8 restaurants, bars, casino and markets fail food safety inspections in Tri-Cities area

The Benton Franklin Health District gave eight failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Nov. 2-8.

The worst score of the week, 105 of the more serious red points, went to a Richland restaurant.

The health district's food safety team gave passing grades on 38 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, inadequate 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 inspectionsJack In The Box, 7214 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Nov. 5 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing (worker did not wash hands long enough), inadequate handwashing facilities (handwashing sink holding equipment).

Joker's Casino & Atomic Bowl, 624 Wellsian Way, Richland, Routine Nov. 7 (60 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date on opened hot dogs), improper cooling procedures (ground beef discarded), improper cooking temperatures or unattended cooking and hot holding (chicken undercooked).

La Bella Vita Kitchen and Bar, 1515 George Washington Way, Richland, Routine Nov. 8 (105 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Lack of active managerial control (too many red points), food worker cards not 100%, improper hand washing (worker handled raw meat with gloves and then handled a burger), improper cooking temperatures or unattended cooking and hot holding, room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control, improper cold holding (>45°F), lack of conformance with approved procedures.

One Stop Mart, 2201 Stevens Drive, Richland, Routine Nov. 7 (40 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Room temperature storage or improper use of time as a control (using hot holding case for hot foods stopped until a written procedure is approved), improper cold holding (42-45°F — small refrigerator needs servicing), lack of conformance with approved procedures (chicken, burritos and jojos discarded because of lack of system to monitor how long they were in hot holding case).

Prosser Food Mart, 1303 Wine Country Road, Prosser, Follow-up Nov. 4 (75 Red, 3 Blue)

Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (one handwashing sink held dirty equipment and both sinks had no paper towels), improper cooling procedures (beans discarded), improper hot holding (<130°F), improper cold holding (42-45°F — sandwich, milk and hot pockets in display fridge discarded), lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Red Lion Hotel Columbia Center, 1101 N. Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, Follow-up Nov. 4 (20 Red, 2 Blue)

Notes: Inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at one sink), not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (no date on deli ham or prepped lettuce).

Three City Sports Bar, 900 W. Columbia Drive, Kennewick, Routine Nov. 4 (35 Red, 8 Blue)

Notes: No certified food protection manager on staff, inadequate handwashing facilities (no soap at kitchen sink and handles were broken and pliers were needed to turn water on and off — fix required within 24 hours), not properly disposing of potentially unsafe food (expired eggs and deli meats, lettuce and cooked bacon lacked dates), lack of conformance with approved procedures.

Wine O' Clock, 548 Cabernet Court, Prosser, Follow-up Nov. 7 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Notes: Improper cooling procedures.

Passed inspectionsAnn's Best Creole & Soul Food, 1901 Terminal Drive, Richland, Follow-up Nov. 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Badger Canyon Dugout, 12125 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 8 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Barbara McClintock STEM Elementary School, 5706 N. Road 60, Pasco, Routine Nov. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Burger King, 2501 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Nov. 7 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Carniceria El Sol, 623 Ninth St., Benton City, Follow-up Nov. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Chiawana High School, 8125 W. Argent Road, Pasco, Routine Nov. 5 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Chiawana-Hawk's Nest Student Store, 8125 W. Argent Road, Pasco, Routine Nov. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Chuck E. Cheese, 6340 W. Rio Grande Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

Circle K (Store), 3109 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Nov. 7 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Columbia River Elementary School, 9011 Burns Road, Pasco, Routine Nov. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Crumbl Cookies, 2665 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Nov. 5 (5 Red, 10 Blue)

Crystal's Creme De La Creme, 717 Sixth St., Prosser, Routine Nov. 7 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Dollar Tree, 5710 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine Nov. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Eastgate Elementary School, 910 E. 10th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Fresh Picks WA, 8378 W. Grandridge Blvd., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 7 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Headstart/Sunset Ridge, 6215 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Nov. 6 (10 Red, 0 Blue)

Jack In The Box, 3109 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Nov. 7 (30 Red, 0 Blue)

Jamba Juice, 2727 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Nov. 5 (20 Red, 5 Blue)

James McGee Elementary School, 4601 N. Horizon Drive, Pasco, Routine Nov. 7 (0 Red, 8 Blue)

Jimmy John's, 7530 W. Clearwater Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 8 (10 Red, 3 Blue)

John Mcloughlin Middle School, 2803 Road 88, Pasco, Routine Nov. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Krispy Kreme, 2805 Duportail St., Richland, Routine Nov. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Mark Twain Elementary School, 1801 Road 40, Pasco, Routine Nov. 6 (10 Red, 5 Blue)

Papa John's Pizza, 6303 Burden Blvd., Pasco, Routine Nov. 6 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Pizza Hut, 5109 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine Nov. 5 (0 Red, 3 Blue)

Ray Reynolds Middle School, 9507 Burns Road, Pasco, Routine Nov. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Rosalind Franklin STEM Elementary School, 6010 Road 52, Pasco, Routine Nov. 6 (0 Red, 5 Blue)

Round Table Pizza, 3201 W. Court St., Pasco, Routine Nov. 7 (25 Red, 0 Blue)

Royal Mart (Grocery), 4804 N. Road 68, Pasco, Routine Nov. 6 (5 Red, 3 Blue)

Ruth Livingston Elementary School, 2515 Road 84, Pasco, Routine Nov. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Southgate Elementary School, 3121 W. 19th Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

St. Joseph's Dillon Hall, 506 S. Garfield St., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 7 (15 Red, 0 Blue)

, 1323 Lee Blvd., Richland, Routine Nov. 7 (5 Red, 0 Blue)

, 93 Gage Blvd., Richland, Routine Nov. 8 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

, 2588 Queensgate Drive, Richland, Routine Nov. 7 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Three Rivers Elementary, 3901 Road 84, Pasco, Routine Nov. 5 (0 Red, 0 Blue)

Tropical Paradise, 6494 W. Skagit Ave., Kennewick, Routine Nov. 7 (15 Red, 0 Blue)