10 failed food inspections in Tri-Cities area restaurants, convenience stores

The Benton Franklin Health District gave 10 failing grades in safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Aug. 9-15.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 47 inspections, with 14 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

El Antojito Mexicano Restaurant, 1915 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 14 (45 Red, 15 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%; not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (gallon of milk and opened packages of pre-cooked ham, bacon and sausage had no dates marked); raw meat improperly stored; improper cold holding (>45°F prep line cooler was open even though food was not being prepared); lacking a proper consumer advisory (no advisory on menu for food that may be ordered raw or undercooked); lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Bajwa C Store, 1504 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Follow-up Aug. 13 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F — corn dogs, burritos, cheese curds and chicken strips in hot holding case were not hot enough and were voluntarily discarded).

Basin City Hot Spot, 7380 Road 170, Mesa, Routine Aug. 12 (55 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control; improper handwashing (food worker did not wash hands before putting on gloves to handle ready-to-eat foods); improper hot holding (<130°F — chicken skewers in hot holding case not hot enough and plan must be submitted within five days because this has been a repeat problem for the past two years).

Cafe Magnolia (Restaurant), 4309 W. 27th Place, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (75 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control; bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods (employee added vegetables to salad without gloves on both hands and salad was voluntarily discarded); improper cooling procedures; improper cold holding (>45°F — some deli meat sandwiches too warm); lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Devin Oil Co. Inc./ Mobil 1, 2601 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up Aug. 12 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper handwashing (employee did not wash hands before putting on gloves, did not stop work when told by the inspector she needed to wash her hands and then washed her hands for only six seconds).

Just Juice, 4309 W. 27th Place Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (40 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Records of food worker cards not available; food obtained from unapproved source (honey from owner’s farm which must be discarded if it is not graded and the hive is not registered); lack of conformance with approved procedures (juice packaged on site must have a warning label or the establishment must obtain an approved hazard analysis of critical control points); variance not obtained for specialized processing methods.

Lep-re-kon Harvest Foods (Food service), 610 S. Columbia Ave., Connell, Follow-up Aug. 12 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (sliced Canadian bacon was 10 days past the discard date and partial container of milk had no date marked).

Maverik, 3505 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (80 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control; improper handwashing; improper hot holding (<130°F — ground beef on steam table not hot enough); room temperature storage (employee forgot to put sandwiches in the refrigerator).

Ron’s Food Mart, 1821 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 14 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures; improper cold holding (>45°F —fridge needs to be checked).

Taqueria El Sazon II, 4115 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 15 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.

Passed inspections

AFC Sushi @ Safeway, 690 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 0 Red, 0 Blue)

El Agave, 1301 Aaron Drive, Richland, Routine Aug. 11 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Arby’s, 1310 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Beltran’s Bakery, 1724 W. Clark St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 11 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Blackbird Espresso, 3202 Swallow Ave., Pasco, Routine Aug. 14 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger Ranch, 108 S. Oregon Ave., Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Carniceria El Sol, 623 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine Aug. 13 (20 Red, 10 Blue)

Chick-fil-A, 7009 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, 2673 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Cookie House, 8530 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 11 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Cottage Market (Food service), 1825 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Follow-up Aug. 12 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Court Street Mini Mart (Grocery), 3720 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Domino’s, 3802 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Dutch Bros, 3 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 14 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Elk Haven Winery, 34101 N. Demoss Road, Benton City, Routine Aug. 13 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Firehouse Subs, 6255 Keene Road, West Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Hop N Drops, 2675 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

IDK Restaurant, 335 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

IHop, 5015 Road 68, Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

IPlay Experience, 8524 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 11 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Jack In The Box, 3109 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Jocho’s Tacos, 510 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

La Palma Crepes N Rolls, 2020 E. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (5 Red, 8 Blue)

Limber’s Snacks & Botanas, 1825 Leslie Road, Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (20 Red, 10 Blue)

Lucky Bao, 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 15 (10 Red, 8 Blue)

Masala Indian Cuisine, 3321 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue) (Caterer 0 Red, 0 Blue)

McDonald’s, 7505 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mr. Qwik’s Country, 13101 N. Glade Road, Eltopia, Routine Aug. 12 (10 Red, 15 Blue)

The Palm Bar & Grill, 603 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine Aug. 13 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Safeway, 690 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (Coffee 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Sbarro, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 15 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Skipper’s, 3307 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (15 Red, 5 Blue)

Sterling’s, 2500 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Subway, 641 S. Columbia Ave., Connell, Routine Aug. 12 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Taco Bell, 5031 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Taco Of The Town, 610 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Follow-up Aug. 13 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Tacos Y Maz, 20 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Aug. 13 (30 Red, 5 Blue)

Taqueria Stacks, 813 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

El Tiburon, 1410 E. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 11 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

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

Veronica’s Fresh Produce, 3423 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 12 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Wendy’s, 7003 Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Zintel Creek Golf Club - The Edge, 314 N. Underwood St., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 14 (20 Red, 0 Blue) (Commissary 10 Red, 0 Blue)