A recent report highlights restaurants in the Kansas City area that received critical health violations during inspections from April 27 to May 3. The report details specific violations found at several establishments, including Paul's Liquor and Grocery, Ting's Filipino Bistro, KC Smoke Burgers, Muni's, Pierpont's, and Cocky Ocky Grille. These violations ranged from expired food items and pest infestations to unsanitary conditions and lack of soap.
Most restaurants corrected the violations during follow-up inspections. However, Pierpont's and Cocky Ocky Grille still needed to address some issues.
The report also mentions that Waffle House, Society, and Crossroads Food Stop - Twin Flames Bistro had their permits suspended due to inactivity.
From expired cream sauce to a bathroom without soap, health inspectors in Missouri found numerous violations at Kansas City 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/priority violations from April 27 to May 3. During that time, no restaurants in Johnson and Wyandotte counties reached the threshold of seven priority violations.
Inside the deli, there was moldy bread on shelves above the dish sink. The inspector noted “numerous pest droppings” in a sink cabinet. The staff restroom was out of soap, and missing ceiling tiles exposed wiring.
The deli corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection May 6. Read the full report for Paul’s Liquor and Grocery.
An inspector discovered a bottle of expired cocktail sauce sitting on top of the water heater at the River Market restaurant. An unmarked purple spray bottle was stored under a rice cooker, and three kitchen hand sinks were missing soap.
The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection May 6. Read the full report for Ting’s Filipino Bistro.
The inspector found cockroaches in multiple locations around the kitchen, including on the ceiling over the dish sink and dead and alive in several sticky traps. The nozzles of the dining room soda machine had buildup inside of them.
The restaurant, located on 39th Street near State Line Road, corrected all the violations according to a follow-up inspection May 6. Read KC Smoke Burgers’ full report.
The inspector found “build up and debris” inside of the bar ice well at the River Market Thai-Mexican fusion restaurant. One of the dishwashing sinks was backed up with wastewater, and the microwave was gunky.
The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection May 8. Read Muni’s full report.
The inspector found buildup on a coffee pot at a server station at the steakhouse inside of Union Station. Raw eggs were stored above ready-to-eat foods in a walk-in cooler and a spray bottle was filled with unmarked chemicals.
The additional follow-up inspection has not yet occurred. Read Pierpont’s full report.
Something was dripping from the back of the mobile unit, and the hand sink was missing soap and paper towels. One of the cooks was not wearing a hat or hairnet.
The mobile unit was alos operating with an expired permit. The establishment had corrected all but one of its violations, according to the May 5 reinspection. Read Cocky Ocky Grille’s full report.
In addition, these three restaurants’ permits were suspended because of inactivity.
Waffle House, 4404 Antioch Road
Society, 2050 Central St.
Crossroads Food Stop - Twin Flames Bistro, 1600 Campbell St.
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