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January 19 Restaurant Report

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  • Monday, May 14 2012 5:44 PM EDT2012-05-14 21:44:45 GMT
    Every Thursday on the Restaurant Report, we show you restaurants with critical violations on their health inspections. It may surprise you to learn that the Health Department temporarily shuts down about
    Every Thursday on the Restaurant Report, we show you restaurants with critical violations on their health inspections. It may surprise you to learn that the Health Department temporarily shuts down about 230 restaurants across the state every year. That's because the Health Department says it doesn't usually include shutdown information on reports you can see. We went to investigate why.

  • Thursday, May 10 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-05-11 03:15:24 GMT
    Temperature and hand washing violations landed two restaurants on this week's Critical List. This week's Restaurant Report begins at Cracker Barrel, 12401 Redwater Creek Road in Chesterfield, which had

    Temperature and hand washing violations landed two restaurants on this week's Critical List.

  • Thursday, May 3 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-05-04 03:15:42 GMT
    It's tee time and tea time in this week's NBC12 Restaurant Report. Restaurant's range from a golf club to a tea room. Country clubs are usually known for excellent food and service. The Lake Chesdin Golf

    It's tee time and tea time in this week's NBC12 Restaurant Report. Restaurant's range from a golf club to a tea room.

  • Friday, April 27 2012 5:45 AM EDT2012-04-27 09:45:32 GMT
    There's a new restaurant in Shockoe Bottom. Tio Pablo is a Mexican restaurant opened by the owner of Lulu's and Millie's. Tio Pablo serves up tacos, tamales and tequilas, as well as to-go orders, including

    Every Friday morning for the next month, we're going to show you what most popular restaurants, according to our viewers on Facebook, for things like being good for kids, mom's night out, and first dates.

  • Thursday, April 26 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-04-27 03:15:28 GMT
    Gloves are at the heart of this Restaurant Report. One restaurant used color coded gloves to win the Hall of Fame Award. Another was written up when two workers put gloves in their mouths. It happened

    Gloves are at the heart of this Restaurant Report. One restaurant used color coded gloves to win the Hall of Fame Award. Another was written up when two workers put gloves in their mouths.

  • Thursday, April 12 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-04-13 03:15:40 GMT
    In this Restaurant Report, violations range from dirty gloves to dirty equipment.

  • Thursday, April 5 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-04-06 03:15:46 GMT
    For this Restaurant Report, we went back in time to the century old Hippodrome Theater, newly restored and reopened just six months ago.

  • Thursday, March 29 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-03-30 03:15:40 GMT

    Hospitals serve food to patients, staff and visitors every day. That's why their food service is inspected just like a restaurant. After a local hospital had seven critical violations on an inspection, they say they jumped into action to get the problems fixed.

  • Thursday, March 15 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-03-16 03:15:55 GMT
    Not only do dishes and any food preparation surfaces have to be cleaned, the state requires that they be sanitized with a chlorine solution to make sure bacteria is killed. Restaurants were reminded of that in this edition of the Restaurant Report.

  • Thursday, March 8 2012 11:15 PM EST2012-03-09 04:15:50 GMT
    The State Health Department says restaurants can safely thaw frozen foods either in a refrigerator, in a microwave, or under running water. Any other method, they say, could leave food sitting at the wrong temperature and harmful bacteria could grow.
RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -

If you don't look carefully at consume-by dates on foods, you could end up eating something that's expired. That's why the state Health Department came down on two restaurants in this Restaurant Report.

The first is The Forest Restaurant, 5057 Forest Hill Avenue in Richmond. It had 4 critical violations, including that chicken salad was still in the refrigerator five days after its consume-by date. Violations were corrected during the inspection. The Forest had two critical on a follow-up inspection, which were also immediately corrected. The manager tells us his staff has just attended a serve-safe class and the restaurant's permit was just renewed.

The other restaurant with a date incident was Don Papa Grande at 12806 Jefferson Davis Highway in Chesterfield. It had five critical violations. The report says prepared ground pork in the refrigerator should have been discarded three days earlier. Problems were fixed during the inspection.

It was a temperature issue at the new Apollo's Pizza, inside Virginia Center Commons, 10101 Brook Road in Henrico. Among its 4 critical violations was that pasta salad was not being kept cold enough. The state requires cold foods be maintained at 41 degrees to prevent harmful bacteria from growing. Violations were corrected on the spot. A manager tells us they just took over this kitchen and are in the process of upgrading equipment.

A new Olive Garden restaurant is opening on Monday. It's in the shopping center with Kroger, across from Short Pump Towne Center. This Italian eatery can seat 246 guests and will create 170 new jobs.

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  • NBC12's Restaurant Report airs each Thursday night at 11 p.m. and features the health inspection results from restaurants in Richmond, Hanover, Henrico and Chesterfield. Learn more about the Restaurant Report.
    NBC12's Restaurant Report airs each Thursday night at 11 p.m. and features the health inspection results from restaurants in Richmond, Hanover, Henrico and Chesterfield.