Local Restaurant Inspection Report: September

The following area restaurants and businesses were inspected by the Virginia Department of Health in the month of September:

Starbucks Coffee: No violations were found during the inspection.

Manhattan Pizzeria: 1 non-critical

• There is no properly working test kit provided in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions.

Flame Kabob: No violations were found during the inspection.

Chick-fil-A: 3 critical

• Observed shake mix intended to be stored for up to 6 hours at ambient temperature is not labeled or marked with a discard time.
• A spray bottle of chemical was not properly labeled.
• Containers of cleaners are not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.

Pizza Hut/Wing Street: 1 critical

• Wares cycled through the dish machine are not being sanitized.

Noodles & Company: 2 critical, 1 non-critical

• The cheese sauce and Stroganoff was not reheated to 165F within 2 hours to eliminate pathogenic bacteria.
• Working containers of spray bottles are not properly labeled.
• Non-critical: The methods used for cooling were not adequate. The tofu that was heated today was portioned, wrapped, and placed inside a closed container in the cooler.

Bunker Sports Cafe: 2 critical

• Chili, shredded cheese, and salsa cold holding at improper temperatures
• The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) chili in the refrigeration unit is not dated for disposition as the date was in the future.

King Pinz: 3 critical

• The prep cook was observed eating in areas where they may contaminate food, clean equipment, utensils or other items needing protection.
• The food-contact surfaces of the following equipment were not observed sanitized: bar glasses. This was due to the dish machine not sanitizing.
• Working container labeled sanitizer but was not sanitizer in the bottle.

Subway: 1 critical

• In use open drinking containers stored in a manner that may contaminate food, food contact surfaces or utensils.

Noku Japanese Grill & Sushi: No violations were found during the inspection.

Other Locations

Homewood Suites-Leesburg: No violations were found during the inspection.

Morningside House of Leesburg: 3 critical

• Open drink containers improperly stored.
• Wares cycled through the dish machine are not being sanitized.
• Fruit salad cold holding at improper temperatures.

Leesburg Elementary School: 1 non-critical

• Two food thermometers are not accurate to +/- 2°F in the intended range of use.

Belmont Ridge Middle School: No violations were found during the inspection.

What's a 'Critical Violation'?

A "critical violation" is one that "poses a direct or immediate threat to the safety of the food being served." Non-critical violations are generally related to cleaning or maintenance.

"Ideally, an operation would have no critical violations, or none which are not corrected immediately and not repeated. In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations," according to VDH's website.

The site continues: "Keep in mind that any inspection report is a 'snapshot' of the day and time of the inspection. On any given day, a restaurant could have fewer or more violations than noted in the report. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term cleanliness of an establishment."

To look up restaurant inspection reports from previous months, go to the Virginia Department of Health restaurant inspection reports database here.