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8 restaurants, markets and food truck fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities area

Tri-City Herald - 4/5/2024

Apr. 5—The Benton Franklin Health District gave eight failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area March 23-29.

The health district's food safety team gave passing grades on 47 inspections, with 19 of those awarded perfect scores.

In the district's routine inspections, businesses or organizations that receive at least 35 points for the more serious red violations are required to have additional inspections and must meet a tougher standard on those.

To pass followup inspections, they must have fewer than 25 red points and fewer than 10 repeat red points for previous issues.

Scores of 85 or more red points result in establishments remaining on probation until they pass two follow-up inspections, the first one within 72 hours.

Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illnesses, such as improper temperature control of food, lack of adequate handwashing or bare-hand contact with foods.

Blue violations are low risk factors related to the cleanliness and physical condition of an establishment.

No notice is given before the inspections.

Businesses may have separate inspections of business lines with different health safety risks, such as grocery sales and a deli that prepares food.

Inspection results are posted online so residents can look up the status and the details of any violations of individual restaurants or check other businesses.

Go to bit.ly/BFHDinspections. Click on the business name and then on the date of the inspection on the right half of the next page. Look for the "Violations" tab.

Failed inspections

509 Taco's, 110 S. Elm Ave., Pasco, Follow-up March 26 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of conformance with approved procedures (food truck permit does not cover cooking and cooling).

Applebee's, 43 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine March 26 (50 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper cooling procedures, improper cold holding (>45°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Bento Teriyaki, 61 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine March 26 (40 Red, 2 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control (no certified food protection manager on staff), inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at kitchen handwashing sink), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.

Columbia Market, 1831 W. Cartmell St., Pasco, Routine March 27 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control (no certified food protection manager on staff), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper cold holding (42-45°F), lacking a proper consumer advisory (for beef slices in pho that may not be fully cooked).

Donitas Restaurant, 1107 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Follow-up March 26 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures.

Imbibe, 104 N. 4th Ave., Pasco, Routine March 28 (60 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods (toasted bread), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper cold holding (>45°F).

La Cabana Meat Market, 1501 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine March 29 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control (no certified food protection manager on staff), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper cold holding (>45°F).

Twigs Bistro and Martini Bar, 1321 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up March 25 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities, not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (gallon bag of rice had expired and ham in pizza-making station had no date marked), improper cold holding (>45°F).

Passed inspections

Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs (Commissary), 1412 N. 14th Ave., Pasco, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Boys & Girls Club, 801 N. 18th Ave., Pasco, Routine March 29 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Bucketz Bar and Grill, 206 N. Benton St., Kennewick, Routine March 29 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Budd's Broiler, 450 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine March 28 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Casa Blanca (Mobile), 1305 W. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up March 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Castilleja Bakery, 2120 N. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine March 28 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Catering Creations (Commissary), 605 N. 27th Ave., Pasco, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, 5326 N. Road 68 Pasco, Routine March 26 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Christ The King School, 1122 Long Ave., Richland, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

DC Vending — Permobil Ti Sports, 2701 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine March 28 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

DQ Grill & Chill, 6715 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine March 26 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

El Antojito Mexicano Restaurant, 1915 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up March 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

El Paraiso, 913 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine March 26 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Eli's Bakery, 1113 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine March 27 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Fraternal Order/Eagles, 1205 Bennett Ave., Prosser, Routine March 26 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Graze, 650 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine March 26 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Children's Center, 1549 S.E. Georgia Ave., Richland, Routine March 26 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Knights Of Columbus, 2500 Chester Road, Richland, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Jack In The Box, 3109 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine March 25 (20 Red, 5 Blue)

Jackalope Bar & Grill, 107 Vista Way, Kennewick, Routine March 27 (30 Red, 5 Blue)

Jersey Mikes Subs, 1659 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 25 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Juanitos Foods, 1620 W. Clark St., Pasco, Routine March 29 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

La Bella Vita Kitchen and Bar, 1515 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine March 28 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

La Cantina, 2735 W. Court St., Pasco, Follow-up March 28 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Lara's Tacos, 620 N. 28th Ave., Pasco, Routine March 27 (Commissary use 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Commissary 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mariscos El Kora (Mobile), 1202 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Follow-up March 28 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mas Taco, 1415 W. George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up March 28 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

McDonald's, 2202 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Meals On Wheels, 1231 Dudley Ave., Prosser, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mexi-King Taqueria, 306 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine March 26 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

MOD Pizza Kennewick, 1659 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 25 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Proof, 6627 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 2 Blue)

Prosser Senior Citizen Club, 1231 Dudley Ave., Prosser, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Riverfront Hotel, 50 Comstock Richland, Routine March 26 (30 Red, 17 Blue)

Round Table Pizza, 3201 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine March 25 (5 Red, 8 Blue)

Skipper's, 3307 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 25 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

St. Joseph's School, 516 S. Garfield St., Kennewick, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Starbucks Coffee, 1659 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine March 25 (15 Red, 3 Blue)

Tacos Super Uno, 2417 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine March 25 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Tapteal Elementary School, 2100 Sunshine Ave., West Richland, Routine March 26 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Taqueria El Sazon, 4115 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up March 25 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Veronica's Fresh Produce, 3423 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine March 25 (30 Red, 9 Blue)

VFW Post #3207, 1101 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine March 26 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Whitstran Child Development Center, 101001 W. Foisy Road, Prosser, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Whitstran Elementary School, 102101 W. Foisy Road, Prosser, Routine March 26 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Zintel Creek Golf Club — The Edge, 314 N. Underwood St., Kennewick, Routine March 27 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

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