Vienna Restaurant Violations: Open Drinks In Food Prep Area

Every wonder how clean your local restaurants are? Town of Vienna and other 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 around Vienna, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Among these violations were open drinks stored near a food prep area at Pho 7. This violation was corrected during the inspection.

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

The Black Squirrel: 2670I Avenir Pl, VIENNA, VA 22180, last inspection: June 27

violations: following refrigerated, ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food that is prepared on site is not used or discarded within 24 hours of preparation and was not observed to be date marked: meat loaf, tomato sauce, coleslaw, following ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food being held for more than the specified time/temperature allowed: Thousand Island, tomato soup, jalapeno sauce, coleslaw (both corrected), food that is commercially processed is not used or discarded within 24 hours of when the original container was opened and is not observed to be date marked: Tzatziki sauce, Ruben meat, thousand Island, no test kit located in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the Quaternary Ammonium Compound (QUAT) sanitizing solutions

Paladar Latin Kitchen: 1934 Old Gallows Road, Vienna, VA 22182, last inspection: June 29

violations: No Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection (corrected), person in charge (PIC) has a valid certificate of successful completion of a Certified Food Manager (CFM) exam but does not possess the CFM card, paper towels were not provided at each handwashing sink, observed that sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands is not provided at all handwashing sinks used by food employees

Panera Bread: 136 Maple Ave Unit B, Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: June 28

violations: Observed that the excessive ice build-up was observed on the door of the walk-in freezer

Pho 7: 8377 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182, last inspection: June 22

violations: Open drinking containers observed near the preparation table area, Unwrapped or uncovered food in the following location where the food is subject to contamination: 3 TRAYS OF DUMPLINGS AND RAW BEEF WERE OBSERVED TO BE UNCOVERED IN THE WALK-IN-FREEZER, foods cold holding at improper temperatures: BEAN SPROUTS AT 44F IN AN ICE COOLER AND RAW CHICKEN AT 45F IN THE COLD WELL, Observed the handsink IN THE BACK being used TO DISPOSE OF FOOD ITEMS (all corrected), permit not posted in visible location

No violations

Al Nakheel: 340 Maple Avenue W., Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: June 25 (follow up)

violations: none

Nostos: 8100 Boone Blvd, Vienna, VA 22182, last inspection: June 29 (follow up)

violations: none

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