5 restaurant, casino, markets fail Tri-Cities food safety inspections

The Benton Franklin Health District gave five failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area May 24-30.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 33 inspections, with 14 of those earning perfect scores.

One Richland grocery store, the Safeway in south Richland, aced checks of all four departments inspected.

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

Devin Oil Co. /Mobil 1, 2601 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine May 27 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%; inadequate handwashing facilities (no paper towels at one sink); improper hot holding (<130°F — open air hot holding case).

Foodies, 2701 Paul Parish Drive, Richland, Routine May 30 (60 Red, 8 Blue)

Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F); room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control; improper cold holding (>45°F).

Joker’s Casino & Atomic Bowl, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine May 29 (60 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (container of hot dogs had no date mark); improper cooling procedures; improper hot holding (<130°F — nacho cheese voluntarily discarded).

Juanitos Prime Meats (Food service), 4812 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 28 (45 Red, 8 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%; raw meat improperly stored (cross contamination among meats); room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control; accurate thermometer not provided; lacking a proper consumer advisory (for meat that may be served not fully cooked).

Kitchen & Spice Market, 1440 W. Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine May 29 (40 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; inadequate handwashing facilities (some sinks had no soap available and one had no paper towels); improper hot holding (<130°F — heat in hot holding case needed to be increased).

Passed inspections

Burger King, 2407 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine May 27 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Denny’s Restaurant, 2801 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 27 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Eating Gluten Free Bakery, 2746 Battelle Blvd., Richland, Routine May 29 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

El Cora Bar & Grill (Restaurant), 710 S. Columbia Ave., Connell, Routine May 30 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

El Jazmin, 704 S. Columbia Ave., Connell, Follow-up May 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Friends Corner, 3210 Road, 44 Pasco, Routine May 29 (Food service 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Grocery 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Hampton Inn, 3715 Plaza Way, Kennewick, Routine May 28 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Hot Mess Burgers & Fries, 204 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Hyde Tap and Lounge, 502 Swift Blvd., Richland, Routine May 30 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Jamba Juice, 7425 Sandifur Parkway, Pasco, Routine May 29 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Lulu Craft Bar & Kitchen, 606 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine May 29 (25 Red, 5 Blue)

McKinley Springs Tasting Room, 400 Bradley Blvd., Richland, Routine May 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mei Ling, 627 S. Columbia Ave., Connell, Routine May 30 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Ray’s Golden Lion, 1353 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine May 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Red Apple Market, 902 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine May 27 (Deli 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 5 Red, 0 Blue)

Safeway, 690 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine May 29 (Bakery 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Deli 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Produce 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Starbucks (Safeway), 1330 N 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine May 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Subway, 2588 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine May 30 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Taco La Herradura, 647 S. Columbia Ave., Connell, Follow-up May 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Templeman’s Market, 6205 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 30 (Deli 30 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 10 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 15 Red, 0 Blue)

Thai Elephant, 6030 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 28 (30 Red, 5 Blue)

The Pub, 7001 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 28 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

The Village Bistro, 5215 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine May 28 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Tumble in Bar & Stumble Out Grill, 237 N. Columbia Ave., Connell, Routine May 30 (5 Red, 3 Blue)

Urban Grounds, 412 Riverstone Drive, Richland, Follow-up May 29 (0 Red, 0 Blue)