Restaurant Inspections: Cleanliness Issues at Arlington Eateries

The following restaurants in (or very near) the Clarendon, Courthouse, Rosslyn neighborhoods were recently paid visits by the the Virginia Department of Health. Establishments are inspected periodically.

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:

Mad Rose Tavern
3100 Clarendon Blvd.
Date of inspection: March 20
A sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands is not provided at all hand washing lavatories used by food employees and/or is not clearly visible to food employees. No hand washing signage at front or back bar hand wash stations.
 
Spider Kelly's
3181 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: March 20
After being cleaned, equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils are not sanitized in a chemical mechanical operations at the bar, using a proper solution.
 
The Liberty Tavern
3195 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: March 20
The nonfood-contact surface of the kitchen floor mats are not cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude the accumulation of soil residues.
 
Hyatt Cityhouse (2,1,P1,P2)
1325 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: March 26
After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils are not air-dried, adequately drained, and/or they are cloth dried before contact with food.

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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."