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Falls Church Restaurant Inspections Report
Patch will periodically publish the latest round of Falls Church restaurant reports in this column.
In Virginia, restaurant inspection reports are not quite as simple as getting a letter grade or an easy-to-see number rating to post in the front window.
With that said, we all want to know how our favorite restaurants stack up on cleanliness and sanitation.
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.
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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 the 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."
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In the past month, the following Falls Church restaurants have been inspected by the VDH. The full reports can be accessed on the health department's website.
Com Tom Restaurant
6795 Wilson Blvd., 16, Falls Church
Inspected Nov. 16: no critical or non-critical violations
“No violations were found during the inspection.”
The Windy Apple
926-A West Broad St., Falls Church
Inspected Nov. 16: one critical violation, no non-critical violations
“Upon discussion with the person-in-charge, one or more of the elements of an effective employee health policy is either missing or incomplete.”
Café Metro
6795 Wilson Blvd., #1E, Falls Church
Inspected Nov. 15: four critical violations, two non-critical violations
“Tags missing from the molluscan shellfish containers.”
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