Two Arlington restaurants, one bar temporarily closed for health violations
Two Arlington restaurants and one bar were closed for health violations and reopened within 24 hours, according to city records.
From April 17 through 30, 158 Arlington establishments underwent health inspections, and two scored below a 75, where a perfect score is 100 and below 70 is extremely poor. Three were temporarily closed by the City of Arlington.
The Chuggin’ Monk, located at 2301 N. Collins St., was closed with a score of 72, and Taco Bueno located at 1419 N. Collins St. was closed with a score of 76.
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Subway Sandwiches located at 1632 W. Randol Mill Road was closed by health inspectors despite scoring a 92.
Shawn Corley, owner of The Chuggin’ Monk, said his establishment was closed because one of his hand wash sinks was not draining fast enough. He said the issue was fixed that day and the bar was reinspected in the morning and reopened.
Aimee Rockhill-Carpenter, health services manager for the City of Arlington, said The Chuggin’ Monk violations were for a non-working hand sink, unsanitary conditions and failure to sanitize food contact surfaces.
Taco Bueno was closed because their walk-in cooler was not maintaining safe food temperature and Subway Sandwiches was closed for not having hot water, Rockhill-Carpenter said.
All three establishments were reopened within a day of their closures.
First Chinese BBQ, located at 2214 S. Collins St., scored a 73 for cross contamination, improper hand washing, unsafe food temperatures and unsanitary conditions but was not closed.
A total of 13 Arlington establishments had follow-up inspections.
This story was originally published May 9, 2022 at 5:26 PM.
