Health Inspections: Schools, Restaurants Inspected

 

In Virginia, health department inspectors check on schools as well as restaurants.

In either case, 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.

In Fairfax County, inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health 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.

• Learn more about the differences between critical and a non-critical violations here, as well as the differences between types of inspections.

"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."

Since our last round-up, the following McLean restaurants and schools have been inspected by the Virginia Department of Health. The full reports can be accessed on the health department's website.

How this works: Click on the name of the school or restaurant listed below to access full details on the inspection. These are the most recent reports available for restaurants in the greater McLean and Tysons Corner areas.

Cooper Intermediate School  1 critical violation April 16, 2013 Langley High School  1 critical violation April 16, 2013 Lemon Road Elementary School  no violations &April 12, 2013 Freedom Hill Elementary School  no violations April 11, 2013 Churchill Road Elementary School no violations April 10, 2013

Restaurants

Restaurant Name Location Violations Date Inspected Pizza Hut # 23603 6263 Old Dominion Drive

1 critical, 3 non- critical

April 12, 2013 Subway Cafe 8270 Greensboro Dr 1 critical, 4 non-critical  April 12, 2013 Busara Restaurant 8142 Watson St  2 critical, 5 non-critical April 11, 2013 Mixing Bowl 7949-LB Tysons Corner Center  3 critical, 2 non-critical April 11, 2013 Five Guys Burgers and Fries

7856-E Tysons Corner Center

No violations April 10, 2013 Sbarro The Italian Eatery #1019  7939L Tysons Corner Center ##G21AL 1 non-critical violation April 10, 2013