Thursday, March 14, 2013
Five restaurant inspected recently racked up 15 critical violations. See the latest Health Department reports 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. 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. "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 …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Patch publishes the latest round of health department restaurant inspection reports from restaurants in McLean and Tysons Corner.
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. 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. "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 …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Patch publishes the latest round of health department restaurant inspection reports from restaurants in McLean and Tysons Corner.
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. 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. "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 …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
In this column, Patch publishes the latest round of McLean restaurant reports.
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. 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. "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 …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
In this column, Patch publishes the latest round of McLean restaurant reports.
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. 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. "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 …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
In this column, Patch publishes the latest round of McLean restaurant reports.
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. 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. "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 …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
In this column, Patch publishes the latest round of McLean restaurant reports.
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. 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. "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 …
Thursday, November 22, 2012
In this column, Patch publishes the latest round of McLean restaurant reports.
After you roast that turkey, then eat a huge Thanksgiving meal, then put the leftovers away and take the leftovers out again and put them back in and then take them out once more, you're probably going to be ready for a meal outside the house. But where to eat? That's where McLean Patch comes in. We all want to know how our favorite restaurants stack up on cleanliness and sanitation, right? 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. "Ideally, an operation would have …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
In this column, Patch publishes the latest round of McLean restaurant reports.
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. 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. "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 …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
In this column, Patch publishes the latest round of McLean restaurant reports.
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. In Fairfax County, 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 …
Dave Webster
3:15 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Thanks Beth. I applaud these reports and read them whenever the Patch publishes them. My only concern is that if we have a system where there is a 100% failure rate on the inspections, maybe we've gone too far. more ›