We moved to Winchester almost 11 years ago and were without a full working kitchen for the 1st few YEARS! Papermill Place was our kitchen and we love it. Still go there regularly - especially for breakfast! Love the new menu options, too!

There is no longer a grease smell in your clothing when you leave Papermill Place! The owner added equipment for better ventilation and now you can enjoy the excellent home-cooked type of food for a very reasonable price and when you leave, your office-mates won't be able to tell where you went for lunch!

Typical diner food -- a bit greasy -- but flavorful and very reasonably priced. The restaurant is decorated with Virginia memorabilia, including Patsy Cline stuff, so this is a good place for a tourist to visit. An extensive menu with tons of daily specials. Depending on the day, you may find your clothes have a grease smell after eating there.

food is great and prices are good. I believed they fixed the grease smell because I dont smell it like I use to.

This place gets a 3 for its history of violations from VDH.

Papermill Place - Inspection Report

Inspection Information:
Facility Type: Full Service Restaurant
Inspection type: Routine
Inspection date: February 02, 2009
Number of critical violations: 1
Number of non-critical violations: 2

Definition of critical and non critical violations

Violations:
A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below.
Code Observation / Corrective Action

0470 Critical Raw foods of animal origin stored over ready-to-eat (RTE) food in the refrigeration unit.
Separate raw foods of animal origin during storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw RTE food including foods such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw RTE food such as vegetables, and cooked RTE food.

0790 Corrected During Inspection Improper methods used to thaw @FOOD@, @MEAT@, @FISH/SEAFOOD@ or @POULTRY/POULTRY PROD@.
Thaw potentially hazardous foods by either of the following methods: 1. Under refrigeration that maintains food temperature at 41°F (45°F) 2. Completely submerged under running water at a temperature of 70°F or below with sufficient water velocity to agitate and float off loose particles in an overflow. Ready-to-eat food shall not exceed 41°F and raw animal foods shall not exceed 41°F for more than four hours 3. As part of the cooking process

1080 The food storage containers are non-food grade and are not designed/constructed to be durable.
Remove this item from the facility and replace with an approved unit as needed. Equipment and utensils must be capable of maintaining their original characteristics in order to be easily cleaned and to prevent contamination of food.

Comments:
Paperwork Needed: Employee Health Policy *Front sanitizer bucket tested at 200 PPM. *Replace dataplate on dishwasher ~Top needed to waste basket can in female restroom, if used for sanitary napkin disposal. ~Insecticide observed in back, store away from food product, only licensed pest control provider can do pest control. **There was question to whether the dish machine was sanitizing properly. Dishwasher maintenance was called and arrived on site at time of inspection. Dishwasher maintenance fixed sanitizer line and dishmachine was tested and was sanitizing at 100 PPM. Comments: Be sure any employee items are stored in dedicated area (e.g. healthy choice meal). Be sure true, oven, and pie fridge lights are shielded/shatterproof, thermometer in left door of pie fridge is broken. CFL shielded in walk-in freezer. Appears to be build up of debris at dishwasher vent, may need cleaning.


Papermill Place

Facility Location:
2214 Papermill Road
Winchester

Facility Information:
Facility Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone Number: (540) 667-1136
# of Critical Violations on Last Inspection: 1
# of Non-Critical Violations on Last Inspection: 2

Definition of critical and non critical violations

Facility Inspection History:
Click on an inspection link below to see additional details

Inspection Type Inspection Date Violations
Routine Inspection 2-Feb-2009 1 critical
Routine Inspection 17-Jan-2008 0 critical
Routine Inspection 18-Dec-2006 1 critical
Complaint Inspection 14-Dec-2005 1 critical
Complaint Inspection 14-Dec-2005 1 critical
Follow-up Inspection 14-Dec-2005 0 critical
Follow-up Inspection 14-Dec-2005 0 critical
Follow-up Inspection 22-Nov-2005 1 critical
Follow-up Inspection 22-Nov-2005 1 critical
Routine Inspection 2-Nov-2005 4 critical
Complaint Inspection 6-Jun-2005 3 critical
Follow-up Inspection 27-Jan-2005 0 critical
Routine Inspection 20-Jan-2005 2 critical
Follow-up Inspection 25-Aug-2004 1 critical
Follow-up Inspection 30-Jul-2004 5 critical
Routine Inspection 28-Jun-2004 9 critical
Complaint Inspection 20-Aug-2003 1 critical
Other Inspection 19-May-2003 0 critical
Routine Inspection 21-Jan-2003 0 critical


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I don't know how anyone can call the food pricey here. It's the cheapest sit down in Winchester next to Waffle house and the food is ten times better. The service is friendly, the food is well cooked. Word of advice, if you don't want greasy, don't order greasy food! Their Turkey platter was fantastic, and their breakfast stuff is wonderful....

Food is very good, but it's getting way to pricey. But after reading the comments about smelling like grease, yes my co-workers can also tell me when I have been to PaperMill.

I have no idea why anyone would even TRY and give them a bad review here! Food has always been good. Sure the prices did go up a little, but where have they not? Still one of the better values in town.

too pricey!!! the smell of grease is awful,service is not the best,had to send my entree back three times,manager wouldnt even come to my table! nada

Great prices! Breakfast is a MUST here! Sometimes a wait.. so be prepared for that.. service is eh.. ...but its good!

One of the best diners I've been to ever. Breakfast items and their Vegetable soup my favorites. Outstanding homestyle food. A little better than Cracker Barrel, and cheaper too. I'd make the trip from Martinsburg just to eat there; that's how good it is.

GREAT FOOD AND PRICES!!!

Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner. You can go here and get a good meal for a somewhat fair price. One of Winchester's finer diners. Everyone has been here and there is a good reason for that and the cooks out front are really good.

this place sure has an awesome breakfast...we sat at the bar and it was fun to watch them cook...really nice servers, amazing blueberry pancakes(like grandma made them), all around delish...and super cheap too

It is the best homecooked meal place in the area in my opinion. It is great after a long night at the bar! Great service and a variety of specials daily!

Fantastic food, great prices, great service, very clean!!!

Best breakfast in town

One of the best places around! Great food, great prices and great service!! And I really don't know what the other folks are talking about it having a "grease smell"..doesn't smell to me!

Good home cooked food.

Papermill place is a wonderful place to eat. Good simple food and great prices, very fun atmosphere, fast service. I haven't noticed a greasy odor in there but it is a diner so that would be normal. very nice place, lucky to have it.

The smell of grease is terrible and anyone can tell you that you have been at PaperMill but food is good but is getting real pricey. I like the Amherst Diner as well and is much cheaper.

Now that the Papermill Road construction is FINALLY finished, I've started going to Papermill Place again. The food is great; the prices are OK; the service is always good; and the servers are friendly. My only complaint is the SMELL of grease from the grill. It stays with you for the remainder of the day.

Food is great, prices continue to rise and IF you can stand of smell like this place for the remainder of the day, then this a place for you.

I moved to the area about 6 months ago and just found this place. I have to say I was very impressed. Great food and great prices, I will be back and often.

I had the pancakes and sausage and they were the best I have ever had in this area. Service was great and I will be back soon.

The best breakfast in town hands down. The service is great and you always see people you know.

One of the best places in town to eat breakfast. Great service and excellent food.

Papermill place is definitely my favorite breakfast spot. Its affordable, tasty, and the people are friendly.

Excellent breakfasts for great price! Good place to take the parents for breakfast if you are a college student!

This place has great home cookin' that will fit any budget!