Dirty ice machine, pasta salad too warm: Failed Tri-Cities food inspections

The Benton Franklin Health District gave nine failing grades for food safety inspections at restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area from June 20-26.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing marks on 35 inspections, with 15 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

Boiada Brazilian Grill, 8418 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 26 (35 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Improper hot holding temperatures (tilapia required to be at 135° or hotter was as cool as 98° on display table and was discarded); improper cold holding temperatures (pasta salad must be 41° or colder but was as warm as 62° in walk-in cooler); food-contact surfaces not cleaned (ice machine in kitchen had debris and bacterial growth, mixer grate had food debris and soda machine nozzle had food debris)

Cafe Magnolia (Restaurant), 4309 W. 27th Place, Kennewick, Routine June 23 (50 Red, 17 Blue)

Notes: No proper consumer advisory posted for undercooked foods (dishes with undercooked eggs will not be sold until menu has consumer advisory); improper cooling procedures (lasagna cooled overnight was too warm and was voluntarily discarded); raw meat not stored away from ready-to-eat food to prevent cross contamination (no cross contamination found); improper cold holding temperatures (some prepared sandwiches as warm as 60° and egg mix for crepes was 50° – both voluntarily discarded); food worker cards not 100% (one was expired).

Coffee Bean, 840 Stevens Drive, Richland, Routine June 24 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Potentially unsafe high risk food (no date mark on cream cheese – it was discarded); improper cold holding temperatures (some milk as warm as 50° rather than required 41° or colder); food worker cards not 100%; inadequate handwashing facilities (gas-powered hot water heater in nearby employee restroom is not working and qualified repair service has been difficult to find – fix required within seven days and in the meantime employees must wash their hands twice in cold water in the restroom and then wash their hands when they enter the coffee stand).

Jack In The Box, 3109 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine June 25 (50 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Improper cold holding temperatures (precooked chicken for teriyaki bowls too warm); improper use of time as a food temperature control (time must be marked for cut tomatoes kept at room temperature for discard after four hours); food worker cards not 100% (one worker’s card was expired); inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at kitchen handwashing sink).

Kitchen & Spice Market, 1440 W. Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine June 26 (60 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff; hot holding temperatures too cool (food in hot holding case should be 135° or hotter but was as cool as 120°); lack of compliance with valid permit (business not permitted as an establishment with level 3 food safety risk); toxic substances not labeled (bleach water in unlabeled spray bottle); improper washing of vegetables (employee was not washing potatoes before cooking them – cooked potatoes discarded).

La Quinta Inn & Suites, 2600 S. Quillan Place, Kennewick, Routine June 23 (40 Red, 4 Blue)

Notes: No proper disposition of potentially unsafe high risk food (no dates on two jugs of milk); lacking required written procedures; food worker cards not 100%; no food thermometer; inadequate handwashing facilities (worker was washing hands in dish sink).

McDonald’s, 101 Wellsian Way, Richland, Follow-up June 25 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper use of time as a food temperature control (fries at 118° with no time marked was discarded).

MyFroYo, 4803 Clemente Lane, Pasco, Follow-up June 25 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Toxic substances not properly identified (spray bottle held unknown chemical).

Shogun Teriyaki & Sushi, 760 Dalton St., Richland, Follow-up June 22 (55 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Raw meats not stored away from ready-to-eat food to prevent cross contamination); improper use of time as a temperature control (rice left at room temperature for more than four hour limit was discarded); improper use of non-continuous cooking.

Passed inspections

Align Cafe, 616 The Parkway, Richland, Routine June 24 (25 Red, 5 Blue)

Amendment XXI Bar & Grill, 2525 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Richland, Routine June 23 (5 Red, 10 Blue)

At Michele’s, 2323 Henderson Loop, Richland, Routine June 25 (15 Red, 5 Blue)

Burger King, 2703 S. Quillan St., Kennewick, Routine June 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Cafe Magnolia (Caterer), 4309 W. 27th Place, Kennewick, Routine June 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Connell Food & Gas Mart, 457 S. Columbia Ave., Connell, Follow-up June 24 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Costa Vida, 3015 Duportail St., Richland, Routine June 25 (5 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 5 Red, 0 Blue)

Dagupan Grill, 3911 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 25 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Desert Food Mart, 10806 Kennedy Road, Benton City, Routine June 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Domino’s Pizza, 1408 Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine June 25 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

DQ Meadow Ridge Grill & Chill, 91 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine June 22 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

El Sabor De Mexico, 516 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine June 23 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Espresso Deli, 1268 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine June 24 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Ethos Bakery, 2290 Keene Road, Richland, Routine June 24 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Fast And Curryous (Mobile), 2034 Logston Blvd., Richland, Routine June 23 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Fiesta On Queensgate, 2731 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine June 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Finley General Store (Deli), 214410 E. SR 397, Kennewick, Routine June 23 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Fuego Mexican Grill, 3911 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 25 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Jersey Mike’s Subs, 2729 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine June 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Leyte Oriental Store (Store), 1412 Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine June 26 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Longbranch Saloon, 230006 E. Highway 397, Kennewick, Routine June 23 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

The Original Pancake House, 424 Keene Road, Richland, Routine June 24 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Papa John’s Pizza, 125 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine June 22 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Richland Health Foods (Store), 1769 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine June 26 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Seven Eleven, 1540 Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine June 24 (15 Red, 2 Blue)

Shooters Sports Bar, 214711 E. Highway 397, Kennewick, Routine June 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Smooth N Slice, 4112 W. 24th Ave., Kennewick, Routine June 23 (5 Red, 13 Blue)

Taco Bell/Long John Silvers, 2485 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine June 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Terra Vinum, 56504 NE Roza Road, Benton City, Routine June 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Uncle Sam’s Saloon, 8378 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine June 26 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

US Foods CHEF’STORE, 1939 Fowler St., Richland, Routine June 23 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

White Bluffs Brewing, 2034 Logston Blvd., Richland, Routine June 25 (0 Red, 5 Blue) (Commissary 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Wingstop, 121 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine June 22 (0 Red, 0 Blue)