8 food trucks, stores and restaurant fail health inspections in Tri-Cities

The Benton Franklin Health District gave eight failing grades for food safety inspections at restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area from Feb. 21-27.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 47 inspections, with 23 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 follow-up 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, bare-hand contact with foods or refrigerating meat in a way that could contaminate other food.

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, with one business line passing and another failing.

Information about passed and failed inspections includes only licensed establishments. The health district also responds to complaints of unlicensed pop-up food vendors in Benton and Franklin counties.

To see more inspection results or details of the past week’s inspections, go to inspections.myhealthdepartment.com/bfhd.

For questions or complaints about food safety in Benton or Franklin counties, email contactusfoodsafety@BFHD.WA.GOV.

Food customers may take a survey at bit.ly/FoodSafetyConsumerSurvey, and owners and employees of food establishments may take a survey at bit.ly/FoodSafetyIndustrySurvey.

Failed inspections

Aunty Jam’s Asian Kitchen, 6120 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Feb. 27 (80 Red, 0 Blue) Notes: Lack of adequate managerial control; improper use of time as temperature control (pot of coconut milk); improper cooling procedures (cooked rice discarded); lack of conformance with approved procedures; food obtained from source not approved (food from out-of-county business).

Divots Golf, 2450 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Richland, Follow-up Feb. 24 (15 Red, 10 Blue) Notes: Accurate food thermometer not provided; cold holding temperatures >45°F (fridge not working properly and meat, cheese, sauce and sour cream discarded).

Jersey Mikes Subs, 1659 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Feb. 24 (35 Red, 0 Blue) Notes: Hands not washed as required (employees using sink with no hot water); inadequate handwashing facilities (one handwashing sink lacked hot water).

Kim’s Market, 1909 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up Feb. 23 (45 Red, 0 Blue) Notes: Lack of adequate managerial control; meat and eggs not stored to prevent contamination of ready-to-eat food; hot holding temperatures <135°F (food in hot holding case as cool as 108° and all food discarded); cold holding temperatures >45°F (some food in dairy case as warm as 54°).

One Stop Mart 55, 2221 E. Lewis St., Pasco, Follow-up Feb. 24 (40 Red, 0 Blue) Notes: Improper cooling procedures (cooked food discarded); not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (ham for pizzas more than a week old); improper cold holding temperatures (uncooked clam chowder discarded).

Ricas Pupusas El Salvador, 6120 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Follow-up Feb. 27 (30 Red, 0 Blue) Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; improper cooling procedures (red salsa).

Trejo’s Taco Factory, 6120 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Feb. 27 (45 Red, 0 Blue) Notes: Lack of conformance with approved procedures; hands not washed using required steps; inadequate handwashing facilities (employee used food preparation sink).

Winco Foods (Deli), 101 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine Feb. 25 (35 Red, 0 Blue) Notes: Cold holding temperatures >45°F (food in display cold holding case too warm and deli case cannot be used until proof provided to inspector that it is working properly); hands not washed as required (employee did not follow required steps).

Passed inspections

AFC Sushi @ Safeway, 1803 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine, Feb. 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Badger Mountain Elementary School, 1515 Elementary St., Richland, Routine, Feb. 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Benton County Corrections, 7122 W. Okanogan Place, Kennewick, Follow-up, Feb. 24 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Bob’s Burgers & Brew, 2775 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine, Feb. 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Brady’s Brats & Burgers Pasco, 6120 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine, Feb. 27 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger King, 1001 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Cinco De Mayo Family Restaurant, 3600 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up, Feb. 24 (5 Red, 5 Blue)

Delicious Crepes & Waffles, 6120 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine, Feb. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Domino’s, 4001 Kennedy Road, West Richland, Routine, Feb. 23 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Eastside Market, 335 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine, Feb. 26 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

El Caporal, 624 Sixth St., Prosser, Routine, Feb. 24 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Fable Craft Bar Wine Saloon & Food Joint, 1705 SE Columbia Park Trail, Richland, Follow-up, Feb. 24 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Golden Horse Restaurant, 108 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine, Feb. 26 (25 Red, 8 Blue)

Golden Roll Sushi (Hazard analysis of critical control points), 6120 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine, Feb. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Gray’s Wings & Things, 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Homewood Suites, 1060 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine, Feb. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

KFC/Taco Bell, 109 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine, Feb. 26 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Marie Curie STEM Elementary School, 715 N. California Ave., Pasco, Routine, Feb. 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

MOD Pizza Kennewick, 1659 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 24 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Orchard Elementary School, 1600 Gala Way, Richland, Routine, Feb. 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Pik-A-Pop, 110 S. Elm Ave., Pasco, Follow-up, Feb. 24 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Pizza Hut, 818 Vineyard Drive, Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 23 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Prosser Korners (Food service), 101 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine, Feb. 24 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Quick Trip Gas & Food, 221 S. 10th Ave., Pasco, Follow-up, Feb. 23 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Ready And Out Restaurant, 1827 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine, Feb. 24 (15 Red, 5 Blue) (Catering 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Commissary 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Safeway Store, 1803 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine, Feb. 26 (Deli 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Bakery 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Produce 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Soda Bomb, 6120 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine, Feb. 27 (25 Red, 5 Blue)

Starbuck’s Coffe, 4008 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Starbucks Coffee, 1659 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 24 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Sterling’s, 3200 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 26 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Subway, 2801 Duportail St., Richland, Routine, Feb. 23 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Tacos El Giro, 6120 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine, Feb. 27 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Tacos Y Maz, 20 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine, Feb. 24 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Texas Roadhouse, 835 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 27 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Tropical Express, 342 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 23 (20 Red, 5 Blue)

Walgreens (Store), 4000 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine, Feb. 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Whittier Elementary School, 616 N. Wehe Ave., Pasco, Routine, Feb. 25 (10 Red, 3 Blue)

Winco Foods, 101 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine, Feb. 25 (Bakery 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Pizza 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)