8 Tri-Cities area restaurants, retirement home, others fail food safety inspections
The Benton Franklin Health District gave eight failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area April 13-19.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 36 inspections, with 10 of those awarded 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 improper temperature control of food, lack of adequate 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.
Failed inspections
Best Western Premier Pasco Inn And Suites, 2811 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Routine April 18 (35 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control (no certified food protection manager on staff), raw meat improperly stored, improper cooling procedures.
Bruchi’s, 2615 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 17 (40 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing (worker touched trashcan in his way and then touched ready-to-eat food without replacing gloves), not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (sliced ham without date marking — date was correctly marked during inspection).
Carniceria El Sol, 623 Ninth St., Benton City, Follow-up April 19 (35 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities, not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (cooked meat and beans without date marking — date was correctly marked during inspection), improper shellfish stock identification or parasite destruction procedures (tags not saved as required), raw meat improperly stored, improper hot holding (130°F-134°F).
Casa Rosita (Commissary Use), 104 S. Tacoma St., Pasco, Routine April 14 (50 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control (no certified food protection manager on staff), food worker cards not 100%, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, accurate thermometer not provided or used, lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Columbia Basin BMX Snack Shack, 2002 Snyder St., Richland, Routine April 13 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control (no certified food protection manager on staff), improper hot holding (<130°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures (permit was expired).
Fat Olives, 255 Williams Blvd., Richland, Routine April 18 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper shellstock identification or parasite destruction procedures (some missing shellstock tags), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper cold holding (>45°F).
Lucky Bao, 1415 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine April 16 (70 Red, 2 Blue)
Notes: Improper hand washing, inadequate handwashing facilities (hot water system turned off — corrected during inspection), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Royal Columbian Retirement, 5615 W. Umatilla Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up April 18 (40 Red, 11 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control (no certified food protection manager on staff), improper handwashing (worker touched garbage can and then put on gloves without washing hands), inadequate handwashing facilities (no towels at kitchen handwashing sink).
Santa Fe, 1014 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine April 17 (65 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Improper handwashing (worker handled raw meat and then ready to eat vegetables without changing gloves), improper raw meat handling procedures, improper hot holding (<130°F).
Passed inspections
1219 Thayer Building, 1219 Thayer Drive, Richland, Routine April 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bombshellz, 8425 Chapel Hills Blvd., Pasco, Routine April 17 (30 Red, 8 Blue)
Calico Kisses, 1120A Meade Ave., Prosser, Routine April 13 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Caterpillar Cafe (Richland Library), 955 Northgate Drive, Richland, Routine April 18 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Cedars at Pier One, 355 Clover Island Drive, Kennewick, Routine April 19 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Chief Joseph Middle School, 504 Wilson St., Richland, Routine April 16 (25 Red, 3 Blue)
Doggie Style Gourmet (Mobile), 1415 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine April 17 (10 Red, 0
Blue)
Dollar Tree (Store), 7411 Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine April 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
DQ Grill & Chill, 2815 W. Second Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 16 (5 Red, 8 Blue)
El Guero Tacos Garcia (Mobile), 6411 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine April 16 (15 Red, 5 Blue)
Fat Olives (Caterer), 255 Williams Blvd., Richland, Routine April 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Fresh Leaf Co., 1080 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up April 18 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Fuego Mexican Grill, 3911 W. 27th Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 15 (25 Red, 8 Blue)
Joker’s Casino & Atomic Bowl, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine April 16 (10 Red, 8 Blue)
J’s Asian Flaming Grill, 2632 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 18 (20 Red, 10 Blue)
J’s Asian Flaming Grill, 1257 Guyer Ave., Richland, Routine April 18 (25 Red, 10 Blue)
Lao Kitchen, 1375 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine April 16 (20 Red, 0 Blue)
Mas Taco, 1415 W. George Washington Way, Richland, Routine April 17 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
McDonald’s, 4810 Road 68, Pasco, Routine April 16 (5 Red, 2 Blue)
Olive Garden, 1420 N. Louisiana St., Kennewick, Routine April 17 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Paper Street Brewing, 241 Fanning Road, Pasco, Routine April 18 (5 Red, 5 Blue)
Saap Lao Thai Kitchen, 4525 Road 68, Pasco, Follow-up April 18 (20 Red, 0 Blue)
Salud Bar & Kitchen, 50 Comstock St., Richland, Follow-up April 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Sports Page Bar & Grill, 6 S. Cascade St., Kennewick, Routine April 19 (20 Red, 10 Blue)
Sterling’s, 3200 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 18 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Subway, 2624 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 16 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Taco Bell, 2718 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
The Real Food Dude, 255 Williams Blvd., Richland, Routine April 13 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
The Underground Taphouse, 4525 Road 68, Pasco, Routine April 18 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
The Wild Taco, 72 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine April 17 (30 Red, 5 Blue)
Tucannon Cellars, 40504 Demoss Road, Benton City, Routine April 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Two Scoops Home Boutique, 10 E. Bruneau Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 19 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Winco Foods, 101 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine April 17 (Bakery 0 Red, 5 Blue) (Pizza 10 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)
