McLean Restaurant Inspections: The Mold Saga Continues

MCLEAN, VA — Fairfax County regularly conducts health inspections for local restaurants. The frequency of inspections on the type of food served and how it is prepared.

“In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations,” states the Virginia Department of Health’s website.

Here are some of the violations from recent inspections in and around McLean and Tysons. Among the violations was one that appears often locally: mold growing on the soda nozzles at Sweetleaf in Tysons. This was a repeat violation. A similar mold violation had been found just days before at a McLean restaurant.

Also included are restaurants with no violations. Reports are typically posted five to seven days after the inspections. Full reports are available on the health department’s website. Click on the violations to see each restaurant's results.

Violations

Amoo's House of Kabob: 6271-A Old Dominion Drive, Mclean, VA 22101, last inspection: Nov. 20

violations: employees not wearing hair restraints

China Express: 8455M Tyco Rd, Vienna, VA 22182, last inspection: Dec. 4

violations: raw chicken stored over raw beef, utensils not cleaned properly, cans of dry nuts improperly reused to store cooking oil (all corrected)

La Sandia: 7852-L Tysons Corner Center, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Nov. 28

violations: open coffee containers stored along prep unit with foods, rice salsas and tamales hot holding at improper temperatures (both corrected)

McLean Pizza: 1434 Center St, Mclean, VA 22101, last inspection: Nov. 30

violations: cooked pasta not dated or discarded within 24 hours (corrected)

Pita Pouch: 7850 Tysons Corner Ce, MCLEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Nov. 30

violations: raw beef stored over lettuce (corrected)

Starbucks at Safeway: 1330 Chain Bridge Rd, Mclean, VA 22101, last inspection: Nov. 28

violations: half and half cold holding at improper temperature, sanitizer concentration too low (both corrected)

Sweetleaf: 7935L Tysons Corner Center, MC LEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Nov. 29

violations: items on menu without raw/undercooked disclosure, mold/debris on soda nozzles

TGI Friday's: 7855-E Tysons Corner Center, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Dec. 1

violations: employee handles raw chicken then raw shrimp with same tongs (corrected)

Tysons Biergarten: 8346 Leesburg Pike, VIENNA, VA 22182, last inspection: Dec. 4

violations: raw chicken stored over beer coolers (corrected)

No Violations

La Madeleine: 7960 Tysons Corner Center D-80, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Dec. 1

violations: none

Robeks: 6661 Old Dominion Dr, Unit A, MC LEAN, VA 22101, last inspection: Nov. 29

violations: none

The Palm Restaurant: 1750 Tysons Blvd, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: ov. 29

violations: none

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