Restaurant Inspections: Roach Found in 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:

Piola
1550 Wilson Blvd. #105
Date of inspection: Feb 20
A live roach was observed on the wall in the kitchen.

 
Clarendon Cafe
3100 Clarendon Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb 25
A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before donning gloves for working with food.
 
Ray's The Steaks
2300 Wilson Blvd. # 110
Date of inspection: Feb 25
Food containers of mac and cheese were not arranged to provide maximum heat transfer and/or loosely covered, or uncovered while cooling.
 
Eventide Restaurant
3165 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb 22
Raw animal foods are not separated from each other during storage, preparation, holding, and/or display.
 
Red Hot And Blue
1600 Wilson Blvd. Ste 100
Date of inspection: Feb 22
Employees are wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food.
 
Red Mango
2831 Clarendon Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb 22
The hand washing station at the front is being used as a dump station and to rinse blenders.
 
Hunan Number One Restaurant
3033 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb 21
Fruit flies observed in kitchen.
 
Pho 75
1721 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb 21
The hand washing station at the kitchen is being used to clean equipment and utensils.

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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."