Upscale and fast food restaurants among 9 to fail Tri-Cities inspections

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 June 7-13.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 42 inspections, with 16 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

Burger King, 1033 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine June 10 (55 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%; improper hand washing (worker washed hands for only 7 seconds); room temperature storage (pans of lettuce and tomatoes).

El Asadero Restaurant, 2318 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine June 12 (60 Red, 11 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; improper cooling procedures; room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control; lacking a proper consumer advisory (restaurant may only serve foods fully cooked until menus include disclaimer).

Garden Hot Pot Restaurant, 140 Gage Blvd., Richland, Follow-up June 13 (50 Red, 3 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures (white rice); improper hot holding (<130°F — white rice).

Imperial Bakery, 1515 Wright Ave., Richland, Routine June 10 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%; room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (some food in display case discarded); accurate thermometer not provided.

Taco Time, 7530 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 9 (60 Red, 10 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control; improper hand washing (due to sinks without hot water); inadequate handwashing facilities (two handwashing sinks did not have hot water); not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (sandwich meat had no date marked); lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Trejo’s Mexican Restaurant, 1833 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine June 12 (75 Red, 10 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control; food worker cards not 100%; raw meat improperly stored; improper cooling procedures; room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control; improper cold holding (>45°F — self service stand for pico de gallo not cold enough).

Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up June 12 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (water not hot at one handwashing sink); lacking a proper consumer advisory (June specials that were not fully cooked did not have a consumer advisory on menu).

Wok King, 7011 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Follow-up June 11 (20 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Improper raw meat handling procedures; raw meat improperly stored.

Xpress Mart of Pasco, 1724 W. Clark St., Pasco, Routine June 11 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; inadequate handwashing facilities (hand washing sink in the kitchen had hot water turned off due to a leak and the other hand washing sink is 25 feet away); improper hot holding (<130°F —chicken on skewer in hot holding case not hot enough).

Passed inspections

Arby’s, 3506 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 9 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Becky’s Coffee at Farmers Market, 1329 Sommers Ave., Prosser, Routine June 7 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Botanas Culichi, 110 S. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 13 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Burger Ranch, 808 Vineyard Drive, Kennewick, Follow-up June 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Carl’s Jr., 1026 N. Colorado St., Kennewick, Routine June 12 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Carniceria 3 Pueblos, 2446 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 9 (25 Red, 5 Blue) (Commissary 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Circle K, 4805 Road 68, Pasco, Routine June 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Coffee Squad, 201 N. Edison St., Kennewick, Routine June 12 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Conversatio Coffee Roasters, Event based, Kennewick, Routine June 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Delicakes by Angelica, 151 N. Ely Kennewick, Routine June 9 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Dutch Bros, 3918 Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 12 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

El Chapala, 107 E. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine June 11 (30 Red, 10 Blue)

El Guero Tacos Garcia (Mobile), 6411 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine June 12 (10 Red, 2 Blue)

El Mirador, 1315 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine June 10 (30 Red, 18 Blue)

Excalibur Pizza, 420 S. Vancouver St., Kennewick, Routine June 11 (20 Red, 3 Blue)

Jimmy John’s, 5025 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine June 9 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Joker’s Casino & Atomic Bowl, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland, Follow-up June 13 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Kitchen & Spice Market, 1440 W. Jadwin Ave., Richland, Follow-up June 13 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Kona Ice Of Pasco (Mobile), 608 Williams Blvd., Richland, Routine June 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Love’s Travel Stop (Food service), 3602 N. Capitol Ave., Pasco, Routine June 12 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mandarin House, 1035 Lee Blvd., Richland, Follow-up June 13 (0 Red, 15 Blue)

Martinez & Martinez Winery, 357 Port Ave., Prosser, Routine June 12 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Mercer Wine Estates, 3100 Lee Blvd., Prosser, Routine June 12 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Milieu Coffeeworks, 10 Newton St., Richland, Routine June 10 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Panda Express, 401 N. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine June 9 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Pupuseria Salvadorena, 127 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine June 13 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Round Table Pizza, 3300 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 9 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Sammy’s Meat Market, 201 N. Third Ave., Pasco, Routine June 12 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Sausage Daddy, 212 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Shakey Shug, 1205 Thayer Drive, Richland, Routine June 10 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Sip & Co., 8921 Sandifur Parkway, Pasco, Routine June 11 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Somer Bakery, 5601 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 11 (Food service 0 Red, 5 Blue) (Grocery 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Subway, 210 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine June 12 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Sweet Squeeze Lemonade, The Parkway, Richland, Routine June 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Tacos Jalisco (Mobile), 1215 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 11 (5 Red, 5 Blue)

The Farmer’s Daughter, 104 E. Weston St., Kahlotus, Routine June 7 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Town Square, 825 N. Edison St., Kennewick, Follow-up June 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Yoke’s Fresh Market, 4905 Road 68, Pasco, Routine June 9 (Bakery 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Zip’s, 400 E. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine June 11 (0 Red, 3 Blue)