Unmarked chemicals, backed-up sinks: Kansas City area restaurant inspections
From warm refrigerators to build-up on ice cream scoops, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City area restaurants last week.
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 that received seven or more critical violations from March 30 to April 5. This week, no restaurants in Johnson and Wyandotte counties reached the threshold of seven priority violations.
Domino’s, off of Antioch Road in the Northland
- Shut down April 2 after routine and complaint inspections
- 2516 NE 43rd St.
The chain pizzeria was shut down April 2 after an inspector found that the water did not heat up to the required 100 degrees in four of the establishment’s sinks. In addition, the dishwashing sink was backed up and chemical sprays were stored above pizza boxes.
The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to an April 3 follow up inspection. Read Domino’s full report.
Jerusalem Cafe in Westport
- 11 critical violations for an April 2 routine inspection
- 515 Westport Road
A worker at the Mediterranean restaurant had to throw out 23 pans of food because the fridge was not cold enough, according to the report. The restaurant had no food thermometers on site. The manakeesh dough was covered with a takeout bag before cooking and an employee was eating in the kitchen area, the inspector found.
The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to an April 10 follow-up inspection. Read Jerusalem Cafe’s full report.
Cupcake A La Mode on the Plaza
- 7 critical violations for an April 2 follow-up inspection
- 4639 Wornall Road
The bakery’s sanitizer bucket was filled with water and did not have any sanitizer in it, the inspector found. There was build-up on ice cream scoops and the industrial mixer. The April 2 inspection occurred after the bakery had 13 critical violations in its March 25 routine inspection.
The establishment still had five critical violations after its second required follow-up inspection April 9. Read Cupcake A La Mode’s full report.
Stock Hill, south of the Plaza
- 7 critical violations for a March 31 routine inspection
- 4800 Main St.
Inside steakhouse’s kitchen, spray bottles full of chemicals were not marked with the name of the substance, according to the inspector. There was build-up on the floors of the freezer and ceiling tiles throughout the kitchen.
The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to an April 9 follow up inspection. Read Stock Hill’s full report.
This story was originally published April 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM.
