Restaurant Inspections: BGR The Burger Joint, Hopsfrog Grille, Hong Kong Express and KinderCare

Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health visited several local restaurants recently. See a sampling of those results below, and visit the health department's website for a complete list of recent inspections.

"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."

Hong Kong Express, 6030-I Burke Commons Rd  

Aug. 19, 2013, two critical violations:

• Uncovered food containers were found in the walk-in refrigerators where the foods were subject to contamination.
• The following food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: sweet & sour chicken = 51-F, Gen Tso's chicken = 50-F, egg rolls = 44-F, dumplings = 46-F.

BGR The Burger Joint, 8420 Old Keene Mill Rd  

15-Aug-2013, one critical violation:

• A food employee was observed handling the following ready-to-eat food using their bare hands: lemons during a prep step. 

KinderCare, 8518 Bauer Drive  

14-Aug-2013, no critical violations.

• There is no Certified Food Manager present at the beginning of the inspection.
• Working containers of poisonous and toxic materials are not properly labeled with a common name. Unmarked spray bottle containing cleaning chemical solution was found without a label.