VA Restaurants Cited: Bonchon, Outback, Toppers Pizza, Starbucks

NORTHERN VIRGINIA — Some signs of a restaurant with problems are easy to spot: Nasty smells, grimy tables or unkempt employees are all red flags. But sometimes the problem is harder to pin down, such as food stored at improper temperatures or unclean kitchen equipment.

Then there are commercial kitchens that are immaculately clean, surpass all safety standards and dish up delicious food.

Do you know how clean your favorite coffee shop, go-to restaurant or school kitchen is? Look through these recent food safety inspections from around northern Virginia courtesy of Patch.

Click on the links below to see recent inspection reports for area restaurants:

• Woodbridge Health Inspections: Real Taste Chicken & Subs, Chipotle
• Leesburg Health Inspections: Weird Brothers, Leesburg Bonchon
• Ashburn Health Inspections: Saigon Cafe, Tipicos Dona Gloria
• Route 1 Restaurant Inspections: Capital Chicken, Subway, Bonchon
• Vienna Restaurant Inspections: Quickway Japanese Hibachi, Phoenicia
• Falls Church Restaurant Inspections: Trapped Mice At Now-Closed Eatery
• Woodbridge Restaurant Inspections: Secret Garden Cafe, Mezeh, Subway
• Leesburg Health Inspections: 5 Tara Authentic Indian, GOGI92 KBBQ
• Manassas Restaurant Inspections: McDonald's, Zam Zam Kabob House
• Ashburn Restaurant Inspections: Pollos Inti, Chaska, McDonald's
• Fredericksburg Health Inspections: Waffle House, Sam's Pizza, F.O.E.
• Fort Hunt, Belle Haven Restaurant Inspections: Roseina's, Hunan Manor
• Woodbridge Restaurant Inspections: McDonald's, Wendy's, Chili's
• Manassas Restaurant Inspections: Sonic, Preston's Pub, Phorean 300
• Leesburg Health Inspections: Roy Rogers, King Street Oyster Bar
• Ashburn Health Inspections: Ashburn Kabob, Gumagumalu Kitchen, Subway
• Fredericksburg Restaurant Inspections: Jin's Garden, Roma Pizza
• Old Town Restaurant Inspections: 1 Restaurant With 13 Violations
• Falls Church Restaurant Inspections: 17 Violations At 1 Restaurant
• Manassas Health Inspections: Best Western, Super 8

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

(Editor's note: The Virginia Department of Health launched a new restaurant inspections database in 2020. When Patch was notified, some local officials cautioned that errors and incomplete inspections are possible. Should you see an error, please bring it to our attention so we can confirm with local officials and correct this report.)

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