Restaurant Inspections: Pests Found in Four Arlington Establishments

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

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

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

Asian Kitchen
5731 Lee Highway
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
Food preparation and dispensing utensils are improperly stored. Sushi rice scoop observed stored in standing room temperature water.

BGR: The Burger Joint
3129 Lee Hwy
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before donning gloves for working with food.

Paisano's
3650 S. Glebe Road
Date of inspection: Feb. 12
Employees observed contacting ready-to-eat food with their bare hands.

Cassatt's Cafe
4536 Lee Highway
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
Milk carafes are not cleaned every four hours.

Culpepper Garden
4435 N. Pershing Drive
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
Baby roach observed on counter by hand sink on sixth floor.

Dave's Seafood & Sub
3235 Columbia Pike
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
Food employees are not wearing effective hair restraints.

Greenleaf's Cafe
1235 S. Clark St. 100-A
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
The food establishment is not under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager.

Lebanese Taverna Market
4400 Old Dominion Drive
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
Food on display is not protected from contamination. Samples throughout the market were observed not covered or protected.

Potomac Center, Genesis HealthCare
1785 S. Hayes St.
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
One of the coolers is not maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the requirements of materials for construction and repair and/or design.

South Block
3011 11th St. N.
Date of inspection: Feb. 11
The slicer is not clean to sight and touch.

Aladdin's Eatery
4044 S. Campbell St.
Date of inspection: Feb. 8
The washer on the hot faucet in the employees toilet room is not maintained in good repair.

Crystal City Restaurant
422 S. 23rd St.
Date of inspection: Feb. 8
Food is not in packages, covered containers, or wrappings. Some pretzels in the prep refrigerator were not wrapped on the rack.

El Manantial
2618 N. Pershing Drive
Date of inspection: Feb. 8
A box of vegetables was stored on the kitchen floor.

Seattles Best Coffee
2450 Crystal Drive R-010A
Date of inspection: Feb. 8
Deli sandwiches prepared and held in the food establishment for more than 24 hours is not clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.

Cafe Asia
1550 Wilson Blvd.
Date of inspection: Feb. 7
Roaches observed under the hand washing sink at the front bar.

Manchu Wok
4238 Wilson Blvd. #122
Date of inspection: Feb. 7
The hand washing stations at the kitchen and front counter are being used as a dump station.

Thai Curry
307 N. Glebe Road
Date of inspection: Feb. 7
Packaged portioned sticky rice, containers of curry chicken, stored in the walk in, prepared and held in the food establishment for more than 24 hours are not clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.

Wonder Market & Gifts
1800 N. Kent St.
Date of inspection: Feb. 7
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.

Bangla Bazar
5149 Lee Highway
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
Insect, rodent, and/or other pest harborage conditions exist on the premises. Few dead roaches and fruit flies observed in the establishment.

Booeymonger Ballston
1010 N. Glebe Road
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
Several food containers prepared and held in the food establishment for more than 24 hours is not clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded.

Caribbean Grill
5183 Lee Highway
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
The hand washing sink in the new prep area is not sealed to the adjoining walls and are exposed to spillage or seepage.

Chipotle Mexican Grill # 0106
2231 Crystal Drive #100
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
Pot observed stored on grease trap.

Domino's Pizza #4339
4811 Lee Highway
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
The food establishment is not under the immediate control of a valid Northern Virginia certified food manager.

El Encanto Grocery/Monserrate Restaurant
85 N. Glebe Road
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
The food establishment is not under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager.

Maruko Japanese Restaurant
2915 Columbia Pike
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
Insect, rodent and/or other pest harborage conditions exist on the premises. Mouse droppings observed by the ice machine.

Sicilian Pizza
923 S. Walter Reed Drive
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
A supply of hand cleaning liquid, powder, or bar soap is not provided at each handwashing sink. Soap dispenser empty in employee restroom.

The Perfect Pita
2345 Crystal Drive #Suite 190
Date of inspection: Feb. 6
Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials are not clearly and/or individually identified with the common name of the material.

Lotus Grill & Noodles
4041 Campbell Ave.
Date of inspection: Feb. 5
The food establishment is not under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager.

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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."