Restaurant inspections for Aug. 10

Here are area restaurants and grocery stores with 7 or more priority or critical health code violations, with highlighted links to the original public record reports by city or county health inspectors and the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Links to follow-up inspections are also highlighted.

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 online in the same online locations as the original report.

In addition, if a restaurant is temporarily shut down, a comment from the owner will be requested and a more complete description will be included with the online report.

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

▪ Taqueria El Torito, 6126 Independence Ave., had 13 critical violations during a July 30 routine inspection.

▪ Lutfi’s Fried Fish, 1664 E. 63rd St., had 12 critical violations during a July 30 inspection. It had no critical violations during an Aug. 7 follow-up inspection.

▪ IHOP, 4337 N. Chouteau Trafficway, had 10 critical violations during a July 30 inspection. It had 3 critical violations during an Aug. 5 follow-up inspection.

▪ Big T’s Bar-B-Que, 6201 Blue Parkway, had 8 critical violations during a July 30 routine inspection.

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

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

▪ Bagel Works Bread Co., 1523 S. 45th St., Kansas City, Kan., had 12 priority violations during an Aug. 5 verification inspection.

▪ Las Palmas Restaurante, 825 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan., had 8 priority violations during an Aug. 5 follow-up inspection.

▪ Chipotle Mexican Grill, 1813 Village West Parkway, Q-101, Kansas City, Kan., had 7 priority violations during an Aug. 6 follow-up inspection.

▪ Red Lobster, 9475 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, had 7 priority violations during an Aug. 4 inspection following a complaint.

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

This story was originally published August 10, 2015 at 11:48 AM with the headline "Restaurant inspections for Aug. 10."