Burke/Springfield Restaurant Violations: Mice Droppings Cited

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 the latest inspections in Burke and Springfield, including numerous restaurants that passed with no violations. Among these violations were mice droppings at Golden China. The restaurant has been regularly receiving pest control services, inspectors noted.

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

Bob & Edith's Diner: 6316 Springfield Plaza, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150, last inspection: July 10

violations: Soiled single-use gloves in use by a food employee: using single use gloves to crack raw eggs and handling togo containers with the same gloves (corrected)

Golden China: 6981A Hechinger Drive, Springfield, VA 22151, last inspection: July 5

violations: employee wiping ground then continuing with food prep without washing hands, different types of raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination, observed ladle on dirty surface, rice scoop in water, knives in dirty crevice, the following food thawing using an improper method: RAW BEEF AND RAW SHRIMP THAWING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, clean PEELER, SPOONS, KNIVES were stored in an manner that exposed the item(s) to contamination, paper towels were not provided at each handwashing sink (all corrected), clean LIDS were observed stored with the food-contact surface facing upward, grease trap in need of thorough cleaning, observed mouse droppings

McDonald's: 7909 Rolling Rd, Springfield, VA 22153, last inspection: July 5

violations: Foods cold holding at improper temperatures: sliced tomatoes, 47F in walk-in and milk, 44F in drive thru reach-in (corrected), 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

Outback Steakhouse: 6651-A Backlick Rd, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: July 6

violations: Employees are not properly sanitizing cleaned multi use equipment and utensils before they are reused, employee not washing hands before food prep without changing gloves, no temperature measuring device located in the following cold or hot holding equipment, equipment/utensils were observed soiled to sight and touch: MULTIPLE CONTAINER COVERS, MULTIPLE CONTAINERS were found stacked while wet after cleaning and chemical sanitization (all corrected)

Sarku Japan: 6743 Springfield Mall, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: July 10

violations: Person in charge failed to explain the correct procedures for cleaning and sanitizing utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment, person in charge failed to state the minimum cook temperatures and times for potentially hazardous food(s), person in charge failed to state the required temperatures and holding times for the potentially hazardous food items when (1) in refrigerated storage, (2) in hot holding, (3) being cooled and/or (4) being reheated, person in charge was unable to describe the relationship between the prevention of foodborne disease and the oversight of the following: (1) Cross contamination, (2) Hand contact with ready-to-eat foods, (3) Handwashing, and (4) Maintaining a clean food establishment, person in charge was unable to explain the significance of the relationship between maintaining the time and temperature of potentially hazardous food items and the prevention of foodborne disease, employee who was cleaning the floor prior to preparing food without washing their hands, raw chicken thawing at room temperature, foods cold holding at improper temperatures: raw chicken at room temperature (45-50F), no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection (all corrected), employees are not properly trained in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties, food stored on the floor and/or food stored less than 6 inches off the floor, food-contact surface of the following equipment contains cracks, chips, or pits and can not be easily cleaned, the following not maintained in good repair: 1) Rusted shelving underneath the prep tables, door gaskets of the following unit(s) are (missing, damaged): 1) True Cabinet reachin cooler, 2) True reachin cooler, observed dishes being washed and rinsed without the sanitizing compartment sink being set up, equipment/utensils were observed soiled to sight and touch: Food processor, food processor blades, knives, and peeler blades in storage, surfaces of ice bins, and enclosed components of equipment are not being cleaned as required, nonfood-contact surfaces of the following equipment had accumulations of grime and debris: 1) Shelving throughout facility, 2) Stove top, 3) Gaskets on the reachin/walk-in units, observed food service employee wash and rinse a wok and cooking utensils in the three compartment sink without any sanitizer, handwashing facility located in the food prep/dishwashing area is blocked, mop sink (leaking), the following is in need of cleaning: 1) Floor/wall junctures underneath and behind equipment and shelving throughout facility, unlabeled chemical spray bottles

No violations

Anita's New Mexican Style Food: 8015 Braddock Rd, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22151, last inspection: June 28

violations: none

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill: 6003D Burke Center Parkway, Burke, VA 22015, last inspection: June 29

violations: none

Genji Sushi Express: 8402 Old Keene Mill Rd, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22152, last inspection: June 20

violations: none

The Halal Guys: 6304 Springfield Plaza, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150, last inspection: June 21

violations: none

Kana Sushi: 7020-B Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: June 27

violations: none

Kilroy's: 5250-A Port Royal Rd, Springfield, VA 22151, last inspection: June 28

violations: none

Panda Express: 7040 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: June 21

violations: none

Rolling Cooking: 6351 Rolling Rd, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22152, last inspection: June 21

violations: none

Subway: 8960 Burke Lake Road, Springfield, VA 22151, last inspection: June 25

violations: none

Vocelli Pizza: 5765A Burke Centre Pkwy, Burke, VA 22015, last inspection: June 29

violations: none

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