Restaurant Inspections: Roaches Found in Clarendon Restaurant and More

The following restaurants in the Clarendon, Courthouse, Rosslyn neighborhoods were recently paid visits by the the Virginia Department of Health. Establishments are paid periodic visits.

To see the inspections for the greater Arlington area, visit Arlington Patch.The full reports can be accessed on Virginia's health department's website:
 
Brooklyn Bagel Bakery
2055 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
A food employee failed to wash his or her hands during food preparation when changing tasks.

Capital View Room
1200 N. Courthouse Road
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
The carafes for juices are missing the cylinders that hold ice to maintain proper cold holding temperatures.

Dunkin Donuts
2201 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
The food establishment is not under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager.

Good Food Company
2625 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
Each hand washing sink is not provided with individual, disposable towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel, or a heated-air hand drying device.

Lyon Hall
3100 Washington Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
Stored food is not protected from contamination. Containers of food are stored on the floor in the bakery station and in the walk in cooler.

Uptown Cafe
2000 N. 15th St. Suite # G3
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
Methods used for cooling chicken breasts, fries, egg yolks and egg whites can not be accomplished with the time and temperature criteria.

Courthouse Place Gourmet
1320-A N. Veitch St.
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
Ready-to-eat food is not protected from cross contamination by separating them from raw animal foods. Raw beef stored over cheese in the prep refrigerator.

Faccia Luna Trattoria
2909 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
Insect, rodent, and/or other pest harborage conditions exist on the premises. Some dead roaches observed trapped in light shields in ware washing area.

Rhodeside Grill
1836 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
Ready-to-eat food is not protected from cross contamination by separating them from raw animal foods. Raw eggs stored over pico de gallo and other ready-to-eat foods in the walk-in refrigerator.

Hard Times Cafe
3028 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 8
Employees are wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food.

Kanpai Japanese Restaurant
1401 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 8
Containers of food prepared and held in the food establishment for more than 24 hours is not clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.

Le Pain Quotidien
1220 N. Fillmore St.
Date of inspection: Feb. 8
After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils are not air-dried, adequately drained, and/or they are cloth dried before contact with food.

Lynn Street Cafe
1735 N. Lynn St.
Date of inspection: Feb. 8
Sliced portioned deli meats and cheeses, prepared and held in the food establishment for more than 24 hours is not clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.

Fireworks
2350 Clarendon Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 7
Fruit fly pest harborage conditions exist on the premises.

Subway #33485
2424 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
Insect, rodent, and/or other pest harborage conditions exist on the premises, dead roaches observed inside the ceiling light fixtures.

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"Ideally, an operation would have no critical violations, or none which are not corrected immediately and not repeated. In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations," according to Virginia Department of Health's website.

The site continues: "Keep in mind that any inspection report is a 'snapshot' of the day and time of the inspection. On any given day, a restaurant could have fewer or more violations than noted in the report. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long term cleanliness of an establishment."