10 restaurants and other food sellers fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities area

The Benton Franklin Health District gave 10 failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Oct. 26 to Nov. 1.

The health district's food safety team gave passing grades at 40 inspections, with 15 of those earning 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.

For questions or complaints about food safety in Benton or Franklin counties, email .

To participate in the health district's food safety topics survey, go to bit.ly/BFHDfoodsafetysurvey.

Failed inspections

Carl's Jr., 1026 N. Colorado St., Kennewick, Routine Oct. 31 (60 Red, 5 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures (grilled chicken and cooked sausage patties discarded), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (cooked bacon discarded), lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Caterpillar Cafe, 227 Symons St., Richland, Routine Oct. 29 (70 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control, food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing (employee did not wash hands before putting on gloves to handle food), improper cooling procedures (coffee mixture discarded), lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Comfort Inn, 7801 W. Quinault Ave., Kennewick, Routine Oct. 31 (40 Red, 13 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing, inadequate handwashing facilities (sinks lacking soap, paper towels).

Daisy Ranch Saloon, 1319 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Oct. 29 (70 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control, improper hand washing (worker used a cloth to dry hands), inadequate handwashing facilities (sink blocked by boxes), improper shell egg handling practices, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control.

Domino's Pizza, 7007 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Oct. 28 (45 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper hand washing, inadequate handwashing facilities (handwashing sink not working), improper cold holding (>45°F).

Holiday Inn, 802 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Oct. 31 (60 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control, raw meat improperly stored, improper cooling procedures (pasta voluntarily discarded), room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (baked diced potatoes and sausages voluntarily discarded).

Prosser Food Mart, 1303 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Routine Nov. 1 (90 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control, inadequate handwashing facilities (no paper towels at either handwashing sink), not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food, raw meat improperly stored, improper cooling procedures, improper hot holding (<130°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures (some food discarded and no cooking and cooling allowed until a a menu review is approved by food safety inspectors).

Sake Express, 2576 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Follow-up Oct. 31 (65 Red, 8 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control, inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at one handwashing sink), food not in good condition (debris had fallen into uncovered open can of bamboo shoots from a higher fridge shelf), not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date marking on crab), raw meat improperly stored, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (rice held for more than four hours).

The Mobile Bean, 1204 Horne Road, Benton City, Routine Oct. 29 (35 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures (chili and cheese voluntarily discarded), lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Tortilleria Y Carniceria Monarca, 1108 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Routine Nov. 1 (40 Red, 2 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (rib meat dropped on floor placed back on the prep table), improper hot holding (<130°F).

Passed inspections

Blackbird Espresso, 3202 Swallow Ave., Pasco, Routine Nov. 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Budd's Broiler, 450 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine Oct. 30 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Burger King, 102 Merlot Drive, Prosser, Routine Nov. 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger King, 4501 Road 68, Pasco, Routine Oct. 28 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Casita de Cafe, 420 W. Columbia Ave., Connell, Routine Nov. 1 (5 Red, 6 Blue)

Connell Child Development Center, 600 E. Adams St., Connell, Routine Nov. 1 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Connell Elementary School, 1001 W. Clark St., Connell, Routine Oct. 29 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Connell High School, 1100 W. Clark St., Connell, Routine Oct. 29 (10 Red, 2 Blue)

Dollar General Store (Grocery), 210 Second St., Benton City, Routine Oct. 29 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

El Habanero Mexican Taqueria, 1803 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Oct. 31 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Eli's Bakery, 1113 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Oct. 31 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

, 3159 Duportail St., Richland, Routine Oct. 31 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Garden Hot Pot Restaurant, 140 Gage Blvd., Richland, Follow-up Oct. 29 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Hacienda Benton City Family Restaurant, 1002 Grace St., Benton City, Routine Oct. 29 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Julissa's Meat Market, 1120 W. Sylvester St., Pasco, Routine Nov. 1 (Food service 20 Red, 0 Blue) (Grocery 0 Red, 0 Blue)

Juvenile Detention Center, 5606 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Routine Oct. 31 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Kahlotus Korners, 120 Pasco Kahlotus Road, Pasco, Routine Oct. 31 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Kahlotus School District, 100 W. Martin St., Kahlotus, Routine Nov. 1 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Lone Crow Ranch, 707 The Parkway, Richland, Routine Oct. 29 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Los Toreros, 618 Ninth St., Benton City, Follow-up Oct. 29 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Lulu Craft Bar & Kitchen, 606 Columbia Point Drive, Richland, Routine Oct. 30 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Mariscos Las Islitas Estilo Nayarit, 605 N. 27th Ave., Pasco, Routine Nov. 1 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

McDonald's, 1922 N. Steptoe St., Kennewick, Follow-up Nov. 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Meals On Wheels, 1231 Dudley Ave., Prosser, Routine Nov. 1 (30 Red, 5 Blue)

Nothing Bundt Cakes, 110 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Oct. 29 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Nueva Esperanza Leadership Academy, 3713 E. A St., Pasco, Routine Oct. 28 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Palouse Junction Alternative School, 110 N. Chelan Ave., Connell, Routine Nov. 1 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Popcorn Northwest, 626 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Oct. 28 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Prosser Heights Elementary School, 2001 Highland Drive, Prosser, Routine Nov. 1 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Prosser High School, 1500 Patterson Road, Prosser, Routine Nov. 1 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Revival in a Cup, 509 Ninth St., Benton City, Routine Oct. 29 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Richland Dugout Bar & Grill, 99 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine Oct. 28 (15 Red, 5 Blue)

Robert Olds Junior High School, 1051 W. Clark St., Connell, Routine Oct. 29 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Rocco's Pizza, 7911 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Oct. 31 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Seven Eleven, 4313 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Oct. 28 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Starbuck's Coffee, 6615 W. Canal Drive, Kennewick, Follow-up Oct. 31 (5 Red, 5 Blue)

Sterling's, 2500 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Follow-up Oct. 31 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Tacos Sahuayo, 104 S. Oregon St., Pasco, Follow-up Oct. 30 (0 Red, 0 Blue)