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 Aug. 3-9.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 48 inspections, with 15 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 or 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
Burger Ranch , 108 S. Oregon Ave., Pasco, Routine Aug. 8 (40 Red, 7 Blue)
Notes: Improper raw meat handling procedures (deli slicer not washed and sanitized), improper hot holding (<130°F — fries discarded).
The Dugout , 7111 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Aug. 6 (70 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control (too many red points), food worker cards not 100%, improper handwashing (worker did not wash hands before putting on gloves), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, lack of conformance with approved procedures (items from last routine inspections not fixed).
Dust Devils Stadium — BBQ Patio , 6200 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Aug. 9 (40 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (no way to dry hands), improper hot holding (<130°F — hot dogs voluntarily discarded), improper cold holding (42-45°F).
Dust Devils — Grill Cart (Mobile), 6200 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Aug. 9 (50 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper handwashing (employees who left prep area and opened storage unit did not change gloves after returning to food prep), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.
Farh Thai Restaurant , 5601 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 8 (65 Red, 9 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, food worker cards not 100%, not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date mark on bags of cooked rice), raw meat improperly stored, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper cold holding (42-45°F — bowls of rice discarded), lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Gangnam Style Korean BBQ , 7903 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 9 (30 Red, 8 Blue)
Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at one handwashing sink), improper cold holding (>45°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures.
La Tia , 321 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Aug. 9 (120 Red, 3 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff, improper handwashing (sink was completely obstructed and unheated food prepared with improperly washed hands was required to be discarded), inadequate handwashing facilities, improper raw meat handling procedures, improper cooling procedures, improper hot holding (<130°F), accurate thermometer not provided or used, lack of conformance with approved procedures.
McDonald’s , 103 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Aug. 5 (70 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control (too many red points), food worker cards not 100%, improper handwashing (worker blew nose and then did not wash hands when starting work in the kitchen), not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (times not marked on baked apple pies), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.
Nikko Japanese Restaurant , 5025 Road 68, Pasco, Routine Aug. 7 (90 Red, 26 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff, food worker cards not 100%, improper handwashing (hands not thoroughly washed with soap), inadequate handwashing facilities (no hot water at one handwashing sink), raw meat improperly stored, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, accurate thermometer not provided or used, lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Taqueria Oaxaca (Mobile), 3869 Kennedy Road, Richland, Follow-up Aug. 6 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff, lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Passed inspections
Atwood’s Tin Hat , 425 E. Bruneau Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bamboo Mongolian Grill , 2230 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 8 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Big Lots (Store), 3019 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Blackthorne Neighborhood Pub , 201 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 8 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Botanas Culichi , 110 S. Fourth Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Branding Iron , 213 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bucketz Bar and Grill , 206 N. Benton St., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 8 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
The Crazy Crab Place , 131 Vista Way, Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Dust Devils Stadium — 1st Base , 6200 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Aug. 9 (10 Red, 3 Blue)
Dust Devils Stadium — 3rd Base , 6200 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Aug. 9 (0 Red, 2 Blue)
Dust Devils Stadium — Fry Shack , 6200 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Follow-up Aug. 9 (0 Red, 2 Blue)
Dust Devils Stadium — Hot Corner , 6200 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Aug. 9 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Dust Devils Stadium — Pizza Hut , 6200 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Aug. 9 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Food Store (Food service), 6006 Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 7 (10 Red, 7 Blue)
Ground Support Coffee , 3005 King Ave., Pasco, Routine Aug. 3 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Hellfired Pizza , 4862 W. Hildebrand Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 5 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Hills Restaurant & Lounge, 24 Vista Way, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 8 (0 Red, 3 Blue)
Hop N Drops , 4898 W. Hildebrand Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 5 (30 Red, 2 Blue)
Ice Harbor Brewing Co. , 10 E. Bruneau Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 8 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Jack in the Box , 701 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Follow-up Aug. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
KFC/A&W , 2210 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 8 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
KFC/Taco Bell , 109 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Aug. 5 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Kona Ice of Pasco (Mobile), 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 6 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Las Palomas Mexican Restaurant , 364 Chardonnay Ave., Prosser, Follow-up Aug. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Little Caesar’s , 2632 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 6 (0 Red, 3 Blue)
Masala Indian Cuisine , 3321 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 6 (0 Red, 8 Blue) (Caterer 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Mi Linda Sierra , 5610 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 8 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Muret-Gaston , 313 E. Columbia Gardens Way, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Nikko Japanese Restaurant , 5025 Road 68, Pasco, Follow-up Aug. 9 (0 Red, 10 Blue)
North Prosser Market , 130702 W. Johnson Way, Prosser, Follow-up Aug. 9 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Pho Lao Laan Xang , 5610 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 8 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Pho Le Vietnamese Cuisine , 320 N. Kellogg St., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)
Prosser Korners (Food service), 101 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Aug. 5 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Richland Food Mart , 500 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 6 (15 Red, 10 Blue)
Rollin , 212 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 4 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Spare Time Lanes & Cafe , 711 Vineyard Drive, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 9 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Starmoney’z Taco City (Mobile), 6600 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Aug. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Subway , 4033 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Follow-up Aug. 8 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Sushi Time/Shiki Sushi , 1408 N. Louisiana St., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 6 (10 Red, 8 Blue)
Taco Bell , 3623 Plaza Way, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Tacos Super Uno , 2417 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 6 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Thai City Restaurant , 4096 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Routine Aug. 8 (30 Red, 5 Blue)
Thai Elephant , 6030 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Tokyo Sushi & Teriyaki , 3617 Plaza Way, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 5 (20 Red, 10 Blue)
Tri-Teriyaki , 5431 W. Van Giesen St., West Richland, Routine Aug. 8 (20 Red, 2 Blue)
Tumbleweeds Mexican Flair , 4390 Van Giesen St., West Richland, Routine Aug. 8 (0 Red, 13 Blue)
Wok King , 7011 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 8 (0 Red, 16 Blue)
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