Restaurant Inspections: Asian Cafe and Burger King

From Oct. 24 to Nov. 2, quite a few restaurants in the Centreville and Chantilly areas were inspected. For prior restaurant inspection reports, click here.

In Virginia, restaurant inspection reports aren't quite as simple as getting a letter grade or an easy to see number rating to post in the front window.

That said, we all want to know how our favorite restaurants stack up on cleanliness and sanitation. Inspectors grade restaurants based on critical and non-critical violations.

A "critical violation" is one that "poses a direct or immediate threat to the safety of the food being served." Non-critical violations are generally related to cleaning or maintenance.

"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," according to Virginia Department of Health's website.

The site continues: "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."

Below, find the latest restaurant inspection from the Virginia Department of Health. These inspections reflect visits from inspectors during the last few weeks. Some of the violations were corrected immediately during the recent inspections.

The full reports can be accessed on the health department's website.

Asian Cafe Chantilly
4300-1R Chantilly Shopping Center
Date of inspection: Nov. 1
Critical (corrected during inspection): Food items were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device.
Critical (corrected during inspection): Observed that poisonous and toxic materials are not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items. Spray bottles of cleaners stored next to to-go containers near microwave.
Non-critical: Stoppers were not available for all three basins of three-vat sink.
Non-critical (corrected during inspection): Employees are not properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils and are not properly using 3-vat sink.

Guapos of Fairlakes
13050 Fairlakes Shopping Center
Date of inspection: Nov. 1
Critical: The tags for the molluscan shellfish are not being retained for 90 days.
Critical (corrected during inspection): Food items were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device.

Burger King
13040 Fair Lakes Shopping Ctr
Date of inspection: Oct. 31
No violations were found during the inspection.

Wendy’s
13030 Fair Lakes Shopping Ctr
Date of inspection: Oct. 31
Critical (corrected during inspection): Food items were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device.
Critical (corrected during inspection): Working containers of poisonous and toxic materials are not properly labeled with a common name.
Critical: One or more of the elements of an effective employee health policy is either missing or incomplete. A complete employee health policy is required to be in place at the food establishment.

Chipotle Mexican Grill
5049 Westfield Blvd.
Date of inspection: Oct. 26
No violations were found during the inspection.

Tippy’s Taco House
14119 Saint Germain Dr
Date of inspection: Oct. 25
Critical: One or more of the elements of an effective employee health policy is either missing or incomplete. A complete employee health policy is required to be in place at the food establishment.
Critical (corrected during inspection): Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in the refrigeration unit. Container of raw chicken stored over a container with individual cups of hot sauce observed in the walk-in refrigerator.
Non-critical (corrected during inspection): The food temperature measuring device was found out of calibration in the range of use. During discussion on cooling with employee, they stated that thermometer was calibrated daily to 0F. Thermometer was observed at 0F in ice water.