Falls Church Restaurant Inspections: Handling Ice With Bare Hands

Ever wonder how clear your local restaurants are? City of Falls Church and 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 find 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 Falls Church, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Among the violations was an employee handling snow ice without gloves at Bambu Desserts & Drinks. This was corrected during the 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

Bambu Desserts & Drinks: 6771 Wilson Bv Suite B, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22044, last inspection: Feb. 25

violations: OBSERVED EMPLOYEE USE BARE HANDS TO SHAPE SNOW ICE INTO BALL, OBSERVED ICE SCOOP STORED WITH HANDLE IN ICE; OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PUT HANDLE OF SCOOP IN ICE BIN MULTIPLE TIMES, handwashing facility located at the KITCHEN is turned off (all corrected), MOP SINK is not maintained in good repair

Flippin Pizza: 800 West Broad Street, #103, Falls Church, VA 22046, last inspection: Feb. 19

violations: Food items were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: MARINARA SAUCE ON COUNTER AT 54F, GARLIC-IN-OIL MIXTURE ON COUNTER AT 62F, food items 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: PIZZAS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, clean SINGLE USE FORKS AND KNIVES were observed stored with the food-contact surface facing upward, no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection (all corrected), employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints

Full Kee Restaurant: 5830 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22044, last inspection: Feb. 19

violations: The following refrigerated food item(s) is received at inadequate temperatures:--------observed raw bean sprouts received and accepted at 48F, date when the last shellstock (clams) from the container is sold or served is not recorded on the tag or label, observed partially cooked ducks hanging in direct contact with a raw whole pork in the Walkin Cooler, 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:-----1) items in Display Case, 2) raw bean sprouts stored at room temperature and 3) Cooked Chinese broccoli stored at room temperature, no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection, handsink next to the cookline being used to hold an empty pot (all corrected)

Kao Sarn Thai Street Food: 6795 Wilson Blvd #12, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22044, last inspection: Feb. 21

violations: Food items were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device:OBSERVED RAW FISH AT 45 F AND COOKED NOODLES AT 44 F, CONTAINER OF PEELED ONIONS KEPT ON TOP OF SINK PREVENTING ACCESS (both corrected)

Loving Hut: 2842 Rogers Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042, last inspection: Feb. 25

violations: refrigeration unit is not operating properly and is unable to maintain cold food at or below 41°F: 3DR prep refrigerator (prep side) 50F, manufacturer containers of tofu were observed reused for the storage of fried tofu, soy beef, and soy chicken, openings to the exterior of the building are present along the back door and between the front doors, wall around the pipe to the back prep sink is not maintained in good repair, observed dust, dirt and debris hanging from air duct above the 3 vat sink

Sfizi Cafe: 800 West Broad Street 90, Falls Church, VA 22046, last inspection: Feb. 19

violations: The date when the last shellstock from the container is sold or served is not recorded on the tag or label (corrected)

Takumi: 310 S. Washington St Unit B, FALLS CHURCH, VA 22046, last inspection: Feb. 19

violations: Openings to the exterior of the building are present along the BACKDOOR

No Violations

Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins: 5701 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041, last inspection: Feb. 25

violations: none

Maneki Neko Japanese Restaurant: 238 Broad St W, Falls Church, VA 22046, last inspection: Feb. 26

violations: none