Bugs in bottles, no running water: Latest Kansas City-area restaurant inspections
From a dog bowl with floating insects to unlabeled raw meat, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City-area restaurants this month.
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, and Johnson and Wyandotte counties at agriculture.ks.gov.
Here are the restaurants in Kansas City and Johnson County that received seven or more critical or priority and priority foundation violations from June 7 through June 13. No restaurants met the threshold in Independence or Wyandotte County during this time.
Los Corrals
- 408 W. Ninth St.
- Seven critical violations, as well as four non-critical violations, were found during a June 9 inspection
Grease buildup was on the hood vents of this Mexican restaurant. Food items were stored on the floor in the main walk-in cooler and basement walk-in cooler. Buildup was found inside the ice machine.
Some violations were corrected on site, including no sanitizer buckets being made for the kitchen line. Multiple food items were seen without date markings in the walk-in cooler. The person in charge then properly marked the food items. Other food items were also held past their seven-day date marking, which were then disposed of.
Three violations must be fixed by September. Read the full report for Los Corrals.
Wok n Roll
- 200 NE Barry Road
- Eight critical violations and six noncritical violations were found during a June 9 inspection.
An employee who was handling food could not provide their food handler card at the Northland restaurant. According to Kansas City inspections, 80% of required food handler staff must have a three-year food handler card.
Damaged ceiling tiles were found; they must be replaced with tiles that are smooth, clean and durable. There were also damaged spots found on a wall near the back exit.
Multiple instances of buildup were found throughout the establishment, including the inside of a microwave, the ice machine and a hand sink. The microwave build up was corrected on site.
Read the full report for Wok N Roll.
Hira’s Steak Sushi
- 15202 W. 119th St., Olathe
- 16 violations were found, which include four priority violations and nine priority foundation violations.
Winged insects were held inside two bottles of vermouth at this Japanese restaurant. This was corrected, and the vermouth was discarded. A plate of raw sushi was held on shelf that was over seaweed and noodles. This was also corrected.
Half of the dishes were stored as clean, but had visible debris and/or residue on the surface. All items were removed from the clean dish space.
Violations that weren’t corrected include no soap being available in the men’s restroom. There was also no parasite destruction paperwork for salmon and escolar, which are served raw. Paperwork wasn’t available to see if they are farm raised or wild caught.
A follow-up is scheduled for June 22. The rest of this report can be found on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Murphy’s Corner
- 12843 W. 87th St. Parkway, Lenexa
- 17 violations, including six priority violations and 11 priority foundation violations
Four containers of partially cooked chicken wings from June 7 were not labeled as needing additional cooking. They were labeled after the discovery. A yellow dog dish with roughly 20 small, winged insects were hovering over and resting on it. The dish was removed.
No paper towels or other hand-drying provisions were provided at the bar handwashing sink, which was corrected. A spray bottle of diluted bleach was located on the clean dish drying rack.
The rest of this report can be found on the Kansas inspection lookup.
Which Kansas City businesses got suspended?
Two Kansas City businesses were suspended due to inactivity.
That includes Primetime Liquor at 4450 NW Barry Road, as well as The Social Room at 4057 Pennsylvania Ave. Both establishments received inactivity suspensions on June 10.
Front Range, a café located at 400 E. Gregory Blvd., was suspended due to having no running water. This inspection happened June 11 and was deemed as an emergency suspension by the city.
