Kingstowne Restaurant Inspections: Food Handling With Bare Hands

Do you know 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 around Kingstowne and Springfield, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Chili's was cited for an employee handling food without gloves. This violation 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

Chili's Southwest Grill & Bar: 6250 Inter Parcel Rd, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: Oct. 10

violations: Food employee(s) was observed handling the following ready-to-eat foods using their bare hands: Hamburger toppings (corrected)

China Garden Restaurant: 6426 Landsdowne Center Dr, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: Sept. 26

violations: Observed employee cut raw chicken and proceed to touch everything without washing hands first, food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: garlic and oil mixture observed at 63F on counter (both corrected), one or more of the elements of an effective employee health policy is either missing or incomplete

Delia's Pizzeria & Grill: 6715G Backlick Rd, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 10

violations: Surfaces of ice bin enclosed components of equipment are not being cleaned as required, handwashing facility located at the @LOCATION@ is blocked, preventing access by employees for easy handwashing

Golden Hong Kong: 6396 Springfield Plz, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 1

violations: Inadequate record keeping system of molluscan shellfish tags, raw animal food on display is stored in a manner that may cause cross contamination of ready-to-eat food as follows: walk-in cooler: raw seafood over roast pork, 2dr display cooler: ground raw pork over dessert (both corrected)

Mandarin Restaurant: 6366 Commerce St., Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 1

violations: Pesticides labeled for residential use were observed in the facility and are being applied by the operator to control pests (corrected)

Taco Bamba: 6691A Backlick Rd, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 3

violations: Food items were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: Walk-in cooler: cook ground goat 45F, shredded beef 45F, 3dr prep cooler: pico de gallo 46F, shredded cheese 46F (corrected)

Tippy's Taco House: 7004 Spring Garden Rd, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 10

violations: The 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

No violations

Eleni's Greek Taverna: 6131 Backlick Road, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 2

violations: none

Karahi Kabob & Sweet: 7050 Spring Garden Dr, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 3

violations: none

Nando's Peri-Peri: 6802 Springfield Mall 6802, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 9

violations: none

Outback Steakhouse: 6651-A Backlick Rd, Springfield, VA 22150, last inspection: Sept. 26

violations: none

Pho Bowl: 6406 Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: Oct. 3

violations: none

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

violations: none

Sweetfrog: 6434 Springfield Plaza, SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150, last inspection: Oct. 10

violations: none

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