Restaurant Inspections: Carrabba's Italian Grill, Copper Canyon Grill, Esther's Kitchen

Health Department officials inspected numerous restaurants in Centreville in recent weeks. We all want to know how our favorite restaurants stack up on cleanliness and sanitation.

"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."

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

These are the most recent inspection reports available from the health department. Click on the restaurant name (or "see the full report") for more information on each. 

Carrabba's Italian Grill, 5805 Trinity Parkway. Number of critical violations: 1. Number of non-critical violations: 4. Inspection on June 27. 

Copper Canyon Grill, 5815 Trinity Parkway. Number of critical violations: 2. Number of non-critical violations: 1. 

Esther's Kitchen, 14701 Lee Highway. Number of critical violations: 3. Number of non-critical. 6.