Restaurant Report: October 21 - NBC12.com - Richmond, VA News

Restaurant Report: October 21

Posted: Updated:
By Heather Sullivan - bio | email

  • Critical ViolationsCritical Violations

  • Friday, May 17 2013 9:06 AM EDT2013-05-17 13:06:39 GMT
    It's one thing for a state health inspector to catch restaurant workers not washing their hands before they touch food. But in this edition of the Restaurant Report, the inspector wrote that it happened
    It's one thing for a state health inspector to catch restaurant workers not washing their hands before they touch food. But in this edition of the Restaurant Report, the inspector wrote that it happened again when he went back.

  • Thursday, May 9 2013 11:15 PM EDT2013-05-10 03:15:09 GMT
    Long before the state banned smoking in restaurants, it had already banned smoking in restaurant kitchens. That's so your food won't be contaminated by the cigarettes or smoke. When a health inspector

    Long before the state banned smoking in restaurants, it had already banned smoking in restaurant kitchens. That's so your food won't be contaminated by the cigarettes or smoke. When a health inspector wrote up a restaurant for smoking in the kitchen, we went straight over.

  • Thursday, May 2 2013 11:15 PM EDT2013-05-03 03:15:13 GMT
    No one wants to hear about rodents in a restaurant. When an inspector reported finding rodent droppings in a popular fish store and restaurant, the owners replaced the manager. Cameron's Seafood Market,

    No one wants to hear about rodents in a restaurant. When an inspector reported finding rodent droppings in a popular fish store and restaurant, the owners replaced the manager.

    •   

By Heather Sullivan - bio | email

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Making sure refrigerators are keeping foods cold enough in restaurants is critical. It's tough to do as temperatures can change when someone opens the door. But after some local restaurants earned critical violations for temperature issues on their health inspections, they got the problem fixed.

This week's restaurants are in Richmond. Sumo San at 1725 East Main Street had 4 critical violations, including that shrimp, tuna, salmon, and white fish were cold holding at improper temperatures. The restaurant owner tells us, and the report confirms, all violations were immediately corrected on the spot.

Sam's Kitchen at 17 West Brookland Park Boulevard in Richmond had 4 critical violations. The report says salmon cake mix, chicken, chili, mac & cheese and collards were cold holding at improper temperatures. Violations were corrected during the inspection. The restaurant had no critical violations on a follow-up inspection.

And also in Richmond, Chinatown Express at 122 West Brookland Park Boulevard had 4 critical. The inspector noted that the chef's knives were soiled to sight and touch. Violations were corrected right away. A follow-up report has not yet been posted.

We go to Hanover for this week's NBC 12 Hall of Fame Award. China Wok at 9502 Chamberlayne Road has earned perfect scores on its last three inspections. Said Xi "Kevin" Lin with China Wok, "It is our responsibility to keep it clean and safe for our customers."

This week, I was invited to speak on a panel of restaurant journalists, experts and owners at SteakChat, an online discussion hosted by Richmond.com, Hodges Partnership, and Morton's The Steakhouse.

The discussion included how restaurants compete, deal with tax issues, and are moving toward more locally grown foods. Said Michelle Williams of Richmond Restaurant Group, "Richmonders are embracing their geography and heritage and hopefully getting on board and staying on board."

Next week is Restaurant Week and 28 local eateries will offer three course meals for $25.10. $2.10 of each meal benefits the Central Virginia Food Bank and Meals on Wheels. You can read more at Richmond.com.

(c) 2010. WWBT, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.