Multiple Kansas City area health code violations: Leslie’s Taqueria, Mi Ranchito, more

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 Department of Agriculture cited these operations for seven or more priority health code violations (direct links are not available).

▪ Leslie’s Taqueria, 1251 Kansas Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, had 13 priority violations during a June 4 routine inspection.

▪ Mi Ranchito Cocina & Cantina Mexicana, 7148 W. 80th St., Overland Park, had 10 priority violations during a June 1 follow-up inspection.

▪ Werner’s Specialty Foods, 5736 Johnson Drive, Mission, had eight priority violations during a June 3 routine inspection.

For complete Kansas health inspections, visit http://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/food-safety-lodging/inspection-results

The Kansas City Health Department cited this operation for seven or more critical health code violations:

▪ Cozy Thai, 1032 W. 103rd St., had seven critical violations during a May 22 routine inspection. It had no critical violations during a May 28 follow-up inspection.

For complete Kansas City-area reports, visit www.inspectionsonline.us/foodsafety/mousakansascity/search.htm and search under the establishment’s name.