Restaurant Inspections: Legal Seafoods, 1600 Cafe, El Tio Grill and More

Health Department officials are constantly inspecting restaurants across Fairfax County, including the greater McLean area. 

What follows is a sampling of the most recent restaurant inspection reports available.

"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."

There are two types of violations: Critical and non-critical. What's the difference? Critical violations, unless corrected, can contribute to "food contamination, illness or environmental degradation," according to the state health department.

Click here to see all Fairfax County restaurant inspection reports. Click on the restaurant name to see the report for that establishment.

1600 Cafe, 1600 Tysons Blvd. #240, Aug. 14: One critical item and one non-critical item. The critical item, which was corrected, involved the lack of a warning for consumers of raw or undercooked eggs (served any style).

DJ Deli, 1750 Old Meadow Road, Aug. 14: One critical item, corrected during inspection. Four non-critical items, two of which were corrected during inspection.

El Tio Grill, 1433 Center St., Aug. 14: Three critical items, two of which were corrected during inspection. Five non-critical items. 

Mitre Polk Cafe, 1764 Old Meadow Lane, Aug. 14: Three critical items, two of which were corrected during inspection.

PRS Tysons, 1761 Old Meadow Road #100, Aug. 14: One non-critical item.

Legal Seafoods Restaurant, 2001 International Drive, Aug. 13: One critical item, two non-critical. One of the non-critical items was corrected during inspection. The critical item involved the lack of a warning on the menu for eating raw or undercooked salmon.

Firehook Bakery, 1800 #40 Tysons Blvd., Aug. 13: Three critical items, two of which were corrected during the inspection.