McLean Restaurant Violations: Chick-fil-A, McDonald's And More

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 results from recent inspections around McLean and Tysons, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Restaurants that did not have perfect scores had at least one critical violation, with the exception of Turkish Coffee Lady.

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

Cafe Monaco: 1800 Old Meadow Rd, MCLEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan. 17

violations: sanitizer and window cleaner stored above salt, oil and lemon juice in dry storage (corrected)

Chick-Fil-A: 8461-B Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182, last inspection: Jan. 17

violations: diced chicken, cooked chicken cold holding at improper temperatures (corrected)

Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant: 7861-L Tysons Corner Center, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan. 17

violations: tongs/utensils stored on unsanitized non-food contact surface under grill, cooked onions, cream sauce and rice hot holding at improper temperatures (both corrected)

Kizuna Restaurant: 8221 Leesburg Pike, VIENNA, VA 22182, last inspection: Jan. 10 (follow up)

violations: food stored on/near floor in refrigerator, freezer and dry storage, foods not dated or discarded within 24 hours, sushi display case not operating properly, interior cookline and floors under cooking equipment/in freezer in need of cleaning, strong odor coming from dumpster outdoors

McDonald's: 8512 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182, last inspection: Jan. 17

violations: Canadian bacon hot holding at improper temperature, cheese cold holding at improper temperature (both corrected)

McDonald's: 7937L Tysons Corner Ctr, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan. 11

violations: employees wearing jewelry on arms and hands while preparing food, yogurt and half & half cold holding at improper temperatures (corrected), one refrigerator not operating properly

Santini's New York Style Deli: 1443 Chain Bridge Road, Mclean, VA 22101, last inspection: Jan. 17

violations: feta cheese and hot dogs cold holding at improper temperatures, cheeseburger and sliders on digital menu without raw/undercooked disclosure

Turkish Coffee Lady: 7952L Tysons Corner Ctr, MCLEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan. 12

violations: food on display not protected from contamination

No Violations

Isabella Eatery-Kapnos Marketa: 2501 International Dr, MC LEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan. 17

violations: none

Isabella Eatery-Octagon Bar: 2501 International Dr, MC LEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan. 17

violations: none

Panda Express: 7941L Tysons Corner Ctr, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan 11

violations: none

Paul Bakery: 1858G Galleria at Tysons I, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan. 16

violations: none

Tysons Grub: 7943L Tysons Corner Ce, MCLEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: Jan. 17

violations: none

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