Restaurant Inspections: Italian Eateries, Swim Club Inspected

By Beth Lawton

Health Department 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.

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. 

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.

The Most Recently Available Reports

Pulcinella Italian Host, 6852 Old Dominion Dr., June 25 

Five critical violations, one non-critical violation. Read the full report here.

Capital Grille, 1861 International Dr., June 20

One critical violation, one non-critical violation. Read the full report here.

Café Oggi, 6671 Old Dominion Dr. June 20

Four critical, two non-critical violations. Read the full report here.

Highlands Swim Club, 1515 Bryan Branch Road, June 20

Zero critical violations, four non-critical violations. Read the full report here.

Capri Ristorante Italiano, 6825 Redmond Dr., June 18

Two critical violations, eight non-critical violations. Read the full report here.

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"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."