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Reston Restaurant Violations: 8-Day-Old Steak at Pizza Boli's

Fairfax County also reported violations at Rio Grande Cafe and Kung Fu Tea, according to inspections from May 3-9.

RESTON, VA — Fairfax County regularly conducts inspections of Reston restaurants. Reports are generally posted about a week after the inspection. We've listed the violations from inspections at Reston restaurants between May 3-9, the most recent dates available.

The Perfect Pita, 1835 Alexander Bell Avenue

Date: 5/8
Violations: 0

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No violations

Kung Fu Tea Reston, 2280-A Hunter Woods Plaza

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Date: 5/8
Violations: 4

Critical violation No. 1: Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Observed employee using a cup to dispense ice from ice bin

Non-critical violation No. 1: Observation: There is no test kit located in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions.

Non-critical violation No. 2: Observation: The operator is not testing the chemical sanitizing solution to ensure proper concentration of the solution.

Non-critical violation No. 3: Observation: Observed that paper towels were not provided at each handwashing sink.

Pizza Boli's, 1675 Reston Pkwy, Ste M

Date: 5/5
Violations: 2

Critical violation No. 1: Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Observed the following ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food being held for more than the specified time/temperature allowed: steak prepped 8 days ago.

Non-critical violation No. 1: Observation: There is no test kit located in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the bleach sanitizing solution.

Rio Grande Cafe, 1827 Library St

Date: 5/3
Violations: 2

Critical violation No. 1: Observation (REPEAT) (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Records demonstrating that necessary corrective actions were taken at the failure of a critical control point are not available. OBSERVED pH FOR SALSA ABOVE 4.6 WITH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION NOTED: 4.8 (2/26/2017), 4.7 (2/27/2017), 4.9 (2017) AND NO TIME STAMP ON ROP LABELS.

Critical violation No. 2: Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Records of the procedures for monitoring critical control points are not being maintained. MANAGER NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE TEMPERATURE LOGS FROM DATA LOGGER FOR WALK-IN-COOLER DURING TIME OF INSPECTION.

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