Bar and grill fails food safety inspections of restaurants and more in Tri-Cities area
The Benton Franklin Health District gave one failing grade in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area May 3-9.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 27 inspections, with 12 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
Columbia Bar and Grill, 3601 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine May 9 (35 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Unattended cooking and hot holding; lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Passed inspections
Adobo Mexican Grill, 1400 Bombing Range Road, West Richland, Routine May 5 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Bombshelter/Up & Atom, 930 Long Ave., Richland, Routine May 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bulldog Bistro, 110 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine May 3 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Christ The King School, 1122 Long Ave., Richland, Routine May 7 (30 Red, 5 Blue)
DAD’$ Hotdogs, 110 S. Fourth St., Pasco, Routine May 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
DQ Grill & Chill, 6715 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine May 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Golden Dragon Asian Grocers (Store), 4727 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 7 (20 Red, 0 Blue)
Heron Bluff Winery, 27938 W. Old Inland Empire Highway, Benton City, Routine May 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Holiday Inn Express, 4525 Convention Place, Pasco, Routine May 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Hot Tamales (Commissary), 608 Williams Blvd., Richland, Routine May 7 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Jump Off Joe, 3601 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine May 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Kennedy Mart, 4105 Kennedy Road, West Richland, Routine May 5 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
La Cantina Kitchen & Bar, 2735 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine May 9 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
Marzipan Patisserie, 110 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine May 3 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Napolis, 3280 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up May 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Paradise Food Mart (Grocery), 1400 Bombing Range Road, West Richland, Routine May 5 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Pepper Preppers Kitchen (Commissary), 713 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine May 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Perch Cantina, 580 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine May 8 (5 Red, 5 Blue)
Pie Sharks (Product demonstrators), 110 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine May 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Shy’s Pizza Connection, 1306 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine May 8 (0 Red, 3 Blue)
Subway, 1824 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up May 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria Las Marias, 1501 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Routine May 8 (15 Red, 7 Blue)
TexMex Mexican Restaurant, 1002 Grace Ave., Benton City, Routine May 9 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
The Coffee Crush, 6615 Chapel Hill Blvd., Pasco, Follow-up May 8 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
The Grand Rendezouvs, 3601 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine May 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Tina’s Tasty Treats, 1325 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up May 8 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Tri-Tech Skills Center, 5929 W. Metaline Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
This story was originally published May 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM.