Restaurant and retail health inspections for Sept. 3

Area restaurants cited for 7 or more priority or critical health code violations. Most violations are corrected at the time of the inspection.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture cited these operations for 7 or more priority health code violations.

Asian Palace, 7948 W. 151st St., Overland Park, had 11 priority violations during an Aug. 19 routine inspection, including rice that was not under temperature control on the sushi bar (rice discarded).

“Everything has been corrected,” Leah Liu, manager.

Tao Tao Restaurant, 1300 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan., had 8 priority violations during an Aug. 13 routine inspection, including raw chicken stored above raw pork in the walk-in cooler.

Restaurant officials declined to comment.

Rosedale Barbeque, 600 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Kan., had 7 priority violations during an Aug. 18 routine inspection, including barbecue sauce in squeeze bottles held at improper temperatures (sauce discarded).

In a statement, Marisha Brown-Smith, vice president of Rosedale Barbeque Inc., said: “The priority violations were corrected on-site at the time of the visit and are noted as such on the report.”

Rosedale Barbeque was reinspected on Aug. 28 and had 1 priority violation.

For complete Kansas Department of Agriculture inspection reports, go to http://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/food-safety-lodging/inspection-results

The Kansas City Health Department cited these operations for 7 or more critical health code violations.

Bannister Food Mart, retail grocery, 5501 E. Bannister Road, had 13 critical violations during an Aug. 21 routine inspection of the market, including a package of moldy sliced ham with an expiration date of Feb. 25 in the walk-in cooler (ham discarded). The deli department had 9 critical violations including one for when an employee did not wash his hands after leaving the restroom.

A manager declined to comment on the violations.

The retail grocery had 2 critical violations and the deli had 1 critical violation during an Aug. 29 follow-up inspection.

El Pulgarcito, 4200 E. Truman Road, had 10 critical violations during an Aug. 19 routine inspection, including raw whole pork above raw fish in cooler.

Restaurant officials did not return phone calls seeking comment on the violations.

Ingredient, 1111 Main St., Suite 120, had 9 critical violations during an Aug. 11 routine inspection, including live cockroach activity in storage area/mop closet, a repeat violation.

Restaurant officials declined to comment.

It had no critical violations during an Aug. 22 follow-up inspection.

Rosso restaurant, Hotel Sorella, 901 W. 48th Place, had 9 critical violations during an Aug. 19 routine inspection, including build-up in soda nozzles at the bar and build-up on the coffee filter.

In a statement, Robert Leyva, general manager, said: “Unfortunately, violations that were procedural made the violations look superficially high. They included not having an asterisk on the menu for the proverbial “consumed undercooked foods,” we did not clip and store origin tags for shellfish and were unaware of the provision for a special license in Missouri to prepare Sous Vide dishes. Other violations like a thermos by the coffee machine, plastic spoon in a hand washing sink and not labeling dispensers of line cooking items were easily corrected immediately by removing the thermos, spoon and placing a label on the line items. Of course a re-inspection was necessary and all items were found to be in order. We understand the department’s standards do not allow distinction between a demerit for where a knife was stored (a violation we encountered) and pests in the soup (violation at another establishment), but want to ensure the public that the cleanliness and integrity of the food leaving our kitchen is without question.”

It had no critical violations during an Aug. 26 follow-up inspection.

Chelly’s Cafe, 218 W. 85th St., had 8 critical violations during an Aug. 13 routine inspection, including ready-to-eat foods with no “use by” date.

It had 4 critical violations during an Aug. 22 follow-up inspection and 3 critical violations during an Aug. 29 follow-up inspection.

Restaurant officials did not return phone calls seeking comment on the violations.

Update:

Hong’s Buffet, 6151 N.W. Barry Road, was inspected on Aug. 21 following a fire. While the inspector found no “significant” fire damage, the restaurant had 14 critical violations.

It had no critical violations during an Aug. 27 follow-up inspection and was allowed to reopen.

For complete reports, visit: http://www.inspectionsonline.us/foodsafety/mousakansascity

This story was originally published September 3, 2014 at 2:00 AM with the headline "Restaurant and retail health inspections for Sept. 3."