Burke Restaurant Violations: Cafe Rio Mexican Grill, Pizza Boli's

Every wonder how clean your local restaurants are? 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 inspections around Burke and Springfield so far in September, including restaurants that passed with no violations. After a repeat fruit flies violation previously, Tutti Frutti earned a perfect inspection score this time. Among these violations were grease deposits on food contact surfaces at Pasa Thai Cuisine.

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

Anita's New Mexican Style Food: 9278 Old Keene Mill Rd, Burke, VA 22015, last inspection: Sept. 7

violations: Observed that the ceiling is not maintained in good repair

Aroma Cafe: 6969-A Hechinger Drive, Springfield, VA 22151, last inspection: Sept. 7

violations: OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PREPARE RAW SHELL EGGS THEN CONTINUE FOOD PREP WITHOUT WASHING HANDS, raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination as follows: RAW CHICKEN STORED OVER SAUSAGES, RAW SHELL EGGS STORED OVER CHEESE, refrigerated, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food that is commercially processed is not used or discarded within 24 hours of when the original container was opened and is not observed to be date marked: SLICED DELI MEAT, CHEESE IN TRUE 3DR FLAT TOP PREP COOLER (all corrected)

Beijing Tokyo Asian Bistro: 9544 Old Keene Mill Road, Burke, VA 22015, last inspection: Sept. 10

violations: 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 (corrected)

Burger King: 6417 Shiplett Boulevard, Burke, VA 22015, last inspection: Sept. 7

violations: Employee health policy was not in place

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill: 6003D Burke Center Parkway, Burke, VA 22015, last inspection: Sept. 4

violations: Food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: Grated cheese/ sour cream/ grated mixed cheese in 2 dr UC cooler side: 51/56/58 degrees F, refrigeration unit is not operating properly and is unable to maintain cold food at or below 41°F: 2 dr undercounter cooler side, no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection (corrected)

Coco Rico: 6701 Franconia Rd, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Sept. 10

violations: Cooked potentially hazardous food are not being adequately cooled from 135°F to 70°F within two hours and to 41°F within a total of six hours: Walk-in cooler cook rice 54F (corrected)

El Pueblo Restaurant: 9550 Old Keene Mill Road, Burke, VA 22015, last inspection: Sept. 7

violations: Food item(s) were found hot holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: rice in steam table, which was double panned: 115 degrees F

Jacalito Grill: 8081-A Alban Road, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Sept. 5

violations: Cooked potentially hazardous foods are not being adequately cooled from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and to 41°F within a total of 6 hours: shrimp stock in walk-in prepared last night observed at 51F in walk-in (corrected)

Mena Carryout and Bakery: 6222 Rolling Road, Springfield, VA 22152, last inspection: Sept. 5

violations: Food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: Diced tomatoes/ mashed root vegetable/ egg in walk-in cooler: 51/50/51 degrees F, handwashing facility located at the kitchen, and water preventing access by employees for easy handwashing, hand soap and paper towels not provided at each handwashing sink (all corrected), no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection

Pizza Boli's: 7557 Huntsman Blvd, Springfield, VA 22152, last inspection: Sept. 11

violations: Unwrapped or uncovered food in the following location where the food is subject to contamination: bag of flour on bottom storage shelf, dispensing and/or in-use utensils improperly stored between use as follows: Flour scoop placed on top of a package of food, equipment/utensils were observed soiled to sight and touch: can opener, (cavity, door seal) of the microwave oven is observed soiled (all corrected), nonfood-contact surfaces of the following equipment were observed soiled with an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and/or other debris: Front of 2 dr upright cooler, floor in the walk-in cooler is in need of cleaning

Subway: 7525 Huntsman Boulevard, Springfield, VA 22153, last inspection: Sept. 11

violations: Observed poisonous and toxic materials that are unnecessary to the operation and maintenance of the establishment stored in the establishment (corrected)

No violations

Tutti Frutti: 9538 Old Keene Mill Road, Burke, VA 22015, last inspection: Sept. 7

violations: none

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