McLean Restaurant Inspections: Rubbing Alcohol Above Canned Goods

MCLEAN, VA — Fairfax County restaurants regularly undergo health inspections, with the frequency depending on the type of food served and how it is prepared.

The Virginia Department of Health notes in a statement, “In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations." While violations like malfunctioning refrigerators and food that's not warm or cold enough often pop up, health inspectors sometimes note more critical violations.

Here are the full results from recent inspections in McLean and Tysons. Among the violations were rubbing alcohol stored above canned condiments at Grill Kabob and food handling with bare hands at Earl's Kitchen and Bar. These violations were corrected during inspections.

Click on the violations to see each restaurant's results. Full reports are usually available five to seven days after the inspection on the health department’s website.

Violations

D&J Cafe: 7921 Jones Branch Dr, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Feb. 21

violations: foods cold holding at improper temperatures: ROAST BEEF AT 45F AND CREAM CHEESE AT 49F IN THE 2 DR PREP COOLER, chicken salad and cooked potatoes not used or discarded within 24 hours of when the original container was opened and is not observed to be date marked, permit not displayed in visible location (all corrected)

Earl's Kitchen and Bar: 7902 Tysons One Pl, MC LEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Feb. 7

violations: employee handling ready-to-eat scallions, avocados without gloves, foods not being adequately cooled from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and to 41°F within a total of 6 hour: WHITE RICE, BUTTERNUT SQUASH (both corrected), no consumer advisory for the following food item(s) that may be served raw and/or undercooked: ON HAPPY HOUR MENU- BURGER, POKE, TUNA SASHIMI, STEAKS, boxes of condiments stored on freezer floor

Fogo de Chao: 1775 Tysons Bv Building H Suite 50, MCLEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Feb. 23

violations: Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in the refrigeration unit, foods cold holding at improper temperatures: HALF-HALF AT 46F (both corrected)

Grill Kabob: 7854-E Tysons Corner Center, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Feb. 9

violations: Raw ground beef stored over lamb and beef chunks, food item(s) not marked to indicate the time that is 4 hours past when the food is removed from temperature control: CUT TOMATO FOR SALADS, rubbing alcohol stored above canned condiments and baking soda near rice cookers (all corrected), employees wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food, employees working in the food service area without proper hair restraints, bottles of juice, water stored on floor in front service area and chicken, cilantro stored on floor of walk-in cooler, Certified Food Manager (CFM) did not have the CFM card

Isabella Eatery-Pepita: 2501 International Dr, MC LEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Feb. 23

violations: Raw mahi stored on top shelf of 1 dr upright cooler, over guacamole, diced chicken not being adequately cooled from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and to 41°F within a total of 6 hours, foods hot holding at improper temperature: Diced beef in hot hold cabinet: 115 degrees F (all corrected)

Lokl: 8100E Old Dominion Dr, MC LEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Feb. 7

violations: foods cold holding at improper temperatures: CHICKEN SALAD AT 48F, TUNA AT 47F, SLICED TOMATO AT 46F, AND SLICED CHEESE AT 48F. EGG SALAD AT 52F, CHICKEN SALAD x 29 AT 47F, TUNA SALAD x 10 AT 47F, TORTILLIA SOUP X 3 AT 47F, CLAM CHOWDER AT 45F, QUINOA X 6 AT 48F, COOKED VEGETABLES X 22 AT 45F, RED LENTIL SOUP X 3 AT 46F, MINISTRONE X 2 AT 45F, CHICKEN SOUP X 3 AT 46F, AND TURKEY AND WILD RICE X 4 AT 46F IN THE OPEN DISPLAY COOLER (corrected)

Wok N Roll Cafe: 1371 Beverly Rd, Mclean, VA 22101, last inspection: Feb. 7

violations: raw chicken stored over raw beef in walk-in cooler, employee used same tongs to get raw shrimp and raw pork from cooler (both corrected), no temperature measuring device located in the following cold or hot holding equipment: 2 DR UNDERCOUNTER COOLERS, permit not displayed in visible location, hand sink used to wash produce

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