Roaches in kitchen, bugs in booze: Latest Kansas City-area restaurant inspections
From moldy raspberries to a missing toilet seat, 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 grocery stores are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public.
In Kansas City and Independence, 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 Kansas City and Johnson County that received seven or more priority and priority foundation violations from March 29 to April 4. No eateries in Wyandotte County or Independence met the threshold during this time period.
Desi Chowrastha
- 6301 W. 135th St. Suite A, Overland Park
- 14 priority and priority foundation violations for a March 31 first operational inspection after licensing
A slice of cheese sat touching a “dirty wire shelf,” according to the inspection report for this Overland Park Indian restaurant. Rice soaked in three Home Depot buckets, and seven knives had dried food stuck to them.
The results of the follow-up inspection have not yet been posted. Read the full report for Desi Chowrastha by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Dominic’s Casual Italian
- 6209 NW 63rd Terrace
- 9 critical violations for an April 1 routine inspection
A toilet did not flush in the women’s bathroom of this Northland Italian restaurant. The inspector found expired creamy garlic sauce and build-up on the pasta cooking basket.
A follow-up inspection has not occurred. Read the full report for Dominic’s Casual Italian.
Andretti Indoor Karting and Games
- 11610 Nall Ave., Overland Park
- 8 priority and priority foundation violations for an April 2 first operational inspection after licensing
The inspector found 13 bottles of liquor with winged insects floating inside at the bars of this Overland Park entertainment center. Mold grew on five containers of raspberries, and containers of citrus slaw and pulled pork had expired.
The restaurant did not need a follow-up inspection. Read the full report for Andretti Indoor Karting and Games by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Teetasty African Restaurant and Bar
- 3711 Southwest Trafficway
- 8 critical violations for an April 1 routine inspection
The inspector found live and dead cockroaches in the kitchen of this midtown Nigerian restaurant. The employee bathroom did not have soap or a toilet seat, and two freezers were not cold enough.
The restaurant corrected all violations, according to an April 9 follow-up inspection. Read the full report for Teetasty African Restaurant and Bar.
Fannie’s West African Cuisine
- 4105 Troost Ave.
- 8 critical violations for a March 31 routine inspection
The kitchen floor tiles were cracked and some ceiling tiles were warped inside this Hyde Park-area African restaurant. Grease built up on the kitchen hood, and water pooled underneath the coolers.
The restaurant corrected all violations, according to an April 8 follow-up inspection. Read the full report for Fannie’s West African Cuisine.
