Restaurant Watch: Sept. 23-30, 2026
Chanello's Pizza, 10166 West Broad Street – During a routine inspection on Sept. 23, inspectors observed sliced tomatoes with white mold in a small prep unit; sliced tomatoes, sliced ham, chicken wings and fries held from the previous day without date marks; pizza sauce held under time control without time stamps; food residue and grime requiring cleaning inside and outside cold units, especially on gaskets; and floors needing cleaning, particularly beneath stationary equipment and the grease trap.
Hampton Inn and Suites, 12341 West Broad Street – During a risk factor inspection on Sept. 23, inspectors observed whipped cream at 52 degrees at the waffle station.
Kaechele Elementary School, 5680 Pouncey Tract Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 23, inspectors reported no violations.
Mehfoud Elementary School, 8320 Buffin Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 23, inspectors reported no violations.
Varina Elementary School, 2551 New Market Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 23, inspectors found no sanitizer test strips for the three-compartment sink or dish machine.
Deep Run Roadhouse, 2120 John Rolfe Parkway – During a routine inspection on Sept. 24, inspectors reported no violations.
Dumbarton Elementary School, 9000 Hungary Spring Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 24, inspectors reported no violations.
MOD Pizza, 8671 Quioccasin Road – During a follow-up inspection on Sept. 24, inspectors found that the establishment does not have a certified food protection manager on staff; observed a nonfunctioning make table on the back wall that reportedly had not worked for a year; rusted chemical storage racks; no irreversible temperature measuring device for the high temperature dish machine; and leaks from both hand sink faucets and water dripping from a blue hose at the mop sink.
Meat Wagon BBQ, 3800 Talley Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 24, inspectors reported no violations.
Shorty's Diner, 5625 West Broad Street – During a routine inspection on Sept. 24, inspectors observed a cook touch a raw egg on the grill with a gloved hand and then use the same hand to handle a clean plate; a dish machine that could not reach above 129 degrees on a temperature measuring plate; mushrooms at 49 degrees and shredded cheese at 46 degrees in an ice bath with insufficient ice; clumps in raw chicken breading held on a counter; heavily scratched cutting boards; torn gaskets on a reach-in cooler, walk-in cooler and server lowboy cooler; a chipped ice scoop; no temperature measuring device for the high temperature dish machine; and no covered trash can in the staff bathroom.
Wingstop, 9048 Staples Mill Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 24, inspectors observed grease and dried food residue inside cold unit gaskets, on wire racks and on door handles; and trash outside the back door.
BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, 12010 West Broad Street – During a routine inspection on Sept. 28, inspectors found no paper towels at the hand sink on the left side of the cookline; observed grilled chicken breasts at 125 degrees in a steam well on the prep line, below the required hot holding temperature of 135 degrees; and fallen debris covering the bottom of a kitchen ice chest used to store beer mugs.
Chadar Thai, 8030 West Broad Street, Unit A – During a follow-up inspection on Sept. 28, inspectors observed a hand sink still being used for storage; numerous prepared foods without date marks, including fried tofu, noodles, dumplings and curries; noodles cooling while covered in a reach-in refrigerator at 84 degrees; numerous dead cockroaches around the three-compartment sink, behind the cookline, near reach-in freezers and in dry storage; dried food debris in and around cold units and on shelves, particularly inside the walk-in cooler; dried food debris and grime on kitchen floors, especially inside the walk-in cooler and beneath equipment; and lights that remained out in the kitchen.
Dave & Buster's, 4001 Brownstone Boulevard – During a risk factor inspection on Sept. 28, inspectors observed a hand sink at the end of the prep and cookline blocked by reach-in coolers and broken equipment; and tomatoes at 49 degrees, bacon jam at 50 degrees and brisket at 61 degrees in prep units, with some items stored in double pans.
Hilton Garden Inn, 4050 Cox Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 28, inspectors found no certified food protection manager; no signed employee health policies; no written procedures for cleaning up vomit and diarrhea incidents; no paper towels at the main hand sink; observed heavy scum buildup inside an ice machine and rusted screws on its ice plate; salmon thawed in reduced oxygen packaging inside a refrigerator; a walk-in freezer, reach-in freezer and reach-in refrigerator that were not maintaining proper temperatures; and dirty gaskets on cold units.
Twin Hickory Tavern, 1420 North Parham Road – During a follow-up inspection on Sept. 28, inspectors observed bar utensils stored in a cup of water at 47 degrees; and an ice scoop handle in contact with ice.
Chamberlayne Elementary School, 8200 St. Charles Street – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed direct plumbing connections beneath the three-compartment and two-compartment sinks; and dust, cobwebs and dried food debris on floors beneath racks in dry storage, in the walk-in freezer and beneath the dish machine area and three-compartment sink.
Chick-fil-A, 4808 Nine Mile Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed sliced tomatoes at 47 degrees in the kitchen and grape tomatoes at 43 degrees at the salad make table; and residue on the dish area walls.
Deep Run High School, 4801 Twin Hickory Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors found no sanitizer in the three-compartment sink; observed food residue on a slicer blade and blade guard that the person in charge said were not used; salads prepared that morning measuring 40, 50 and 50 degrees in a reach-in refrigerator near the serving line; a nonfunctioning small refrigerator that was not in use; and hand sinks in the dish area and serving line that did not shut off completely, causing water to drip from the faucets.
Douglas Wilder Middle School, 6900 Wilkinson Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed moldy red peppers in the walk-in cooler; pink slime forming inside the kitchen ice machine; numerous dead pests on a windowsill next to the three-compartment sink; a nonfunctioning light in the hood system; dirty reach-in cooler door gaskets; dried food stains on dish room walls and green walls beneath the serving lines; and dust on ceiling tiles and vents.
Fairuz Cafe, 11254 Patterson Avenue – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed black residue buildup inside an ice maker; labneh at 51 degrees, pizzas at 46 degrees, chicken pie at 48 degrees and cantaloupe at 45 degrees in coolers; and cheese and vegetable pizzas and meat pies without required date marks.
Frank's West, 11238 Patterson Avenue – During a risk factor inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed pink residue buildup inside an ice maker.
Hampton Inn & Suites Glenside, 5406 Glenside Drive – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors found that the person in charge could not provide a signed employee health training form issued the previous year; no written procedures for cleaning up vomit and diarrhea incidents; broken sink stoppers that prevented the three-compartment sink from holding water; and no sanitizer in the kitchen.
Komma Tea, 11800 West Broad Street, Suite 2510 – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors found no paper towels at the front hand sink; no soap at the back hand sink; no hot water at the front hand sink; a back hand sink blocked by stored items, including tape, thermometers and cups; boba at 83 degrees on the front counter under a four-hour time control policy, with the inspection taking place an hour after the required discard time; a can of Raid labeled for residential use only stored near the mop sink; spoons stored in stagnant water next to the front drink machine; and no chlorine sanitizer test strips.
La Vita è Bella, 11363 Nuckols Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed pizza sauce at 66 degrees in a pan on the counter at the pizza station; an unlabeled bulk flour bin; live cockroaches throughout the kitchen and several full pest traps; rusted racks in a lowboy refrigerator and reach-in refrigerator; torn gaskets on the salad lowboy cooler; peeling paint on a juicer; cardboard lining shelves in a hallway; spray foam used along the coving and wall in the dish area; food residue inside the lowboy cooler and food debris on racks in the walk-in refrigerator; and coving peeling away from the wall in the dish area that had been repaired with spray foam but was not properly installed or sealed.
Panera Bread, 11703 West Broad Street – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed a torn gasket on a lowboy refrigeration unit next to the ice chest on the prep line; peeling wire racks in both walk-in coolers; stained and scored cutting boards on prep units; and dusty ceiling vents in the back of the kitchen.
Shake Shack, 12170 West Broad Street – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors found chlorine sanitizer at 0 ppm being dispensed from the dish machine; an unlabeled bulk sugar bin beneath the dessert counter; a dirty dumpster area surrounded by loose trash and debris; and a mop head left in its bucket, preventing it from drying properly.
Tuckahoe Elementary School, 701 Forest Avenue – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed direct plumbing connections beneath the three-compartment and prep sinks.
Virginia Randolph Education Center, 2204 Mountain Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 29, inspectors observed taco meat in a reach-in cooler with a Sept. 18 date mark, although the person in charge said it had been prepared Sept. 24; and a deep, covered pan of black beans cooling at 102 degrees in a reach-in cooler after approximately an hour and a half, according to the person in charge.
AB & R Catering, LLC, 601 North Parham Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 30, inspectors reported no violations.
Subway, 3606 Nine Mile Road – During a routine inspection on Sept. 30, inspectors found a nonfunctioning hand dryer in the men's restroom; observed scored cutting boards in the kitchen; moldy reach-in cooler door gaskets and moldy or dusty wire storage racks in the walk-in cooler; a direct plumbing connection beneath the three-compartment sink; dried food stains on kitchen walls; and dust on ceiling tiles near ventilation.
Chopt Creative Salad Company, 11301 West Broad Street, Suite 109 – During a routine inspection on Sept. 30, inspectors observed peeling and rusted drying racks in the warewashing area; scored and stained cutting boards on prep units; a Y-valve attached to the mop sink faucet without an appropriate backflow prevention device; and dust around ceiling vents in the back of the kitchen.
Domoishi / Alohahola, 1080 Virginia Center Parkway, Suite 119 – During a risk factor inspection on Sept. 30, inspectors observed a plastic bin stored on top of a hand sink; dried food debris on a clean vegetable slicer; an employee washing dishes in detergent water mixed with bleach and rinsing them in the three-compartment sink rather than using a separate sanitizing step; cooked chicken at 77 degrees stored above containers in a prep unit, with the person in charge reporting that it had been cooked four hours earlier; raw shell eggs left on a counter at room temperature for approximately three hours; dairy mousse cakes at 48 degrees in the Alohahola display cooler and 45 degrees in the Domoishi display cooler; and cooked chicken wings and nuggets prepared the previous day without date marks in a prep unit.
First Watch, 5310 West Broad Street – During a risk factor inspection on Sept. 30, inspectors observed a sliced piece of roast beef without a date mark.
Krispy Delights, 3606 Nine Mile Road – During a risk factor inspection on Sept. 30, inspectors found a nonfunctioning hand dryer in the men's restroom; observed raw chicken stored above raw fish in a kitchen reach-in cooler; employees washing dishes without sanitizing them; multiple temperature controlled foods without date marks and no evidence of a date marking system; and two unlabeled spray bottles containing cleaning chemicals.
Target, 11290 West Broad Street – During a routine inspection on Sept. 30, inspectors observed torn gaskets on the lowboy refrigeration unit beneath the front counter, on the middle doors of a standing reach-in freezer in the back of the kitchen, and on a standing reach-in refrigerator in the back of the kitchen.
Trevvett Elementary School, 2300 Trevvett Drive – During a routine inspection on Sept. 30, inspectors observed one can of tomatoes and four cans of pineapple with dented seams in dry storage; dried food debris on a can opener blade; dried food debris on a knife and four scoops stored in a clean utensil drawer; quaternary ammonium sanitizer below 150 ppm at the three-compartment sink; sausage patties at 130 degrees and taco meat in portion cups at 112 and 127 degrees on the serving line, below the required hot holding temperature of 135 degrees; two rubber spatulas with torn food contact surfaces; a knife with a chipped blade stored in the clean utensil drawer; a torn gasket on the walk-in cooler door; dust or a mold-like substance on fan guards, the ceiling and doors of the walk-in cooler; dried food debris on plastic covers for a floor mixer and meat slicer; and a direct plumbing connection beneath the three-compartment sink.
