Kingstowne Restaurant Inspections: Raw Meat Stored Over Food

Ever wonder how clear 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 find 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-Rose Hill, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Of note, Mediterranean Gourmet Market was cited for raw foods stored over prepared foods. 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

Franconia Pizza: 6112 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: Dec. 10

violations: The following food items that are not easily identified by appearance were observed without a label: cooking oil bottles (corrected), floors, walls, ceilings are not maintained in good repair and are observed with holes, chips and cracks

Genghis Grill: 7001-F Manchester Bv, Alexandria, VA 23301, last inspection: Dec. 10

violations: The following food item(s) were found hot holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: brown rice in rice cooker at Mongolian grill tested at 127 F (corrected), water from the handwashing sink at Mongolian grill was measured at a temperature less than 100°F

Magic Wok: 6194 Franconia Rd, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: Dec. 7

violations: Observed a bag of cabbage on floor, observed the following food thawing using an improper method: shrimp thawing in stagnant water in the three vat sink sanitize basin, methods used for cooling were not adequate to facilitate proper cooling: broth 142f (still hot holding)in the walk in refrigerator in a bucket filled 12inchs to 16 inches deep with broth, food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: Gen tso chicken in bowl under counter 45f, pooled eggs on cart 47f, cut lettuce on countertop 52f (all corrected), openings to the exterior of the building are present along the bottom of the back door

Mediterranean Gourmet Market: 6122 Franconia Road, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: Dec. 10

violations: Observed raw beef over salad in the two door reach in refrigerator on the right; Observed raw eggs over salad in the two door reach in refrigerator on the left; Observed raw beef over spinach pie in the walk in refrigerator (corrected)

Moe's Southwest Grill: 7869 Heneska Loop, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315, last inspection: Dec. 20

violations: One or more of the elements of an effective employee health policy is either missing or incomplete (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

Romano's Macaroni Grill: 5925 Kingstowne Towne Center, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: Dec. 7

violations: A bag of onions stored on the floor and/or food stored less than 6 inches off the floor, chemical sanitizing warewashing machine was observed with a sanitizing rinse concentration of less than 50 ppm chlorine solution due to an empty bucket of sanitizer, food-contact surfaces of the following equipment were not observed sanitized: The utensils being washed at the dishmachine as the unit was not dispensing chlorine (all corrected), no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection

No violations

Fiona's Irish Pub: 5810 Kingstowne Center 160, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: Dec. 14

violations: none

Kabul Kabob House: 514A South Van Dorn Street, Alexandria, VA 22304, last inspection: Dec. 21

violations: none

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