Two Kansas City Chinese restaurants, taco shop cited for health code violations

Here are area restaurants with seven or more 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:

▪ China Dragon, 529 E. Red Bridge Road, had nine critical violations during an Aug. 6 routine inspection. It had no critical violations during an Aug. 12 follow-up inspection.

▪ Brotha’s Grill & Convenience Store, deli, 2900 E. 39th St., had eight critical violations during an Aug. 5 routine inspection.

▪ China Dragon, 7809 N. Oak Trafficway, had eight critical violations during an Aug. 3 routine inspection. It had two critical violations during an Aug. 7 follow-up inspection and no critical violations during an Aug. 10 follow-up inspection.

▪ Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, 10157 Wornall Road, had eight critical violations during a July 27 routine inspection. It had one critical violation during an Aug. 3 follow-up inspection.

▪ The Homesteader Cafe, 100 E. Seventh St., had eight critical violations during a July 29 routine inspection. It had no critical violations during an Aug. 5 follow-up inspection.

▪ Sheridan’s Frozen Custard, 6248 N.W. Barry Road, had eight critical violations during an Aug. 4 routine inspection. It had two critical violations during an Aug. 7 follow-up inspection and one critical violation during an Aug. 10 follow-up inspection.