Kingstowne Restaurant Inspections: Handwashing Without Soap

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 around Kingstowne and Rose Hill, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Among these violations was employee hand washing without soap at Pasara Thai. 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

Panera Bread: 5926 Kingstowne Towne Ctr, #130, Kingstowne, VA 22315, last inspection: July 18

violations: When tested, the low temperature, chemical sanitizing warewashing machine was observed with a sanitizing rinse concentration of less than 50 ppm chlorine solution, food-contact surfaces of the following equipment were not observed sanitized: utensils washed through the dishmachine as the dishmachine was not dispensing chlorine (corrected), 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, water from the handwashing sink at women's bathroom (84f-84f) and the back handsink (78f) was measured at a temperature less than 100°F

Paradiso Restaurant: 6124 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: July 13

violations: Tags missing from the molluscan shellfish containers, foods cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: observed penne pasta 50f and spaghetti noodles 50f on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator # 7, the top shelves were blocking airflow to bottom shelves (both corrected)

Pasara Thai: 5926 Kingstowne Towne Ctr #180, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: July 18

violations: Observed food employees using improper handwashing procedures by rinsing hands at three vat sink at bar and not using soap or paper towel, observed raw shell eggs over zuccini, raw shell eggs over lettuce and raw shrimp over lettuce in the walk in refrigerator (both corrected)

Sophia's Deli: 6354 Walker Lane #104, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: July 17

violations: Wet wiping cloths used for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces were observed stored on the counter, food stored in a location where it is subject to splash, dust or other contamination as follows: observed bowl of radish stored beside the hand sink, observed the sanitizing solution in the three compartment sink with a concentration of 10 ppm total chlorine, food-contact surfaces of the following equipment were not observed sanitized: Dishes in the three compartment sink (all corrected), nonfood-contact surface of the following equipment is not designed or constructed to be easily cleanable: observed peeling plastic on the exterior of the ice machine

No violations

McDonald's: 5600 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: July 13

violations: none

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