Mouse droppings on plates, no hot water: Kansas City area restaurant inspections
From backed-up sinks to chewed-up rice bags, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City area restaurants in March.
Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and cafeterias are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public.
In Kansas City, the city’s health department enforces the food code while in Kansas, the state’s Department of Agriculture handles inspections. The lower the number of violations, the better.
Most restaurants often correct violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly thereafter. The full inspections show how each establishment has corrected or is working to correct any remaining violations. They are available for Kansas City at inspectionsonline.us/foodsafety/mousakansascity/search.htm and agriculture.ks.gov.
Here are the restaurants in Kansas City and Johnson and Wyandotte counties that received seven or more critical/priority violations from March 9 to 29.
Everyday Texas Tom’s (Texas Tom’s on Google)
- Shut down March 20 after a follow-up inspection
- Location: 840 N. Montgall Ave., Kansas City
The restaurant was shut down after failing to address issues after three follow-up inspections by the Kansas City Health Department. An inspector found the dishwashing sink backed up when the handwashing sink was in use, and grease buildup on the fryer.
An additional follow-up inspection has not occurred.
Captain D’s No. 3619 on Troost
- Shut down March 19 after a complaint inspection
- Location: 6308 Troost, Kansas City
The fish restaurant was shut down after an inspector found the hot water temperature was 58 degrees, more than 25 degrees lower than it should be, according to the FDA food code.
The establishment fixed the issue and was able to reopen the next day after a follow-up inspection.
Cupcake A La Mode
- 13 critical violations in a routine inspection March 25
- Location: 4639 Wornall Road, Kansas City
An employee picked up cupcakes with their bare hands and said there were no gloves at the Plaza bakery, according to an inspector. A can of WD-40 sat on a shelf with food above the industrial mixers and a mop was stored in a handwashing sink.
The establishment still had seven critical violations after its required follow-up inspection April 2.
Thai House in south Kansas City
- 13 critical violations for routine and complaint inspections March 21
- Location: 9938 Holmes Road, Kansas City
An inspector found mouse droppings all throughout the kitchen, including on clean plates and bags of rice. Pests also chewed through a bag of rice, and tofu was kept under the dishwashing sink at room temperature.
The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection March 25.
Taco Naco KC - State Line
- 7 critical violations for a routine inspection March 25
- Location: 7715 State Line Road, Kansas City
There were no sanitizer buckets in the kitchen and a container of ground beef was defrosting incorrectly, according to the report.
The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection April 2.
Abelardos Mexican Fresh in Olathe
- 7 priority violations for a March 21 routine inspection
- Location: 2055 E. Santa Fe St., Olathe
While making a breakfast burrito, a cook placed a tortilla on top of cracked eggshells, an inspector with the Kansas Department of Agriculture witnessed. A plan of flautas had been kept in the fridge for longer than a week.
The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection April 1.
This story was originally published April 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
