Live cockroach, ‘smelly’ oysters: Latest Kansas City-area restaurant inspections
From raw chicken in a cement mixer to a warm freezer, health inspectors in Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants last week.
Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and grocery stores 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 correct violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly after. 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 Johnson and Wyandotte counties at agriculture.ks.gov.
Here are the restaurants in Johnson County that received seven or more priority and priority foundation violations from Dec. 14 to 20. No restaurants in Kansas City, Independence or Wyandotte County met the threshold this week.
El Principe (Don Chuy’s Fresh Mex and Cantina on Google)
- 8725 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park
- 13 priority and priority foundation violations for the first operational inspection after licensing Dec. 16
Two buckets of raw oysters in the fridge had “shrank down and dried up, clouded over and smelly” at this Overland Park Mexican restaurant. Beans and salsa sat in the fridge for longer than a week, and three hand sinks had items in the basins.
The scheduled follow-up inspection has not yet occurred. Read the full report for Don Chuy’s by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Touch of Asia – Indian Cuisine
- 6860 W. 105th St., Overland Park
- 7 priority and priority foundation violations for a Dec. 17 modified complaint inspection
The inspector found more than 10 cockroaches inside this Indian restaurant off of Metcalf. This includes a live roach “on its back, legs moving, in the basin of the food prep sink.” An unwrapped block of paneer sat on wire shelving and “has physical debris/filth stuck to it.”
Staff had to throw away the contents of the walk-in freezer because it was not cold enough.
The scheduled follow-up inspection has not yet occurred. Read the full report for Touch of Asia by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Hen House, College Boulevard
- 11930 College Blvd., Overland Park
- 7 priority and priority foundation violations for a Dec. 16 routine inspection
The inspector found “black growth” on a bag of sandwich rolls in the deli section of this grocery store near Johnson County Community College. The salad bar did not keep food cold enough.
The scheduled follow-up inspection has not yet occurred. Read the full report for Hen House by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Joy Wok
- 12631 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park
- 7 priority and priority foundation violations for a Dec. 16 follow-up to administrative order
Paint chipped in the basin of a cement mixer used to tumble raw chicken at this Overland Park Chinese buffet. Staff weren’t recording the exact time food is placed on the buffet.
The restaurant corrected all violations, according to the Dec. 17 follow-up inspection. Read the full report for Joy Wok by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
