Mouse Droppings, Roaches, Dead Bugs In Bread: VA Restaurants Cited

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

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 and Fredericksburg, courtesy of Patch.

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

• Route 1 Restaurant Inspections: Roaches Found In Oven
• Woodbridge Restaurant Inspections: 5 Violations At 1 Facility
• Leesburg Health Inspections: Flies, Improper Food Temperatures
• Manassas Health Inspections: Violations At 5 Facilities
• Ashburn Restaurant Inspections: Dead Bug Found In Bread
• Fredericksburg Health Inspections: Kitchens Need Deep Cleaning
• Leesburg Health Inspections: Sidebar, Wei's Garden
• Ashburn Health Inspections: Live Roaches In Restaurant
• McLean Restaurant Inspections: Cross Contamination, Grime, Cockroaches
• Woodbridge Restaurant Inspections: 11 Violations At 1 Facility
• Manassas Restaurant Inspections: 18 Violations At 1 Location
• Leesburg Health Inspections: Pupatella, Salamander Resort, China King
• Ashburn Health Inspections: Phonomenal, BBQ Chicken, Tsaocaa
• Fredericksburg Health Inspections: Flies In Kitchens, Missing Hairnets
• Alexandria Restaurant Inspections: Mouse Droppings Spotted