Tri-Cities food safety: 8 restaurant inspections from May & June 2025
This curated article covers several restaurant inspection stories for the Tri-Cities area for May and June 2025. Each highlights food safety violations found by the Benton Franklin Health District.
NO. 1: 6 FAILED FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS OF RESTAURANTS, FOOD TRUCK AND MORE IN TRI-CITIES AREA
See which 33 places selling food passed their inspections. | Published May 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary
NO. 2: BAR AND GRILL FAILS FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS OF RESTAURANTS AND MORE IN TRI-CITIES AREA
See which places got the 12 perfect scores in the week’s inspections. | Published May 16, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary
NO. 3: MEXICAN GRILL SCORES 75 RED POINTS. THE LATEST TRI-CITIES FOOD SAFETY SCORES
32 other eateries passed their inspections. | Published May 21, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary
NO. 4: 5 FAILED FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS AT RESTAURANTS, FOOD TRUCK, BAR IN TRI-CITIES
The worst score of the week was 80 of the more serious red points. | Published May 29, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary
NO. 5: 5 RESTAURANT, CASINO, MARKETS FAIL TRI-CITIES FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS
One Tri-Cities grocery store stood out for earning perfect scores on all four departments inspected. | Published June 5, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary
NO. 6: SUSHI RESTAURANT, 2 MARKETS AND 2 TACO TRUCKS FAIL TRI-CITIES FOOD INSPECTIONS
Among violations was handling ready-to-eat food with bare hands. | Published June 11, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary
NO. 7: UPSCALE AND FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AMONG 9 TO FAIL TRI-CITIES INSPECTIONS
3 did not meet the tougher standards on their followup food safety inspections. | Published June 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary
NO. 8: FOOD TRUCK AND 2 RESTAURANTS FAIL TRI-CITIES AREA FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS
See which 14 businesses earned perfect scores. | Published June 27, 2025 | Read Full Story by Annette Cary
The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.