10 failed food safety inspections of restaurants, coffee shop, market in Tri-Cities

Apr. 11—The Benton Franklin Health District gave 10 failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area during the March 30-April 5 school spring break.

The health district's food safety team gave passing grades on 13 inspections, with three 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

Ara Sushi & Grill, 430 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine April 2 (75 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control (based on number of red points), bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods (worker picked up lettuce with bare hands), not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date marked on imitation crab), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper cold holding (>45°F).

Burger King, 7407 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine April 1 (80 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hand washing, bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods (workers at cash register and computer handled ice cream cones, touching them beyond their protective sheet, and scooped ice with bare hands and cup), improper hot holding (45°F).

Los 3 Amigos, 5222 W. Okanogan Place, Kennewick, Routine March 30 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Red Lion Hotel Columbia Center, 1101 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine April 2 (40 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (one handwashing station takes more than five minutes to reach 100 degrees and a different handwashing station and one bathroom had no paper towels), raw meat improperly stored, improper hot holding (<130°F).

Red Lobster, 1120 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine April 1 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing (employee did not wash hands before putting on gloves), inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap in one employee bathroom).

Sushiya, 731 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine April 2 (50 Red, 5 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, lack of conformance with approved procedures.

The Human Bean, 4305 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 2 (70 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper cooling procedures, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, accurate thermometer not provided or used, lack of conformance with approved procedures.

The Lodge At Columbia Point, 530 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Follow-up April 2 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.

Wendy's, 930 George Washington Way, Richland, Follow-up April 2 (50 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hand washing, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.

Passed inspections

Anthony's Restaurant, 550 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Follow-up April 2 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Arby's, 3506 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 4 (5 Red, 3 Blue)

Courtyard by Marriott, 480 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine April 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Hubby's Pizza, 346 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine April 4 (5 Red, 5 Blue)

IDK Restaurant, 335 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine April 2 (25 Red, 2 Blue)

King Of Hot Dogs, 104 S. Tacoma St., Pasco, Routine April 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Lulu Craft Bar & Kitchen, 606 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine April 2 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Starbuck's Coffee, 2725 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Follow-up April 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

The Pick Me Up Coffee, 7211 W. Deschutes Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

The Pub, 7001 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 2 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Tony's Tacos (Mobile), 3809 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine April 4 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Tortilleria Y Carniceria Monarca, 1108 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Routine April 2 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Tropical Express, 342 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine April 4 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

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