Kingstowne Restaurant Inspections: Roaches Dead Or Alive

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, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Among these violations were dead and alive cockroaches at Johnny's New York Style Pizzeria. The violation will result in a follow-up inspection, and the restaurant must receive a pest control service.

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

Cava Mezze Grill: 5965 Kingstowne Towne Ce, #100, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315, last inspection: July 23

violations: The door gaskets of the following unit(s) are torn on the two door prep cooler with open top ( unit #1), hand soap was not provided at the back handwashing sink (corrected)

Johnny's NY Style Pizzeria: 7011-G Manchester Boulevard, Alexandria, VA 22310, last inspection: July 19

violations: Foods cold holding at improper temperatures: cooked chicken (46F), cooked spaghetti (46F), cooked penne (45F), butter (46F), cooked chicken (48F), shredded mozzarella (47F) in walk-in cooler, food that is prepared on site is not used or discarded within 24 hours of preparation and was not observed to be date marked: cooked chicken, cooked pasta in walk-in cooler, handwashing facility located at the handsink is blocked with dishes, preventing access by employees for easy handwashing (all corrected), refrigeration unit is not operating properly and is unable to maintain cold food at or below 41°F: walk-in cooler was observed at 48F, Methods are not being used to cockroaches: 2 dead and 2 live cockroaches were observed and fruit fly issue has not been resolved

La Madeleine: 5876 Kingstowne Center 100, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: July 23

violations: A food employee was observed handling the following ready-to-eat food using their bare hands: lettuce, foods cold holding at improper temperatures: cut tomato, spicy marinara, cheddar cheese, liq. past egg (51f, 50f, 50f, 51f respectively) ind the 4 drawer prep cooler along cookline (unit #11), observed that paper towels were not provided at back handwashing sink (all corrected)

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