Ashburn Restaurant Inspections: 16 Violations At 4 Locations

ASHBURN, VA — Officials from the Loudoun County Health Department inspected several restaurants across the area from May 12 to May 18, including four locations with violations.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many inspections are being conducted virtually. So, the listed violations may not be an all-encompassing rundown of all the violations at a particular establishment.

Violations at restaurants typically focus on factors that can contribute to food contamination. The local health department also performs a re-inspection to ensure that possible violations have been corrected.

For every observed violation, the inspector provides a specific corrective action that can be completed to rectify the violation. Sometimes these are simple, and violations can be corrected during the course of the inspection.

• Royal Palm Restaurant, 21800 Town Center Plaza #253 Sterling, VA 20164
  • Date inspected: May 12
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 7
  • Violations:
    • Food employee illness reporting agreement (Form 1B) not provided during inspection.
    • Handwashing facilities observed without paper towels in kitchen.
    • Handwashing facility blocked with utensils and paper in dishwashing area.
    • Open bags of raw chicken observed stored next to vegetables in the walk in refrigerator.
    • Several temperature control for safety food registered between 43°F to 44°F in the walk in refrigeration unit.
    • Date marking not provided to all prepared food being held for more than 24 hours in the walk in refrigerators.
    • Large container of milk observed boiling and cooling at room temperature observed. As per the PIC the milk is being used to make yogurt.
• Tropical Smoothie Cafe, 47010 Community Plaza #130 Sterling, VA 20164
  
  • Date inspected: May 12
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 2
  • Violations:
    • Food employee reporting agreement individually signed copies not provided during inspection.
    • Women's restroom not provided with covered receptacle.
• Carnegie NY Style Pizza Rolls Bowls, 44050 Ashburn Shopping Plaza #147 Ashburn, VA 20147
  
  • Date inspected: May 14
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 1
  • Violations:
    • Microwave interior and area behind, unclean.
• The Canopy at Oak Health, 19945 Riverside Commons Plaza Ashburn, VA 20147
  
  • Date inspected: May 17
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 6
  • Violations:
    • The person in charge was not able to provide a verifiable employee health policy.
    • Quat sanitizer at the three compartment sink registered at less than 150ppm when tested. Wares at the three compartment sink not sanitized.
    • Several prepared TCS foods held longer than 7 days at 41F or less. Lentils and rice 5/10/21, cooked pasta 5/6/2021, avocado sauce 5/6/21, chili 5/5/2021, roasted sweet potatoes 5/10/2021, citrus vin (garlic+oil) 5/4/2021
    • Packaged food (caesar salads) offered for sale in the grab and go cooler without proper ingredient labels.
    • Spoons and other utensils stored in room temperature water on the counter next to the blenders.
    • There is no test kit located in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions.