3 KC area restaurants temporarily shut down for code violations. One had cockroaches

Several restaurants in the Kansas City metro recently had to close temporarily to correct health code violations. They have since passed follow-up inspections and been allowed to reopen.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture cited these operations (direct links to the reports are not available):

▪ The Breakfast Spot, 13164 State Line Road, Leawood, after a Feb. 23 inspection. It had 19 priority violations including a roach infestation. About 25 adult roaches and 10 to 15 juvenile roaches were found. The restaurant had pest control treatment on Feb. 17, the first treatment by pest control specialists since the restaurant opened in July 2018.

It had no priority violations during a Feb. 24 reopening inspection.

It had four priority violations during a March 7 follow-up inspection when more roaches were found. No pest control invoice was available to show service since the restaurant had reopened. It had to temporarily close again.

It had one priority violation during a March 10 reopening inspection.

“We never had a problem before because we kept everything so clean,” said Luis Ornelas, owner. “We took out all the kitchen equipment and all the food that was stored and had Orkin do a full restaurant fogging. They said it doesn’t matter how clean we keep the restaurant, you are going to get them sooner or later. We could have gotten one bug in a delivery.”

▪ Slim Chickens, 8700 Long St., Lenexa, temporarily closed after a Feb. 28 inspection following a complaint. According to the report, the restaurant did not have hot water. It had no priority violations during a reopening inspection later that day and was allowed to reopen.

A company spokesman said the restaurant “voluntarily shut down because we did not have hot water.”

It had no priority violations during a March 13 follow-up inspection.

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The Kansas City Health Department cited:

▪ Harold’s Drive-In, 1337 Admiral Blvd., had two critical violations during a Feb. 9 follow-up inspection. It temporarily shut down for violating the food handler card provision.

A certified food service operations manager must be present in the food service area and on duty at all times of business operation, and must present a food manager permit or card.

It had no critical violations during a Feb. 13 follow-up inspection.

“A manager who was here just walked out and didn’t come back, and another manager was in the class that day to get the manager’s food handler card,” said Mary Moore, spokeswoman for Harold’s.

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