Kansas City, Kansas restaurant health inspections, temporary shutdowns, for March 21

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.

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 7 or more critical health code violations:

▪ Hong’s Buffet & Mongolian Grill, 6151 N.W. Barry Road, had 11 critical violations during a March 8 routine inspection. It had 1 critical violation during a March 14 follow-up inspection.

▪ Calypso’s Buffet, Isle of Capri, 1800 E. Front St., had 9 critical violations during a March 5 routine inspection. It had no critical violations during a March 11 follow-up inspection.

▪ Howl at the Moon, Power & Light District, 1334 Grand Blvd., had 8 critical violations during a Feb. 27 routine inspection. It had no critical violations during a March 4 follow-up inspection and 3 critical violations during a March 10 follow-up inspection.

▪ Bo Lings, City Market, 20 E. Fifth St., had 8 critical violations during a March 3 routine inspection. It had no critical violations during a March 8 follow-up inspection.

▪ The Phoenix Jazz Club, 302 W. Eighth St., had 8 critical violations during a March 1 routine inspection. It had 2 critical violations during a March 7 follow-up inspection and no critical violations during a March 14 follow-up inspection.

▪ Elvira’s Cakes, 3838 Independence Ave., had 7 critical violations during a March 1 routine inspection. It had 2 critical violations during a March 7 follow-up inspection and no critical violations during a March 11 follow-up inspection.

Temporary closures:

▪ Evergreen Wholesale Deli, 1414 Benton Blvd., had 10 critical violations during a Jan. 27 routine inspection. It was temporarily shut down when the inspector noted that employees were found to be living in the facility and keeping live birds as pets in the food prep area.

It had one critical violation during a Feb. 2 reopening inspection and was allowed to reopen.

The owner couldn’t be reached for comment.

▪ Joe’s Downtown Donuts, 641 Grand, had 3 critical violations during a Feb. 17 routine inspection and was temporarily shut down for not having its plumbing system maintained.

It was reinspected later that day and had no critical violations so it was allowed to reopen.

The owner declined to comment.

▪ LaMar’s Donuts, 3395 Main St., had 1 critical violation during a Jan. 12 follow-up inspection. It was temporarily shut down when no sanitizers were set up to appropriate concentration at the time of the inspection.

It had no critical violations during a follow-up inspection later that day and was allowed to reopen.

It had 1 critical violation during a Feb. 17 inspection following a complaint and no critical violations during a Feb. 22 follow-up inspection.

Ron King, spokesman for Donuts Holding Inc., the franchisor of LaMar’s Donuts in Colorado, said the company is putting the franchisee on legal notice that is out of terms of its franchise agreement.

“We take this extremely seriously because the health of our customers is top priority,” King said.

The franchisee declined to comment.

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

The Kansas Department of Agriculture temporarily shut down these operations. The restaurants have since corrected the violations and reopened. The most recent inspections are noted.

▪ Izumi Japanese Steak & Sushi, 11658 W. 135th St., Overland Park, had 4 priority violations during a Jan. 21 follow-up inspection and was temporarily closed due to the amount of live cockroaches in the restaurant. It had 1 priority violation during a Jan. 22 reopening inspection when 7 to 8 dead cockroaches were seen in areas of the kitchen but the restaurant was allowed to reopen.

“I tried to get rid of what was there but somehow the pest control company didn’t do a good job,” said Myong Kim, owner. “I got rid of the previous pest control company.”

▪ Stroud’s, 4200 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Fairway, had 9 priority violations during a Jan. 27 follow-up inspection and was temporarily closed because it was operating without hot water.

It had no critical violations during a reopening inspection on Jan. 28, the most recent inspection report available.

A company spokesman said the hot water heater had recently been repaired and after the inspection it replaced overnight.

For complete Kansas health inspections, visit http://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/food-safety-lodging/inspection-results and search under the establishment’s name.

This story was originally published March 21, 2016 at 1:57 PM with the headline "Kansas City, Kansas restaurant health inspections, temporary shutdowns, for March 21."