16 Violations Found At Kingstowne Restaurant

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 Kingstowne, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Among these violations were 16 at Sampan Cafe. Of these, nine violations were 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

East Moon Asian Bistro: 5920 Kingstowne Towne Center, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: April 5

violations: Raw and/or undercooked foods are provided on the carryout menu: smoked salmon and philadelphia roll

Roy Rogers: 7013-F Manchester Lakes Boulevard, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: April 10

violations: Dispensing and/or in-use utensils improperly stored between use as follows: Observed ice scoop lying in ice bin, Roast beef hot holding at improper temperatures. Observed Roast Beef (115F, 115F), foods cold holding at improper temperatures: Ham (47F), Cheese (48F), Coleslaw (44F)--service line (all corrected), door gaskets of the following unit(s) are (missing, damaged): Delfield Reachin Cooler, food containers were found stacked while wet after cleaning and chemical sanitization

Sampan Cafe: 6116 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: April 9

violations: Food employee failed to wash his or her hands before engaging in food preparation, after touching after touching the boxes containing raw chicken which were on the floor and beginning to prep food at the cookline, raw shell eggs over eggplant and broccoli in the walk in refrigerator, observed raw chicken in the same container as raw fish and raw shrimp. observed raw chicken over pork and fish in the walk in refrigerator, rice scoops stored in 68f water, wet wiping cloths used for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces were observed stored on the counter, foods cold holding at improper temperatures: garlic in oil 68f on cart along cookline, person in charge is not able to provide written procedures for the use of time as a public health control with the following potentially hazardous food item(s): cooked pork ribs 78f, cooked duck 80f, food-contact surface of the following equipment contains cracks, chips, or pits and can not be easily cleaned: strainer with home made wire pulls, hand washing facility located at the each location (bar, dishwashing/cookline) is blocked, preventing access by employees for easy handwashing (all corrected), Observed a box of raw chicken to be prepped on floor. Observed several containers, buckets, boxes of foods stored on floor of walk in freezer, walk in refrigerator and dry storage areas, nonfood-contact surface of the following equipment is not designed or constructed to be easily cleanable: cardboard lining shelves of freezers, cutting board(s) along the prep coolers are heavily scratched and scored, grease deposits and/or other soil deposits were observed on the food contact surfaces of the following cooking equipment: Sides of hobart mixer with dried food and flour, observed the gaskets on the prep coolers and the interiors of the refrigerator and freezers have a build up of grime, cracked floor tiles, cove base and rusting shelving units, items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment stored on the premises, kitchen and dry storage areas are in need of cleaning

No Violations

Burtons Grille and Bar: 6452A Old Beulah St, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315, last inspection: April 10

violations: none

Kingstowne Cinema: 5910 Kingstowne Towne Center, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: April 2

violations: none

Subway: 5810 Kingstowne Center 130, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: April 6

violations: none

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