7 failed food inspections at Tri-Cities restaurants, deli and retirement center
The Benton Franklin Health District gave seven failing grades in safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Sept. 13-19.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 42 inspections, with 17 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
Antojo Costeno, 4311 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 16 (35 Red, 10 Blue)
Notes: Improper cooling procedures (salsa voluntarily discarded); lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Baby J’s, 2243 Stevens Drive, Richland, Routine Sept. 17 (45 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (access to handwashing sink needed to be cleared); not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date on deli ham); room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.
Kabana King (Food service), 4311 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 16 (50 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Improper cooling procedures (rice voluntarily discarded); improper hot holding (<130°F — pork carnitas in hot deli case not kept hot enough).
Kabana King (Meat), 4311 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 16 (35 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate shellstock records; improper raw meat handling procedures (thermometer cover covered in dry raw meat juice and two raw meat slicers found with meat debris); raw meat improperly stored; lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Royal Columbian Retirement, 5615 W. Umatilla Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Sept. 16 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (service area handwashing sink filled with coffee cups, had no paper towels and no hot water — sink must be fixed within a week).
Sushi Time/Shiki Sushi, 1408 N. Louisiana St.., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 17 (40 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (sink blocked by cleaning supplies); raw meat improperly stored; improper cooling procedures (soup voluntarily discarded).
Tortilleria Y Carniceria Monarca, 1108 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Routine Sept. 16 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; inadequate handwashing facilities (no paper towels at handwashing station by raw meat prep area and one sink had a slight leak); improper shellstock identification (tags missing); improper raw meat handling procedures (food particles on saw used to cut raw meat — requirement is to clean every four hours); raw meat improperly stored.
Passed inspections
AD Tacos y Mas, 214610 E. Highway 397, Kennewick, Routine Sept. 19 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
AFC Sushi @ Safeway, 1803 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Sept. 16 (25 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 0 Red, Blue)
Angel Brook Farm Ice Cream, 8524 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 17 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Barnes & Noble Cafe, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Birrieria El Sazon, 3115 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 18 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Burger King, 102 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Sept. 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Delicious Crepes & Wafles (Mobile), 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Pasco, Routine Sept. 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Diggity’s, 713 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine Sept. 13 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Flying X Coffee, 8530 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Fruta Rayada El Rey, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 17 (20 Red, 0 Blue)
Golden Roll Sushi, 1321 Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Goose Ridge Vineyards, 16304 N. Dallas Road, Richland, Routine Sept. 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Graze — A Place To Eat, 8530 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 18 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Ground Support Coffee, 3005 King Ave., Pasco, Routine Sept. 13 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Guadalajara Style Mexican Food (Limited service), 110 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine Sept. 16 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
Kabana King (Commissary), 4311 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Koala Cafe, 1377 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Sept. 16 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Kofi Joint, 24995 S. Haney Road, Kennewick, Routine Sept. 19 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
La Casit, 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
MyFroYo, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Nana’s Kitchen, Kennewick, Routine Sept. 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Neighbor’s BBQ, 1115 Grant Ave., Prosser, Routine Sept. 19 (15 Red, 0 Blue) (Caterer 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Olive Garden, 1420 N. Louisiana St., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 18 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
On The Hook Fish and Chips, 1415 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up Sept. 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
One Stop Mart, 2201 Stevens Dr., Richland, Routine Sept. 17 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Panda Express, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 17 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Park Middle School, 1011 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Parkview Estates Community, 7820 W. Sixth Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 18 (10 Red, 5 Blue)
Pearl Tea, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 17 (0 Red, 5 Blue)
Porter’s Real Barbecue Production (Caterer), 1851 Terminal Dr., Richland, Routine Sept. 17 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
The Prosser House by John Gray, 1232 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Sept. 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Que Rico Pollo, 4311 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 16 (20 Red, 5 Blue)
Safeway Store, 1803 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Sept. 16 (Bakery 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 25 Red, 0 Blue) (Produce 5 Red, 0 Blue)
Sister to Sister on the Ave., 236 Port Ave., Prosser, Routine Sept. 17 (0 Red, 3 Blue)
Smoke and Beer, 3606 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Sept. 16 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Taco Bell, 1825 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Sept. 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria El Sazon II, 4115 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Sept. 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)