Food Handling Without Gloves At Old Town Alexandria Restaurant

ALEXANDRIA, VA — The City of Alexandria 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 early August. Among the violations were food handling without gloves and salad bar items measured as too warm at Sophia's Cafe. Both violations were corrected during the inspection.

Also included are restaurants that had no violations in follow up inspections. 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

Ashlar Restaurant and Bar: 116 S. Alfred, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 8

violation: employee handling ready-to-eat food with gloves without first washing hands (corrected)

Chipotle: 601 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 2

violation: cooked chicken measured at improper temperature (corrected)

La Madeleine: 500 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 9

violations: cut cantaloupe measured at improper temperature, some utensils not cleaned properly

Lena's Wood-Fired Pizza and Tap: 401 East Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA 22301, last inspection: Aug. 7

violations: raw food stored over cooked vegetables, short ribs not properly cooled within six hours, pasta maker in need of cleaning, (all corrected)

Le Refuge: 127 N. Washington St C, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 1 (follow up)

violations: opening in door could allow entry of pests, one cooler not operating properly (corrected)

Mackie's Bar and Grill: 907 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 8

violations: potential cross contamination of raw foods, toxic cleaning materials stored near food (both corrected)

Perk's Coffee Shop: 822 N. Fairfax St, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 2

violations: employee did not wash hands after activity that could contaminate food, foods measured at improper temperature in cooler unit, unlabeled toxic cleaning materials (all corrected)

Sophia's Cafe: 1320 Braddock Pl, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 7

violations: employee with open drinking container in kitchen, food handling without gloves, food items at salad bar measured at improper temperatures, (all corrected) salad bar and prep cooler units not operating properly

Zento Restaurant: 693 N. Washington St, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 1

violations: dishes not sanitized properly

No Violations

Haute Dog and Fries: 610 Montgomery St, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 2 (follow up)

violations: none

Mason Social: 728 N Henry Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 1 (follow up)

violations: none

Restaurant Eve: 110 S. Pitt St, Alexandria, VA 22314, last inspection: Aug. 2 (follow up)

violations: none

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