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Restaurant Inspections: Anita's and Cedar Cafe

The most recently available restaurant inspection reports from March 9-19 in the Burke and Fairfax Station areas.

From March 9-19, the state health department inspected a few restaurants in the Burke and Fairfax Station areas. For prior restaurant inspection reports, click 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. Inspectors grade restaurants based on critical and non-critical violations.

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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 routinely avoid any violations," according to Virginia Department of Health's website.

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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."

Below, find the latest restaurant inspection from the Virginia Department of Health. These inspections reflect visits from inspectors during the last few weeks. Some of the violations were corrected immediately during the recent inspections.

The full reports can be accessed on the health department's website.

Cedar Cafe

6409 Shipplett Blvd.

Date of inspection: March 14

No violations were found during the inspection.

Anita’s New Mexican Style Food

9278 Old Keene Mill Rd

Date of inspection: March 12

Critical (corrected during inspection): Open drinking containers stored in a manner that may contaminate food, food contact surfaces or utensils. Observed open coffee at cookline.

Critical (corrected during inspection): Food items were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device.

Non-critical: Crates were found used for the following purpose: storing chemicals at the dishwashing area.

Non-critical: The nonfood-contact surfaces of the following equipment had accumulations of grime: The gaskets on the walk-in refrigerator.

Non-critical: Observed that the missing cove moulding and holes in wall near water heater and back door.

Non-critical: There was no temperature measuring device located in one of the refrigeration units in this facility.


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