5 Tri-Cities restaurants and food businesses fail food safety inspections

Wendy Culverwell
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The Benton Franklin Health District gave failing grades to five restaurants, coffee shops and other food businesses in the Tri-Cities area during food safety inspections from Aug. 12-18.

The health district’s food safety team gave passing grades on 19 inspections, with five earning a perfect score.

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 red points for previous issues.

Red violations are those most likely to cause food-borne illnesses, such as improper temperature control of food, lack of 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.

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

Basin City Hot Spot (food service), 7380 Road 170, Mesa, Routine Aug. 17 (55 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing, improper hot holding.

Brady’s Brats & Burgers, 6481 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 16 (55 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control, food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing, improperly disposing of potentially unsafe food.

El Aguila, 939 S. 10th Ave., Pasco, Follow-up Aug. 16 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities, improper reheating procedures for hot holding, improper cold holding.

El Anotojito Mexicano Restaurant, 1915 W. Court St., Pasco, Re-inspection Aug. 15 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper reheating procedures for hot holding, improper cold holding.

Ice Harbor @ the Marina, 350 Clover Island Drive, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, inadequate handwashing facilities, improperly disposing of potentially unsafe food, improper cold holding.

Passed inspections

“A” Street Station, 2800 E. A. St., Pasco, Routine, Aug. 17 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

“A” Street Station (grocery), 2800 E. A St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Basin City Hot Spot (store), 2800 E. A St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 17 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Botanas Locas El Solesito LLC, 102 N. 10th Ave., Pasco, Routine Aug. 15 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger King #7378, 2205 E. Hillsboro St., Pasco, Routine Aug. 17 (20 Red, 0 Blue)

Carl’s Jr., 2804 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Aug. 15 Routine (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Circle K #2706036 (food service), 4410 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Circle K #2706036 (store), 4410 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Clover Island Inn, 435 Clover Island Drive, Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (25 Red, 13 Blue)

Comedor Mari, 6850 Road 170, Mesa, Follow-up Aug. 17 (0 Red, 2 Blue)

Double Dragon, 3107 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Follow-up Aug. 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Jack in the Box #8301, 2722 W. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 15 (30 Red, 5 Blue)

McDonald’s #11485, 2721 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 16 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Papa Murphy’s Pizza, 2624 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick, Routine Aug. 16 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Shang Hai Restaurant, 3013 W. Clearwater Ave., Routine Aug. 18 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Subway, 641 S. Columbia Ave., Connell, Routine Aug. 17 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Super Taco #0005 (mobile, event), Routine Aug. 15 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

Uncle Jay’s Grocery and Deli (food service), 305 N. Spokane Ave., Kahlotus, Routine Aug. 17 (20 Red, 5 Blue)

Uncle Jay’s Grocery and Deli (grocery), 305 N. Spokane Ave., Kahlotus, Routine Aug. 17 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

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