McLean Restaurant Violations: No Handwashing After Burger Prep

Every wonder how clean your local restaurants are? Fairfax County restaurants regularly undergo health inspections, with the frequency depending on the type of food served and how it is prepared. While violations like malfunctioning refrigerators and food that's not warm or cold enough often pop up, health inspectors sometimes note more critical violations.

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

Here are full results for the latest inspections in McLean and Tysons, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Among these violations were employees changing gloves but not washing hands after handling hamburger patties at Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant and Founding Farmers. These violations were corrected during the 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

Ban Ban: 8251 Greensboro Drive, MC LEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: May 22

violations: Raw salmon stored over cooked beef, foods hot holding at improper temperatures: COOKED POTATO AT 113F AND COOKED SAUSAGE AT 95F IN THE HOT WELL, foods cold holding at improper temperatures: SLICED CHEESE AT 50F AND 45F AT THE 3 DR M3 TURBO AIR COOLER LEFT HAND SIDE, handsink NEXT TO THE 3-VAT SINK WAS being used TO STRAIN VEGETABLES (all corrected), farm-raised fish served raw or partially cooked were observed without a written statement from the supplier stating that the fish were raised and fed according to 3-402.11(B)(3): salmon

Founding Farmers: 1800 Tyson's Blvd, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: May 24

violations: Observed employee handle hamburger patty, remove gloves, don new gloves and handle hamburger bun without washing hands in between, food employee was observed handling the following ready-to-eat food using their bare hands: hamburger, raw meatloaf mix stored over ready-to-eat gnocchi (all corrected)

Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant: 7861-L Tysons Corner Center, Mclean, VA 22102, last inspection: May 21

violations: Observed employee handle hamburger patty, remove gloves, don new gloves and handle lettuce without washing hands in between (corrected)

New Star Asian Bistro: 6222 Old Dominion Drive, Mclean, VA 22101, last inspection: May 21

violations: Dispensing and/or in-use utensils improperly stored between use as follows: OBSERVED RICE SCOOPS STORED IN ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER, observed the sanitizing solution in the SANITIZER BUCKET with a concentration of 0 ppm total chlorine, manufacturer containers were observed reused for the storage of HOISIN SAUCE AND WATER CHESTNUTS (all corrected)

Serve Bistro and Wine Bar: 1472 Chain Bridge Road, MC LEAN, VA 22101, last inspection: May 18

violations: Hand soap was not provided at each handwashing sink (corrected)

Starbucks - Hilton: 7930 Jones Branch Drive, MC LEAN, VA 22102, last inspection: May 23

violations: No test kit located in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions, chemical sanitizing warewashing machine was observed with a sanitizing rinse concentration of less than 50 ppm chlorine solution

No violations

Amoo's Restaurant: 6271 Old Dominion Dr Suite A, Mclean, VA 22101, last inspection: May 18

violations: none

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