The Benton Franklin Health District gave 12 failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Aug. 10-16.
The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 36 inspections, with 13 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
AFC Sushi @ Fred Meyer , 101 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 13 (50 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper handwashing (one worker used no soap), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (some sushi rolls voluntarily discarded).
Andy’s Coffee Break , 1200 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 14 (35 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Improper handwashing (worker touched raw eggs and then English muffins without changing gloves), inadequate handwashing facilities.
Cafe Areva , 2101 Horn Rapids Road, Richland, Routine Aug. 15 (65 Red, 5 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, improper handwashing (hands not washed before putting on gloves), improper cooling procedures, improper cold holding (>45°F).
La Tia , 321 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Follow-up Aug. 12 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper hot holding (130°F-134°F), improper cold holding (>45°F).
Los 3 Amigos , 5222 W. Okanogan Place, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (60 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper cooling procedures, improper hot holding (<130°F).
Los Toreros , 618 Ninth St., Benton City, Follow-up Aug. 16 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F).
Some Bagels , 1317 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 16 (35 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Improper handwashing (person in charge did not wash hands before putting on gloves), not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (sliced ham and cream cheese past use-date being served to public).
Tacos Super Uno , 33 Goethals Drive, Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (45 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, food worker cards not 100%, inadequate handwashing facilities (pan blocking handwashing sink), improper hot holding (<130°F).
Tacos Y Maz , 20 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Follow-up Aug. 14 (45 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager, food (eggs) obtained from unapproved source, improper cooling procedures.
TakaSushi , 602 Sixth St., Prosser, Follow-up Aug. 16 (50 Red, 8 Blue)
Notes: Improper hot holding (<130°F), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (rice voluntarily discarded).
Taqueria Buena Vista , 4903 Convention Center Drive, Pasco, Routine Aug. 13 (50 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff, improper cooling procedures, improper cold holding (>45°F diced tomatoes voluntarily discarded), lack of conformance with approved procedures.
Taqueria El Sazon , 2226 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 14 (50 Red, 0 Blue)
Notes: Lack of active managerial control, food worker cards not 100%, improper handwashing (worker cracked eggs and touched raw bacon and then picked up plate to serve food without changing gloves), improper raw meat handling procedures.
Passed inspections
“A” Street Station , 2800 E. A St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 13 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
2K Bakery , 335 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Aug. 14 (30 Red, 8 Blue)
AFC Sushi @ Safeway , 1803 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 13 (0 Red, 0 Blue) (Hazard analysis of critical control points 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Bonefish Grill , 133 Gage Blvd., Richland, Follow-up Aug. 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Caterpillar Cafe at PNNL (Laboratory Support Building), 3350 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 15 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Eating Gluten Free Bakery , 2746 Battelle Blvd., Richland, Routine Aug. 15 (15 Red, 5 Blue)
El Aguila , 939 S. 10th Ave., Pasco, Routine Aug. 13 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
El Antojito Mexicano Restaurant , 1915 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 14 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Gold’s Gym , 151 N. Ely St., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 12 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Ice Harbor @ The Marina , 350 Clover Island Drive, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 12 (10 Red, 5 Blue)
Jackalope Bar & Grill , 107 Vista Way, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 12 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Lil Firehouse Coffee , 895 Stevens Drive, Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (10 Red, 3 Blue)
Los Compy’s , 1813 Leslie Road, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (30 Red, 5 Blue)
Los Toreros , 618 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine Aug. 16 (25 Red, 5 Blue)
Los Volcanes Panaderia y Lonches , 502 Ninth Ave., Benton City, Routine Aug. 16 (10 Red, 3 Blue)
Mis Raices Cafe , 2521 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 13 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Panda Express , 924 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Pepsi-Cola Tri-Cities — Framatome (Maintenance), 2101 Horn Rapids Road, Richland, Routine Aug. 15 (0
Ready And Out Restaurant , 1827 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Follow-up Aug. 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Safeway Store , 1803 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 13 (Bakery 0 Red, 2 Blue) (Coffee 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Deli 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Meat 0 Red, 0 Blue) (Produce 5 Red, 0 Blue) (Store 0 Red, 0 Blue)
Snowfruit , 101 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 14 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Some Bagels Too , 810 S. Washington St., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 13 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
Subway , 1824 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 13 (10 Red, 0 Blue)
Taco Bell , 1825 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Aug. 13 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Tacos El Paisano , 2735 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 13 (15 Red, 0 Blue)
Taqueria El Marino (Mobile), 2799 W. Lewis St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 14 (0 Red, 0 Blue)
The Busy Bee Diner , 1505 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 13 (25 Red, 3 Blue)
Tomi Sushi & Ramen , 122 S. Ely Kennewick, Routine Aug. 12 (25 Red, 0 Blue)
Tropic Hunger , 5222 W. Okanogan Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
Village Bar & Grill , 203 N. Dennis St., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 12 (30 Red, 0 Blue)
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