Kingstowne Restaurant Violations: Warm Tuna, Hummus

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 tuna and other foods found cold holding above 41 degrees, the threshold for limiting bacteria growth on food. 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

Kings Subs: 6468 Landsdowne Centre Drive, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315, last inspection: June 6

violations: Foods cold holding at improper temperatures: hummus (46F), sliced tomatoes (46F) and tuna (45F) in front service line, no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection (both corrected), one or more of the elements of an effective employee health policy is either missing or incomplete, nonfood-contact surface of the following equipment is not corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent, and/or smooth: exposed wood shelves observed above the prep sink, equipment not installed in a manner that allows accessibility for cleaning, nor is it installed with closely abutting surfaces to minimize the need for cleaning: both hand sinks and prep sinks, food temperature measuring device was found out of calibration, mop sink system is under pressure without the proper backflow prevention device

Morning Bagel Bakery: 7578A Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: June 1 (follow up)

violations: Observed the lack of an approved backflow prevention device on the water inlet lines to the coffeemaker and ice machine

Robeks Juice: 5824 Kingstown Center Dr, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: June 6

violations: No temperature measuring device located in the following cold or hot holding equipment: Both Masterbilt undercounter coolers and the three door beverage air upright cooler, no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection, handwashing facility located at the the back is blocked by a metal shelf preventing access by employees for easy handwashing, hand soap was not provided at the back handwashing sink, working containers of poisonous and toxic materials) (spray bottles containing a windex and bleach are not properly labeled (all corrected)

No violations

Moe's Southwest Grill: 7869 Heneska Loop, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315, last inspection: June 6

violations: none

Pho Bowl: 6406 Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria, VA 22315, last inspection: June 4

violations: none

Wegmans: 7905 Hilltop Village Cent Dr, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22315, last inspection: June 5

violations: none

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