Vienna Restaurant Violations: Dead Roaches, Live Flies

Every wonder how clean your local restaurants are? Town of Vienna and other Fairfax County restaurants regularly undergo health inspections, with the frequency depending on the type of food served and how it is prepared. While violations like malfunctioning refrigerators and food that's not warm or cold enough often pop up, health inspectors sometimes note more critical violations.

“In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations," notes the Virginia Department of Health.

Here are full results for the latest inspections around Vienna, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Among these violations were flies at McDonald's and Aldeerah. The latter also had dead roaches. In terms of good news, Punjabi by Nature had a much better follow-up inspection.

Click on the violations to see each restaurant's results. Full reports are usually available five to seven days after the inspection on the health department’s website.

Violations

Aldeerah: 262 Cedar Lane SE, #FG, VIENNA, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 16

violations: Unwrapped or uncovered food in the following location where the food is subject to contamination: kitchen (corrected), raw animal food prepared on a cutting board on a prep sink located next to the salad prep table and juice from the raw meat was noted to splash on the cutting board, boxes of food were noted on floors inside the walk-in freezer and refrigerator as well as in the dry storage room, outside refuse containers/Dumpsters were noted to be uncovered, ceiling tiles were not maintained in good repair, dead roaches were noted in the kitchen at different locations, live fruit flies were noted near the 3-vat sink and grease trap as well as in other areas including the kitchenette, observed that the floor inside the walk-in freezer is in need of cleaning, wet mop noted inside the mop bucket and not hung to properly air dry

Manhattan Bagel: 310 Maple Ave W, Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 22

violations: Food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: strawberry cream cheese=57F, garlic cream cherese=54F, lox cream cheese = 52F, guacamole=54F (corrected)

Maru Korean Cuisine & Sushi: 128 Maple Ave W, VIENNA, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 21

violations: The following food items that are not easily identified by appearance were observed without a label: Salt, sugar, ground pepper, mixture of salt other spices, food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: Potato salad =46F, yellow tail=44F, white tuna = 47F, food item(s) for which time rather than temperature is used as a control is not marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control: Sushi Rice, toilet room doors are being kept open (all corrected), certified food manager could not provide a food temperature measuring device, toilet room are not provided with properly working self-closing door, ceiling vents inside the restrooms are in need of cleaning

McDonald's: 544 Maple Ave W, Vienna, VA 22181, last inspection: Aug. 22

violations: Food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: Asian v vegetables = 47F, Bacon sauce = 45F, temperature measuring device in some of the each h-in refrigerators were not properly located in the warmest part of the units, exposed coffee filters were noted in the dry storage room and in the serving area unprotected, boxes of single service cups were also noted stored directly on the floor (all corrected), door gaskets of some of the refrigerators are badly damaged and need to be replaced, interior surfaces of ice machine and enclosed components of machine were noted to be soiled and not being cleaned as often as required, top surfaces of equipment throughout the facility were noted to be very dusty and have accumulated debris, wall tiles at the mop sink are missing or not maintained in good repair and drain cover is missing at the mop sink, live flies and fruit flies were noted throughout the facility

Potbelly Sandwich Shop: 416 Maple Ave E., Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 22

violations: Person in charge (PIC) has a valid certificate of successful completion of a Certified Food Manager (CFM) exam but does not possess the CFM card issued by ORS Interactive, Inc.

The Pure Pasty: 128C Church NW, Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 20

violations: Open drinking cup stored in a manner that may contaminate food, food contact surfaces or utensils, employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints (both corrected)

Rita's of Vienna: 116 Church Street NW, VIENNA, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 21

violations: The nonfood-contact surfaces of the following equipment had accumulations of grime and debris: Interior surfacers of the refrigerators and chest freezers, floor and trash can in the restroom is in need of cleaning

Rose Restaurant: 126 W Maple Avenue, Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 17

violations: Dispensing and/or in-use utensils improperly stored between use as follows: Knives stored in-between table and wall (corrected), light bulb(s) in the ceiling fixture next to the walk-in refrigerator are not covered by a protective shielding, observed that the walls are damaged at some located throughout the kitchen, floor under the storage shelving in the hallway closet is in need of cleaning

Sakura Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse: 8369 Leesburg Pike #10, Vienna, VA 22182, last inspection: Aug. 16

violations: A food employee was observed cleaning their hands in a food preparation sink or in a mop sink, food thawing using an improper method: IMITATION CRAB WAS OBSERVED THAWING IN ROOM TEMPERATURE, food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: SOFT SHELL CRAB AT 49F, RAW PORK AT 59F, AND RAW SALMON AT 52F IN THE 2 DR TRUE PREP COOLER IN THE KITCHEN BY THE SUSHI AREA (all corrected), refrigeration unit is not operating properly and is unable to maintain cold food at or below 41°F: 2 DR TRUE PREP COOLER IN THE KITCHEN BY THE SUSHI AREA AT 52F

No violations

Red Galanga: 144 Church St NW 103, VIENNA, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 20

violations: none

Punjabi by Nature: 2750H Gallows Rd, VIENNA, VA 22180, last inspection: Aug. 20

violations: none

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