Restaurant inspections for Jan. 27

Area restaurants with 7 or more critical or priority health code violations.

The Kansas City Health Department cited these operations:

▪ Hong’s Buffet and Mongolian Grill , 6151 N.W. Barry Road, had 14 critical violations during a Dec. 15 routine inspection, including raw beef, crab Rangoon dip, cooked chicken and raw chicken held at improper temperatures (food discarded).

Officials with Hong’s declined to comment.

Hong’s had no critical violations during a Dec. 19 follow-up inspection.

▪ China Feast, 3119 E. 12th St., had 12 critical violations during a Dec. 5 routine inspection, including an employee who did not use soap or wash their hands for a minimum of 20 seconds.

It had 5 critical violations during a Dec. 10 follow-up inspection and no critical violations during a Dec. 15 follow-up inspection.

Restaurant officials had no comment.

▪ China Wok, 6048 N.W. Barry Road, had 10 critical violations during a Nov. 19 routine inspection, including chicken wings, raw shrimp, scrambled eggs and shelled eggs held at improper temperatures (food discarded).

Follow-up inspections: 2 critical violations on Nov. 26; no critical violations on Dec. 5; 10 critical violations on Dec. 16; 7 critical violations on Dec. 23; 3 critical violations on Dec. 29; and no critical violations on Jan. 5.

Restaurant officials declined to comment on the violations.

▪ Garden Cafe at the Plaza, Plaza Hotel, 11828 N.W. Plaza Circle, had 10 critical violations during a Dec. 4 routine inspection, including dressing in the cooler with past due date-marks - Aug. 12, 2012; Aug. 26, 2013; and May 9, 2014 (dressing discarded).

Garden Cafe at the Plaza had no critical violations during a Dec. 12 follow-up inspection.

Garden Cafe at the Plaza officials declined to comment.

▪ The Granfalloon Restaurant & Bar, Country Club Plaza, 608 Ward Parkway, had 9 critical violations during a Nov. 18 routine inspection, including fruit flies throughout the main bar (inspector advised routine pest control).

Granfalloon had 2 critical violations during a Nov. 26 follow-up inspection and no critical violations during a Dec. 2 follow-up inspection.

“Fruit flies are something a lot of restaurants fight with and we are constantly cleaning our drains and keeping our bar area clean to keep that from happening,” said Tim Caniglia, owner.

▪ McLain’s Bakery and Coffeehouse, 201 E. Gregory, had 9 critical violations during a Dec. 10 routine inspection, including only two of the eight employees with Food Handler cards.

McLain’s had no critical violations during a Dec. 19 follow-up inspection.

“Everything has been corrected and we are very much up to code,” said Jeff Hirleman, manager.

▪ The Peanut, 5000 Main St., had 9 critical violations during a Dec. 1 routine inspection, including an “excessive number”of dead pests hanging on sticky traps above single serve items in hall area.

“It was fixed on-site. The fly strips were removed during the inspection. And they were in the back hall and what we use to capture flies in the summer. Everything was sealed in boxes and in no way would have any contact with the flies,” said Melinda Kenny, owner.

The Peanut had no critical violations during a Dec. 11 follow-up inspection.

▪ Peter May’s House of Kielbasa, 1654 Bristol, had 9 critical violations during a Dec. 2 routine inspection, including two bags of burnt ends reheating in steam table (ribs moved to stove for reheating).

Peter May’s had 1 critical violation during a Dec. 2 inspection following a complaint and no critical violations during a Dec. 12 follow-up inspection.

Officials with Peter May’s declined to comment on the violations.

▪ Stroud’s Oak Ridge Manor, 5410 N.E. Oakridge Road, had 9 critical violations during a Dec. 12 routine inspection, including a stove line employee who was sweating profusely, with sweat dripping off the employee’s face into the pan of gravy being prepared.

Stroud’s Oak Ridge Manor had no critical violations during follow-up inspections on Dec. 16 and Dec. 22.

“We had some but everything was fixed on-site,” said Mike Donegan, owner. “I disagree with the guy sweating into the food. He was not sweating into the food.”

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:

▪ KC Buffet, 6457 Quivira Road, Shawnee, had 12 priority violations during a Nov. 17 routine inspection, including chicken wings and roast beef held at improper temperatures (food discarded).

KC Buffet had 7 priority violations during a Dec. 1 follow-up inspection.

Officials with KC Buffet declined to comment on the violations.

▪ The Blue Moose Bar & Grill, Prairie Village Shopping Center, 4160 W. 71st St., Prairie Village, had 11 priority violations during a Nov. 24 routine inspection, including pink dressing, yogurt dressing, tartar sauce, mac-and-cheese, ham, and milk held at improper temperatures (a maintenance service was called).

The Blue Moose had 2 priority violations during a Dec. 4 follow-up inspection.

“Overall, KC Hopps is very serious about the safety of our guests and our staff, and as many of the violations as possible were corrected on-site at the time of the inspection and any equipment involved was immediately repaired or replaced,” said M. Ryan Sneed, corporate executive chef for KC Hopps.

▪ Chinese Palace, 10136 W. 119th St., Overland Park, had 11 priority violations during a Nov. 25 routine inspection, including a package of moldy blackberries in the cooler (blackberries discarded), and fly swatter in direct contact with rice (rice discarded).

Chinese Palace had 1 priority violation during a Dec. 5 follow-up inspection.

The manager of Chinese Palace declined to comment on the violations.

▪ Taqueria Mexico, 11977 S. Strang Line Road, Olathe, had 10 priority violations during a Nov. 13 routine inspection, including raw fish stored over raw beef (fish moved to separate cooler).

Taqueria Mexico had 1 priority violation during a Dec. 1 follow-up inspection.

“It was a mistake that we did and we are trying to do our best to correct all the problems. We are on top of everything and it won’t happen again,” said Juan Ojeda, manager.

▪ Big Grill & More, 501 N. Sixth St., Kansas City, Kan., had 7 priority violations during a Nov. 13 routine inspection, including barbecue sauces held at improper temperatures in plastic squeeze bottles on the dining room tables (sauce placed in the cooler).

Big Grill & More had 2 priority violations during a Dec. 1 follow-up inspection.

The owners of Big Grill & More said the violations have been corrected.

Temporary closing:

▪ New Fried Rice King Chinese, 748A Washington Blvd., Kansas City, Kan., had 9 priority violations during a Dec. 3 routine inspection and agreed to temporarily close when more than 30 live roaches were found in the restaurant and the person in charge could not provide a pest control invoice. It had 3 priority violations during a Dec. 4 follow-up inspection, 2 priority violations during a Dec. 5 follow-up inspection, 1 priority violation during a Dec. 7 re-opening inspection and no priority violations during a Dec. 22 follow-up inspection.

Officials with New Fried Rice King Chinese declined to comment on the violations.

For complete Kansas Department of Agriculture inspection reports, go to http://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/food-safety-lodging/inspection-results

This story was originally published January 27, 2015 at 10:30 AM with the headline "Restaurant inspections for Jan. 27."