Leesburg Health Inspections: Rodent Droppings At Elementary School

LEESBURG, VA — The Loudoun County Health Department recorded violations at several Leesburg area restaurants during inspections from Oct. 5 to Oct. 11.

Most COVID-19 restrictions around the state have relaxed, so health inspectors are returning to conduct some restaurant inspections in person. However, some visits, such as those for training purposes, can be conducted virtually.

Violations at restaurants typically focus on factors that can contribute to food contamination. The local health department can also perform a re-inspection to ensure that possible violations have been corrected.

For every observed violation, the inspector provides a specific corrective action that can be completed to rectify the violation. Sometimes these are simple, and violations can be corrected during the course of the inspection.

Here are the most recent restaurant inspections in the Leesburg area, according to the Loudoun County Health Department.

• La Petite Academy, 6 Cardinal Park Drive Leesburg, VA 20175
  • Date inspected: Oct. 5
  • Total violations: 2
    • Observed hand sink blocked with a cloth and a plastic container.
    • Observed milk with an expired on 10/2.
• River Creek Clubhouse Grille, 43800 Olympic Blvd Leesburg, VA 20176
  • Date inspected: Oct. 5
  • Total violations: 3
    • The bar dish machine sanitizer concentration was checked by Cheff and test strip shows no sanitizer on the food contact surface.
    • Cooked beef short ribs were observed cold holding in the prep cooler online with an internal temperature of 44 F. Cold holding needs to be 41 F or less.
    • Thawed raw fish was observe vacuum packed while stored in grill cooler.
• River Creek Clubhouse, 43800 Olympic Blvd Leesburg, VA 20176
  • Date inspected: Oct. 5
  • Total violations: 2
    • Slicer was observed with old, dried, food debris on it.
    • Observed establishment vacuum packaged raw meats and fish items in the walk-in freezer. Restaurant doesn't have an HACCP plan.
• Knead Wine, 5 W. Washington St Middleburg, VA 20117
  • Date inspected: Oct. 5
  • Total violations: 1
    • There is no barrier that keeps service animal from going into the kitchen.
• Flying Ace Distillery, 40950 Flying Ace Ln Lovettsville, VA 20180
  • Date inspected: Oct. 6
  • Total violations: 3
    • This food establishment has not established procedures for cleaning up vomiting or diarrheal events that happen in the facility.
    • Raw ground beef burger portions stored over boxes of whole muscle meat proteins (pork and beef) in the walk in cooler.
    • The dumpster for this facility is not enclosed or lidded. The dumpster is sitting on gravel in the back of the parking lot.
• Teddy's Pizza & Subs, 9 Federal St East/P.O. 2232 Middleburg, VA 20118
  • Date inspected: Oct. 6
  • Total violations: 5
    • Observed: Repeat Violation There is no employee with supervisory authority with a certified food protection manager (CFPM) certificate.
    • Observed: Employee health policy form (1B form) is not available for employees. Employee health policy is a verifiable means to show that employees are trained in the signs and symptoms of foodborne illness.
    • Observed: Employee hand sink blocked with kitchen equipment (sauce pan, strainer, storage container).
    • Sanitizer bucket w/ cloths has chlorine concentration of over 200 ppm.
    • Hood above stove and fryer has accumulated debris/dust
• Balls Bluff Elementary School, 821 Battlefield Pkwy Leesburg, VA 20175
  • Date inspected: Oct. 6
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed cheese sticks and cream cheese cold holding at improper temperatures at serving line. Temperatures of cheese sticks 53F, 53F, and cream cheese 56F at approximately 11:35pm.
• Leesburg Elementary School, 323 Plaza Street Ne Leesburg, VA 20176
  • Date inspected: Oct. 6
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed one food employee preparing food who did not have a verifiable employee health policy.
• Catoctin Elementary School, 311 Catoctin Circle Sw Leesburg, VA 20175
  • Date inspected: Oct. 6
  • Total violations: 3
    • Food handler observed touching hair, placing hair net on head, then proceeding directly to donning gloves for food preparation without having first washed hands.
    • Observed rodent droppings throughout dry storage room. Droppings were observed on top of canned goods, boxes of food and boxes of food contact items stored on shelving. A wooden mouse trap was observed stored on shelf next to plastic ramakin containers and above plastic beverage cups.
    • Shelving throughout dry storage room observed less than 6 inches from floor.
• New Yorker Pizza, 828 South King St Leesburg, VA 20175
  • Date inspected: Oct. 6
  • Total violations: 4
    • Observed 2 containers of cooked chicken wings, 3 containers of cooked pasta and pizza sauce prepared in the establishment not dated for disposition.
    • Observed 2 containers of Raid pest killer spray in the kitchen.
    • Observed several flies throughout the facility. Upon EHS arrival, back door and front door were open.
    • Observed back door propped open with no means to control pests. Several flies were found in the facility. Facility has screen to cover door but screen was not in use.
• Domino's Pizza # 6048, 748 East Main Street Purcellville, VA 20132
  • Date inspected: Oct. 6
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed no verifiable manner that current employees are aware of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as it relates to diseases that are transmissible through food.
• Buffalo Wing Factory, 565 Compass Pointe Plaza SE #D101 Leesburg, VA 20175
  • Date inspected: Oct. 7
  • Total violations: 3
    • Cooling procedures for cooked chicken wings are not followed. Wings are cooked and placed directly in reach in cooler. Reach in cooler ambient air reads 92F. No one observed taking internal temperatures of wings nor monitoring to ensure time/temperature requirements are met for safety. Chicken wings began cooking at 11:00am and were at the following temperatures at 2:00pm: 71F, 83F, 88F, 93F.
    • The following prepared foods stored in walk in cooler exceeded consume by date: roasted garlic, fiery garlic sauce, suicide ranch sauce, sweet firecracker sauce, Peruvian verde sauce, spicy honey mustard. Expired food preparation date labels span from 9/5/22 to 9/29/22.
    • Improper cooling methods used to cool fully cooked chicken wings. Ten batches of cooked chicken wings, directly from the fryer, placed on shallow metal pans are stored in single door reach in cooler (RIC) to cool down. The ten batches of wings are cooked in approximately 1 1/2 hours, 8 minutes per batch then placed in RIC. Ambient air of reach in cooler at 12:30 92F, and 67F at 2:00pm.
• Red Horse Tavern, 112 W Washington St. Middleburg, VA 20118
  • Date inspected: Oct. 7
  • Total violations: 2
    • Observed: employee handling ready to eat food (bacon) with bare hands.
    • Observed: In use (with debris) wiping cloths in use on cutting boards counter tops.
• Vocelli Pizza, 721 E Main St Purcellville, VA 20132
  • Date inspected: Oct. 7
  • Total violations: 4
    • Observed: Employees present have not completed training in the signs and symptoms of foodborne illness.
    • A food employee was observed handling raw green pepper slices, a ready-to-eat food, using their bare hands.
    • Soap is not available at employee hand wash sink.
    • Food item package (olives) was observed inside the bowl of the hand sink.
• Dunkin Donuts & Baskin Robbins, 521-J East Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176
  • Date inspected: Oct. 7
  • Total violations: 3
    • Employee drinks and one container of food stored throughout facility on prep tables and in coolers above food served to the public.
    • The hand soap dispenser at the hand sink near the three compartment sink is broken and not dispensing hand soap.
    • Employee jackets stored on top of prep table in the back kitchen.
• Bubble Tea & Wafflery, 241 Fort Evans Rd NE Leesburg, VA 20176
  • Date inspected: Oct. 9
  • Total violations: 2
    • No hot water provided at hand sink.
    • Bleach sanitizer provided is no splash formula and is not safe for food contact.
• Noku, 1607 Village Market Blvd #108 Leesburg, VA 20175
  • Date inspected: Oct. 11
  • Total violations: 4
    • Observed kimchi in walk in cooler that had no date mark.
    • On the menu there is no indication of what food items that are served raw or undercooked.
    • In walk in cooler multiple food items stored on floor, cutting board between freeze/soda machine store directly on the floor, and bag of rice store on the floor in dry storage area.
    • Observed a build up of a pink substance on plastic guard in the ice machine.
• Melt Gourmet Cheeseburgers, 525-J East Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176
  • Date inspected: Oct. 11
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed reduced oxygen packaged salmon and tuna thawing in the packaging. Packaging states remove product from packaging prior to refrigeration.
• Trinity House Cafe, 101 E. Market St Leesburg, VA 20176
  • Date inspected: Oct. 11
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed several cheeses (cream cheese, goat cheese, cheddar cheese) cold holding at improper temperature in 1 door refrigeration unit in basement.

The following facilities did not record any violations:

• More Better Restaurant
• Tremolo Bar