Retirement home, health club, homeless shelter among 9 to fail Tri-City food inspections

The Benton Franklin Health District gave nine failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments serving food in the Tri-Cities area June 29 to July 5.

Among establishments that failed were a shelter serving the homeless, a retirement community and a health club.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 15 inspections, with seven 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 not keeping hot food hot enough and not keeping cold food cold enough, 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

Asian Garden , 1320 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Follow-up July 3 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F — rice voluntarily discarded).

Atwood’s Tin Hat , 425 E. Bruneau Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 3 (45 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff, food worker cards not 100%, improper cooling procedures, lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Buffalo Wild Wings , 8551 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up July 3 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, inadequate handwashing facilities (one handwashing station blocked), improper cold holding (>45°F — pans of chili and brisket voluntarily discarded).

Carniceria El Sol , 623 Ninth St., Benton City, Follow-up July 4 (65 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hand washing (employee did not wash hands before starting work in kitchen), inadequate handwashing facilities (handwashing sink blocked), raw meat improperly stored, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (beans voluntarily discarded).

Carniceria La Catrina , 2115 E. Lewis St., Pasco, Follow-up July 3 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F — menudo and birria voluntarily discarded).

Chicken & Bowl , 570 Swift Blvd., Richland, Routine July 2 (65 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Improper raw meat handling procedures (dishes used for raw meat not sanitized afterward), improper cooling procedures (day-old rice voluntarily discarded), improper hot holding (<130°F).

Columbia Basin Racquet Club , 1776 Terminal Drive, Richland, Routine July 1 (45 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hand washing (hands not washed before putting on gloves for food preparation), inadequate handwashing facilities, lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Royal Columbian Retirement , 5615 W. Umatilla Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up July 1 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (no paper towels at kitchen handwashing sink).

Tri-City Union Gospel Mission , 221 S. Fourth Ave., Pasco, Routine July 3 (85 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control as shown by too many red points, food not in good condition (spoiled apples and avocados), improper shell egg handling practices, improper cooling procedures (stew voluntarily discarded), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper reheating procedures for hot holding.

Passed inspections

Arby’s , 1051 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine July 2 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Bonaventure of Tri-Cities , 1800 Bellerive Drive, Richland, Follow-up July 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger King , 7407 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Follow-up July 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Columbia Basin Racquet Club — Sand Bar , 1776 Terminal Drive, Richland, Routine July 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Doggie Style Gourmet (Cart), 591 Stevens Drive, Richland, Routine July 4 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Enodav Wine Co. , 590 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine July 1 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

IPlay Experience , 8524 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Routine July 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Little Caesar’s , 8530 Gage Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up July 3 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

McDonald’s , 1275 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine July 1 (10 Red, 2 Blue)

Nanis , 6607 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine July 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Neel Deal Ent. (Mobile), 6600 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine July 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Papa Murphy’s Pizza , 1332 Jadwin Ave., Richland, Routine July 1 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

PTM Market (Store), 1017 Kinney Way, Prosser, Routine July 1 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Subway , 210 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Follow-up July 1 (5 Red, 2 Blue)

Tacos Caseros , 2400 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine July 3 (25 Red, 0 Blue)