Leesburg Restaurant Inspections: Violations At 15 Locations

LEESBURG, VA — A number of violations were uncovered at 15 restaurants in the Leesburg area, according to the Loudoun County Health Department. Cited restaurants included Subway, Red Hot & Blue, and Roy Rogers.

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.

• Roy Rogers Of Leesburg, 540 Market Street East Leesburg, VA 20175
  • Date inspected: Oct. 20
  • Total violations: 3
    • Observed pans and utensils in sanitize solution in 3 compartment sink with 0 ppm sanitizer. Retested fresh sanitizer and was at 200 ppm.
    • Observed pepper jack cheese (46F) at an improper cold holding temperature. Egg batter 60F at improper cold holding temperature.
    • Observed a bag of lettuce (45F) prepped earlier in in walk in cooler at an improper temperature.
• Red Hot & Blue Restaurant, 541 East Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 20
  • Total violations: 11
    • Employees are not aware of the reporting procedures concerning information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food.
    • Person in charge (PIC) was unable to provide describe how to respond to vomiting or diarrheal events.
    • Observed raw shrimp stored next to containers of milk.
    • Observed chemical (chlorine) dishwasher tested 0 ppm.
    • Observed cut lettuce leaves (47F, 48F) in prep cooler at an improper cold holding temperature
    • Observed live flies and cockroaches in kitchen and dishwashing area.
    • Observed the door to walk in cooler and walk in freezer not closing tightly.
    • There is no test kit located in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions of the dishwasher.
    • Observed the outside trash receptacles with lids and doors open.
    • Observed missing ceiling tile over cleaned stored utensils at the 3 compartment sink.
    • Observed exterior door to trash receptacles not tightly closing in the corner.
• Wishbone Rotisserie, 9-D Catoctin Circle S.W. Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 20
  • Total violations: 2
    • Observed: Hand wash sink in back area not supplied with soap.
    • Observed: Hand wash sink in back area not supplied with paper towels
• Loudoun Hospital Center(Bed Tower Kitchen), 44045 Riverside Parkway Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 21
  • Total violations: 1
    • EHS observed an employee load the dish machine with dirty wares with a pair of gloves on then unload the clean wares from the dish machine with the same pair of gloves on. The employee did not wash their hands and change gloves prior to handling clean wares.
• Inova Loudoun Market Coffee, 44045 Riverside Parkway Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 21
  • Total violations: 1
    • Spoons and other utensils used to make beverages are stored in a small container of Quat sanitizer next to the coffee machines at the front container.
• Melt Gourmet Cheeseburgers, 525-J East Market Street Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 21
  • Total violations: 3
    • Observed unlabeled cleaners and sanitizers in spray bottles.
    • Observed reduced oxygen packaged salmon thawing in the packaging.
    • Observed hood vent in need of cleaning.
• Subway, 510- B Market St Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 21
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed: There is no employee health policy (1B form) available, verifiable, for each employee to report signs and symptoms of illness
• Vino Bistro, 1605 Village Market Blvd- Ste J-100 Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 22
  • Total violations: 6
    • Observed handwashing sink by 3 compartment sink with no soap.
    • Observed handwashing sink by 3 compartment sink with no hand drying provisions.
    • Observed slicer with food debris. Cutting boards have heavy scaring due to cutting with knives.
    • Observed cut tomatoes (46F) and smoked salmon (45F) at an improper cold holding temperature.
    • Observed food item kept past 7 days prepped on tapenada 10/13, romaro 10/5, cranberry 10/13.
    • Observed no testing strips for quaternary sanitizer at the 3 compartment sink.
• Subway, 47-D Catoctin Circle Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 22
  • Total violations: 2
    • Observed: No soap available at employee handsink in very back of kitchen.
    • Observed: Temperatures of TCS foods (time/temperature control for safety) exceeded 41F (beef, bbq chicken)
• MOD Pizza, 150-A Purcellville Gateway Dr Purcellville, VA 20132
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 22
  • Total violations: 1
    • Observed: Women's restroom did not have signage to convey that employees need to wash hands.
• Golden China, 1039 Edwards Ferry Rd Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 22
  • Total violations: 11
    • EHS observed a food employee wash their hands and arms at the 2 compartment prep sink.
    • EHS observed a food employee smoking outside near the walk in cooler. The food employee then walked back into the kitchen into the food prep area to continue working and did not wash their hands.
    • The first hand sink on the left when entering the kitchen is blocked with a trash can and other items. No soap was provided at the hand sink either.
    • Observed a large black container of cut up raw chicken stored over a container of cooked spare ribs (ready to eat- RTE) and a container of brown sauce in the walk in cooler. EHS observed what appeared to be chicken juice pooled on the top of the lid of the sealed brown sauce container.
    • EHS observed dried on food debris in certain crevices of the slicer. The slicer is used to slice raw chicken
    • Cooked lo mein noodles noted as improperly cooled in the walk in cooler to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria. Noodles registered at 72F at 2:40pm and the food employee stated that they were cooked in the morning around 11am.
    • Container of fried rice at the steam table noted as improperly hot holding.
    • TCS (Time temperature control for safety) foods are cold holding at improper temperatures in the small prep cooler on the line. Raw proteins measuring at 59F. Ambient air temperature of cooler is measuring at 60F.
    • EHS observed two small cock roaches crawling across one of the tables in the kitchen. Facility does pay for monthly pest control services.
    • There is a sticky fly trap hanging from the kitchen ceiling near the cook line. Fly trap observed with dead flies on it.
    • The interior of the rice cookers noted as no longer easily cleanable (pits, scored, and slightly rusted on edges)
• Greenheart Juice Shop, 209 E Market St Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 25
  • Total violations: 2
    • Employee health policy not present on site at time of inspection.
    • Vomiting and diarrhea cleanup procedures not present.
• Jersey Mike’s Subs, 522 Ft Evans Rd Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 25
  • Total violations: 6
    • 2 employees at the time of inspection had not signed the employee health reporting agreement.
    • Cut tomatoes at the front counter were found cold holding at improper temperature (48F).
    • Tuna Salad, cut tomatoes & cut lettuce in the walk-in cooler do not have date marking.
    • Two spray bottles containing a blue and a clear material were found with no labels.
    • A bottle of Clorox spray bleach was stored on the prep table.
    • Both of the unisex bathrooms do not have a covered trash receptacle.
• Rochelle Myers Catering, 1602 Village Market Blvd #115 Leesburg, VA 20175
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 25
  • Total violations: 1
    • Two containers of house made garlic dressing in the cooler date marked 10/6/2021. This RTE (ready to eat) TCS (time/temperature control for safety) food was held past 7 days at 41F or less.
• Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar #289, 524 Ft. Evans Rd Leesburg, VA 20176
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 25
  • Total violations: 1
    
    • The low-temperature dish machine at the bar is not sanitizing wares that are run through it (0PPM Chlorine).