VA Restaurants Cited: Dead Insects, 30 Violations At 1 Facility

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:

• Woodbridge Health Inspections: 15 Violations At Buffet
• Manassas Health Inspections: 21 Violations At 1 Restaurant
• Ashburn Health Inspections: Flies, Black Residue, No Running Water
• Fredericksburg Restaurant Inspections: Super Rico, Durango Grill
• Woodbridge Restaurant Inspections: 30 Violations At 1 Facility
• Manassas Health Inspections: Nando's, El Espino
• Leesburg Restaurant Inspections: Waves, Solo's NY Pizza
• Ashburn Health Inspections: Don's Woodfired Pizza, T Zone Dessert Bar
• Fredericksburg Health Inspections: Living And Dead Crawling Insects
• Route 1 Restaurant Inspections: Ojo's Taqueria, Kimchi House

"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.