Restaurants & Bars
Trump Island Clubhouse Grill, Cheesecake Factory Among NoVA Restaurants Cited
Some Northern Virginia restaurants and delivery services scored well for cleanliness and others were cited for food and pest violations.
![Some Northern Virginia restaurants scored well for cleanliness and others were cited for food and pest violations in recent inspections. Those cited included the Trump Island Clubhouse Grill, Bonefish Grill and the Cheesecake Factory.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/714975/20211002/010519/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-264764060___02130503480.jpg)
NORTHERN VIRGINIA — Some signs of a restaurant with problems are easy to spot: Nasty smells, grimy tables or unkempt employees are all red flags. But sometimes the problem is harder to pin down, such as food stored at improper temperatures or unclean kitchen equipment.
Then there are commercial kitchens that are immaculately clean, surpass all safety standards and dish up delicious food.
Do you know how clean your favorite coffee shop, go-to restaurant or school kitchen is? Look through these recent food safety inspections from around northern Virginia courtesy of Patch.
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Click on the links below to see recent inspection reports for area restaurants:
- Ashburn Restaurant Inspections: Violations At 20 Locations
- Woodbridge Restaurant Inspections: Violations At 8 Locations
- Manassas Restaurant Inspections: Violations at 4 Locations
- Leesburg Restaurant Inspections: Violations At 18 Locations
- Fredericksburg Restaurant Inspections: Violations At 26 Places
- Arlington Restaurant Inspections: 83 Violations At 25 Locations
- Woodbridge Restaurant Inspections: 4 Violations At 2 Places
- Manassas Restaurant Inspections: 4 Violations At 2 Locations
- Fredericksburg Restaurant Inspections: Violations At 15 Places
- Arlington Restaurant Inspections: 115 Violations At 26 Locations
"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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(Editor's note: The Virginia Department of Health launched a new restaurant inspections database last year. When Patch was notified, some local officials cautioned that errors and incomplete inspections are possible. Should you see an error, please bring it to our attention so we can confirm with local officials and correct this report.)
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