Leesburg Restaurant Inspections: Downtown Saloon, Red Bar Sushi

LEESBURG, VA — Several restaurants around Leesburg and the rest of western Loudoun County were cited with violations during recent visits from the Loudoun County Health Department. The most recently published inspections were conducted between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1.

As coronavirus restrictions continue to fluctuate around the state, 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.

• The Salt Pot Kitchen, 1602 Village Market Blvd Leesburg, VA 20175
  • Date inspected: Jan. 26
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed in walk in cooler raw shelled eggs over bread.
• Senor Ramon Taqueria, 38 S. King St Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Jan. 27
  • Total violations: 2
    • Observed beef empanadas in two door reach in cooler with a prep date of 1/15/2022.
    • Observed a pink/ black substance on white ice guard in ice machine.
• Loudoun County Central Kitchen, 42020 Loudoun Center Place Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Jan. 27
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed boxes of food stored on the floor in the walk in freezer.
• UniTea Cafe, 11 West Market Street Suite 101 Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Jan. 27
  • Total violations: 2
    • Observed: Employee hand sink blocked with container.
    • Observed: Several refrigerated items do not have labels/dates marked indicating contents of items ad what date to discard/use by.
• Taipei Cafe, 946 Edwards Ferry Rd Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Jan. 28
  • Total violations: 3
    • Observed raw chicken stored over ready-to-eat (RTE) cooked chicken. Also observed raw chicken stored over shell eggs.
    • Observed fried rice hot holding at improper temperature. Fried rice observed at 130F.
    • Observed several damp wiping clothes throughout the kitchen stored on counter surfaces.
• Wild Wood Pizza, LLC, 1600 Village Market Blvd #120 Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Jan. 28
  • Total violations: 9
    • Observed no soap at hand sink in bar.
    • Observed no signage at hand sink in bar.
    • Observed whip cream with an expiration date of 12/7/2021.
    • Observed ice cream utensils in dipper well with no running water and food debris on utensils.
    • Observed variety of foods past date. Meatballs 1/18/2022, Jalopeno stuffing 1/21/2022, pork belly 1/20/2022.
    • Observed raw ground beef thawing on the counter.
    • Observed onions stored on the floor of the walk in.
    • Observed plastic container without a handle use to scoop flour.
    • Observed slow leaking of the plumbing under the prep sink in the kitchen.
• Ford’s Fish Shack, 19308 Promenade Dr Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Jan. 28
  • Total violations: 3
    • Observed hand washing sink located at the bar being used as dumping sink for lemon peels.
    • Observed pico de gallo (49 F) and chopped lettuce (49 F) in top shelf of prep cooler cold holding at temperatures above 41 F.
    • Observed light peaking through the bottom of the exit door at the rear of the building due to wear in weathering strip.
• Sugarland Learning Academy, 42981 Edwards Ferry Rd Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Jan. 28
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed unlabeled chemical spray bottle containing bleach stored next to 3 compartment sink.
• 5 Tara Authentic Indian Cuisine, 1600 Village Market Blvd SE #132 Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Feb. 1
  • Total violations: 9
    • Person in charge could not provide verifiable employee health policy.
    • Observed metal sponges in hand sink by prep cooler.
    • Observed no hand washing sign by hand sink by the prep cooler or in women's restroom.
    • Observed a variety of food in prep coolers and walk in uncover.
    • Observed cooked goat in walk in at 44F, 45F the goat was cooked the day before.
    • Observed a variety of foods (cooked chicken thighs/ chicken mughlai). Person in charge stated the foods items had been made the day before.
    • Observed tomato sauce counter prep earlier at 83F.
    • Observed raw chicken improperly thawing in 3 compartment sink.
    • Observed cutting boards on both prep cooler with scaring.
• Downtown Saloon, 7 North King St. Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Feb. 1
  • Total violations: 6
    • Observed no verifiable manner that employees are aware, to report to the person in charge, information about their health and activities as it relates to diseases that are transmissible through food. No verifiable manner was observed for current working employees.
    • Observed hand washing sink at the bar blocked by empty sanitizer bucket.
    • Observed bar soda guns with an accumulation of black residue. Also observed ice scoop for ice machine stored on top of the dusty machine.
    • Observed 6 cooked pork butts cooked 1/25 in need of disposition. Also observed 3 containers of buffalo chicken dip dated with a prep date of 1/2 in need of disposition.
    • Observed no proper test kit for Quaternary Ammonium sanitizer used at the 3 compartment sink.
    • Observed mop head not allowed to air dry. Mop was observed in the mop bucket.
• Red Bar Sushi, 16 E. Washington St Middleburg, VA 20117
  
  • Date inspected: Feb. 1
  • Total violations: 5
    • Observed: The certificate for the employee with the CFPM certificate has expired.
    • Observed: Kitchen low temperature dish machine is not delivering chlorine. Reading: 0 PPM.
    • Observed: Raw animal proteins being thawed in employee handsink near sushi station.
    • Observed: Utensils used to serve cooked rice being stored in container with water: 69F
    • Observed: There are no test strips available to test the strength of the chlorine in the low temperature dish machine(s) in this facilty.
• Outback Steakhouse, 225 Fort Evans Rd NE Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Feb. 1
  • Total violations: 2
    • Observed shredded lettuce (46 F) and tomatoes (46 F) cold holding in unit on food prep counter.
    • Observed diced onions located in walk-in cooler with a discard date of 2/1 @ noon.