Pizza spot, buffet, two Mexican restaurants cited for multiple health code violations

Here are area restaurants with seven or more priority or critical health code violations, with highlighted links to some original public record reports by city or county health inspectors.

Restaurants correct most violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly thereafter. Links to the follow-up inspections show how each establishment has corrected or is working to correct any remaining violations.

If an inspection or follow-up report needs clarification, restaurant and grocery store owners can call Joyce Smith at 816-234-4692 or email her at jsmith@kcstar.com. The Star will post appropriate responses in the same online locations as the original report.

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

▪ Big Mouth’s Chicken Fish Tenderloins, 3010 Van Brunt Blvd., had 10 critical violations during a May 21 routine inspection. It had no critical violations during a May 27 follow-up inspection.

▪ Asian Buffet, 511 N.W. Barry Road, had nine critical violations during a June 22 routine inspection.

▪ Southside Mafia Pizzeria, 10328 Blue Ridge Blvd., had nine critical violations during a June 16 routine inspection. It had no critical violation during a June 24 follow-up inspection.

▪ Express Stop No. 9, deli, 8501 E. Winner Road, had eight critical violations during a June 9 routine inspection. It had one critical violation during a June 17 follow-up inspection and no critical violations during a June 23 follow-up inspection.

▪ One Stop Shop, deli, 5805 E. 17th St., had eight critical violations during a June 16 routine inspection. It had one critical violation during a June 24 routine inspection.

▪ El Rey del Taco, 6450 Truman Road, had seven critical violations during a June 18 routine inspection. .

▪ Taqueria El Paisa, 6406 E. 87th St., had seven critical violations during a May 22 routine inspection. It had four critical violations during a May 26 follow-up inspection, two critical violations during a June 2 follow-up inspection, and no critical violations during a June 5 follow-up inspection.

▪ Wings ‘N’ Things Express, 5800 Troost Ave., had seven critical violations during a May 22 routine inspection. It had two critical violations during a March 27 follow-up inspection.