Restaurant Inspections: No Violations at Panda Express

These Arlington restaurants were recently paid visits by the the Virginia Department of Health. Restaurants are paid periodic visits.

See Clarendon Patch for restaurants in the Clarendon, Courthouse and Rosslyn neighborhoods.

The full reports can be accessed on the state Health Department's website:

Backyard Barbeque
2910 N. Sycamore St.
Date of inspection: April 9
A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before donning gloves for working with food.

Brasserie Creperie
1201 S. Joyce St.
Date of inspection: April 9
Employees are wearing jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food.

Kabob Palace
2315 S. Eads St.
Date of inspection: April 9
The outer openings of the food establishment are not protected against the entry of insects and rodents. Air gap observed under back door.

Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers #76
5066 Lee Highway
Date of inspection: April 9
The light bulb in the back kitchen hood ventilation system is not shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant.

Crystal City Sports Pub
529 S. 23rd St.
Date of inspection: April 8
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 wash signs in the restrooms used by employees.

Hearthstone Pizza Bistro
507 S. 23rd St.
Date of inspection: April 8
The food contact surface of the slicer blade assembly is not clean to sight and touch.

Market Basket
1669 Crystal Square Arcade
Date of inspection: April 8
An employee was eating, drinking, and/or using tobacco in an area where contamination of exposed food or clean equipment may occur.

Sibarita Restaurant
2716 Washington Blvd.
Date of inspection: April 8
The inside of the up-right freezer needs cleaning.

Gold's Gym Ballston Smoothie Bar
3910 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: April 5
Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials are not clearly and/or individually identified with the common name of the material.

Panda Express #128
1100 S. Hayes St. M-126
Date of inspection: April 5
No violations were found during the inspection.

Cafe Italia I
519 S. 23rd St.
Date of inspection: April 4
Raw animal foods are not separated from each other during storage, preparation, holding, and/or display. Raw chicken was observed stored over seafood in the walk in cooler.

Ginger Beef Carry Out
4815 Columbia Pike
Date of inspection: April 4
An open beverage container and/or a closed beverage container not handled to prevent contamination of a food employee's hands, the container, exposed food, and/or clean equipment was observed.

Primo Fresh Deli
901 N. Stuart St. #117
Date of inspection: April 4
The hand washing sink located at the front is not maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use.

Yogiberry
1101 S. Joyce St. B-35
Date of inspection: April 4
A food temperature measuring device is not provided and readily accessible for use in ensuring attainment and maintenance of food temperatures.

A-Town Bar & Grill
4100 N. Fairfax Drive
Date of inspection: April 3
The handwashing sink located in hall adjacant to cook line was observed without hot water.

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According to the Virginia Department of Health:

"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.

"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."