12 failed food inspections, including some popular Tri-Cities eateries

The Benton Franklin Health District gave 12 failing grades in safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area July 5-11.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 52 inspections, with 22 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

Cottage Market (Food Service), 1825 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine July 10 (60 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures (cooked sausage gravy voluntarily discarded); improper hot holding (<130°F — several items in hot holding case were not hot enough); lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Foodies, 2701 Paul Parish Drive, Richland, Follow-up July 7 (25 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F — heat lamp did not keep small batch of onion rings hot enough).

Gangnam Style Korean BBQ, 7903 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine July 8 (35 Red, 7 Blue)

Notes: Raw meat improperly stored; improper hot holding (<130°F — rice in hot holding box not hot enough); improper cold holding (42-45°F — undercounter prep-line coolers were not keeping kimchi, chopped lettuce, cucumber salad and crab meat salad cold enough).

Imperial Bakery, 1515 Wright Ave., Richland, Follow-up July 8 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Raw meat improperly stored; room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (jalapeno and cream cheese bread in display case discarded).

La Bella Vita Kitchen and Bar, 1515 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine July 11 (40 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Improper produce washing (carrots are required to be washed before peeling); raw meat improperly stored; improper cooling procedures (two containers of marinara sauce in walk-in cooler were not properly cooled and were discarded).

Lil Firehouse Coffee, 895 Stevens Drive, Richland, Routine July 8 (60 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hand washing (two workers washed their hands for less than 10 seconds); inadequate handwashing facilities (handwashing sink had no soap); not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (pans of sliced ham not properly date marked and were discarded); improper cold holding (>45°F — the sliced ham that was incorrectly date marked had not been kept cold enough); thermometer not working.

Magill’s Restaurant, 3214 Road 68, Pasco, Routine July 9 (45 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (cheese sauce at risk for Listeria bacteria was about 10 days old and partial container of salsa was about three weeks old — both discarded); improper cooling procedures; improper cold holding (>45°F — sausage chunks in small fridge too warm and were voluntarily discarded).

Red Robin, 1021 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine July 10 (55 Red, 18 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%; inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at one kitchen handwashing sink); improper raw meat handling procedures (prep table used for raw chicken needed to be cleaned, rinsed and sanitized); room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (fried onion rings and fried pickles voluntarily discarded).

Safeway (Deli), 5204 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 8 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date mark on ham in display case); room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (bowl of lettuce in unused display case was too warm).

Solstice Senior Living, 8264 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up July 8 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper cold holding (>45°F — pasteurized eggs, liquid eggs, open gallon of milk and carton of soy milk were not kept cold enough).

Taco Of The Town, 610 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine July 5 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; food worker cards not 100%; raw meat improperly stored; room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.

Taqueria El Sazon, 4115 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up July 7 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (multiple food without dates marked); raw meat improperly stored; improper hot holding (<130°F — cooked shredded chicken on prep line was not hot enough).

Passed inspections

Adult Day Services of the Tri-Cities, 10 N. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine July 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

AFC Sushi @ Safeway, 5204 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Applebee’s, 5305 Road 68, Pasco, Routine July 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Bern’s Tavern, 618 Sixth St., Prosser, Routine July 10 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Birrieria Donitas, 490 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Follow-up July 11 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Brookdale Canyon Lakes, 2802 W. 35th Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Bruchi’s, 5209 W. Okanogan Place Kennewick, Follow-up July 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger King, 1033 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up July 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Carl’s Jr., 2804 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 10 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Carniceria Meat Market El Rodeo, 354 Chardonnay Ave., Prosser, Routine July 11 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Columbia Basin Racquet Club — Sand Bar, 1776 Terminal Drive, Richland, Routine July 8 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Connell Elementary School, 1001 W. Clark St., Connell, Routine July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Davy’s Burger Ranch, 1305 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine July 11 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Desert Wind Winery, 2258 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine July 11 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Dollar Tree, 1309 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine July 10 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

El Asadero Restaurant, 2318 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up July 10 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

El Dorado Mexican Grill, 2417 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Ellen Ochoa Middle School, 1801 E. Sheppard St., Pasco, Routine July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Fiesta Mexican Restaurant, 5210 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine July 7 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Giddy Up BBQ (Caterer), 110 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine July 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Gold’s Gym, 151 N. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine July 8 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Good Foods Good Tastes, 10 E. Bruneau Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Graze “A Drive Thru”, 131 N. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine July 8 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Great Harvest Bread Co., 6705 Chapel Hill Blvd., Pasco, Routine July 9 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Grocery Outlet, 1309 Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine July 10 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Hacienda Del Sol Mexican Restaurant, 5024 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine July 9 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Hermiston Melon Co., Demonstrator, Kennewick, Routine July 11 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Jefferson Elementary School, 1550 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine July 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Juanitos Prime Meats (Food service), 4812 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up July 7 (10 Red, 3 Blue)

Kennewick American Youth Baseball, 2201 S. Olympia St., Kennewick, Routine July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

KFC/A&W, 2750 Duportail St., Richland, Routine July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

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

Las Palomas Mexican Restaurant, 364 Chardonnay Ave., Prosser, Routine July 11 (10 Red, 8 Blue)

Little Caesar’s, 2632 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

McDonald’s, 103 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine July 10 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

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

Palouse Junction Alternative School, 110 N. Chelan Ave., Connell, Routine July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Prosser Thai Bistro, 614 Sixth St., Prosser, Routine July 11 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Richland High School, 930 Long Ave., Richland, Routine July 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Ruby Thai Kitchen, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine July 9 (25 Red, 7 Blue))

Safeway (Meat), 5204 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 8 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Stacks Mobile Bistro (Mobile), 815 Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine July 9 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Swift Stop, 2110 Swift Blvd., Richland, Routine July 8 (Food service 15 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Taco Bell/Long John Silvers, 2485 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine July 10 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Tacos Caseros, 2400 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 10 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Taqueria Tacatrina, 528 Ely St., Kennewick, Routine July 10 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Teriyaki Grill, 5325 Road 68, Pasco, Follow-up July 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

The Wild Taco, 72 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine July 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Trejo’s Mexican Restaurant, 1833 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up July 10 (5 Red, 5 Blue)

We Ice (Mobile), 6000 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine July 10 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

The Wild Taco, 72 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine July 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)