat), 4033 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Routine April 10 (5 Red, 5 Blue)

Chicken & Bowl, 570 Swift Blvd., Richland, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Con Sabor A Mexico, 1306 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine April 8 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Connell Child Development Center, 600 E. Adams St., Connell, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Cottonwood Elementary School, 16734 Cottonwood Creek Blvd., Kennewick, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Dutch Bros Coffee, 6429 Keene Road, Richland, Routine April 9 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Dutch Bros, 2601 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine April 7 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

El Agave 4, 1301 Aaron Drive, Richland, Routine April 8 (5 Red, 5 Blue)

Fuerza Elementary School, 6011 W. 10th Place, Kennewick, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Children’s Center, 1549 S.E. Georgia Ave., Richland, Routine April 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Martin Luther King, 205 S. Wehe Ave., Pasco, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Highlands Middle School, 425 S. Tweedt St., Kennewick, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Horse Heaven Middle School, 3500 S. Vancouver St., Kennewick, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 2 Blue)

Juliana’s Meat Market, 5413 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Follow-up April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Koala Cafe, 10 E. Bruneau Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Legacy High School, 4624 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mesa Elementary School, 200 E. Pepiot Road, Mesa, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mid-Columbia Partnership, 5980 W. 12th Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 8 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

New Horizons High School, 2020 W. Argent Road, Pasco, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Phoenix High School, 1315 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Pizza Hut, 1921 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine April 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Poe’s Place, 205 N. First Ave., Mesa, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Ridgeview Elementary School, 7001 W. 13th Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Shakey’s, 4525 Road 68, Pasco, Routine April 8 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Sunset View Elementary School, 711 Center Parkway, Kennewick, Routine April 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Westgate Elementary School, 2514 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 10 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Zip’s, 1123 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine April 8 (20 Red, 0 Blue)