No running water, live roach: Latest Kansas City-area restaurant inspections
From expired soup to moldy mozzarella, 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, each 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 Counties that received seven or more priority and priority foundation violations from April 5 to 11. No eateries in Wyandotte County or Independence met the threshold during this time period.
Amruta Vilas on Wheels
- 14011 W. 135th St., Olathe
- 9 priority and priority foundation violations for an April 9 follow-up to administrative order inspection
There was no running water or adequate refrigeration in this Indian food truck. The refrigerator temperature was 80 degrees inside. Mold grew on a package of mozzarella.
The food truck was shut down by the Kansas Department of Agriculture. It reopened four days later with working refrigerators.
Read the full report for Amruta Vilas on Wheels by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Rind and Grind
- 11344 W. 135th St., Overland Park
- 9 priority and priority foundation violations for an April 9 routine inspection
The inspector found black mold on both sides of a cutting board at this smoothie and coffee shop in a gas station off Quivira. Employees sanitize dishes only half the time.
The scheduled follow-up inspection has not yet occurred. Read the full report for Rind and Grind by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Wings and Burgers
- 6151 Blue Parkway
- 9 critical violations for an April 8 routine inspection
No prepared items were marked with an expiration date inside this halal fast food restaurant off Blue Parkway. The inspector found grease build-up under and on the sides of appliances.
The restaurant corrected all violations, according to an April 15 follow-up inspection. Read the full report for Wings and Burgers.
Grinders, Lenexa
- 10240 Pflumm Road, Lenexa
- 8 priority and priority foundation violations for an April 6 routine inspection
The inspector found expired chicken wings and Tuscan soup inside this Lenexa pizza restaurant. A bar hand-washing sink was out of soap and paper towels.
The restaurant did not need a follow-up inspection. Read the full report for Grinders by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Hy-Vee Olathe, off 119th St.
- 18101 W. 119th St., Olathe
- 8 priority and priority foundation violations for an April 6 routine inspection
At the Olathe grocery store, the orange juice machine was not cleaned after last being used the day before. Tempura shrimp sat on a counter for two hours and had to be thrown away.
The scheduled follow-up inspection has not yet occurred. Read the full report for Hy-Vee by searching for the restaurant on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Quick Stop
- 840 N. Montgall Ave.
- 7 critical violations for an April 10 pre-operational inspection
An inspector found a live cockroach under the soda machine of this gas station store in the industrial part of the Northeast. There was no hand soap in the employee bathroom, and the dish-washing sink leaked.
The business corrected all violations, according to an April 14 follow-up inspection. Read the full report for Quick Stop.
Ambassador BP
- 8787 NW 112th St.
- 7 critical violations for an April 6 routine inspection
A sticky fly trap was mounted above the dish-washing sink inside this gas station kitchen near the airport. Food in the refrigerator was missing expiration dates and medicine was stored above a food prep area.
The establishment still had two critical violations, according to an April 15 follow-up inspection. Read the full report for Ambassador BP.
Suspensions
Three Kansas City food businesses were suspended due to inactivity.
La Frescake on 39th Street reopened four days later with no violations — a staff member said by phone that the new restaurant had not opened its doors when the health department arrived.
Safí Fresh and We Got it Covered Catering at the same Waldo location did not immediately respond to The Star’s call.
