Restaurant inspections: Cockroaches, residue in ice bin, engine oil by candy in Wichita KS
Eight Wichita-area restaurants and other businesses were deemed out of compliance during Kansas Department of Agriculture food safety and lodging inspections conducted Nov. 20-26.
Information about the Sedgwick County businesses and their violations, compiled Dec. 2, appears below with a summary of the problems inspectors noted on their reports. More details are posted in The Eagle’s searchable database of non-compliant restaurant and hotel inspections at www.kansas.com/databases.
Business owners who want to clarify or comment on out-of-compliance inspection results can contact Eagle reporter Amy Renee Leiker at 316-268-6644 or aleiker@wichitaeagle.com. Comments will be added to online stories. Businesses are listed alphabetically at the end of this article.
More than 30 businesses surveyed Nov. 20-26 passed their inspections with few or no violations. You can see those at www.foodsafety.kda.ks.gov/FoodSafety/Web/Inspection/PublicInspectionSearch.aspx.
Failing an inspection doesn’t necessarily mean a business has to close; that’s rare. Most violations are minor and are corrected immediately during an inspection.
Businesses fall out of compliance with state rules when they have too many violations or certain types of problems that can increase the risk of a customer contracting a food-borne illness and also when a problem can’t be fixed right away, such as pest and plumbing issues.
When a business fails, it’s usually inspected again within 10 days.
To complain about conditions anywhere that serves or sells food to the public, email kda.fsl@ks.gov or call 785-564-6767.
Recent out-of-compliance inspections
Corner Market, 230 S. Baltimore Ave. in Derby — Five violations on Nov. 22 during an inspection that was a follow-up to an administrative order. Cited for “unknown black and pink residue” on ice bin baffle, old hot dog and cheddar dogs, leaky soda fountain, buffalo chicken roller package wasn’t labeled with opening date, heavy corrosion on soda carbonator valves. Next inspection: Jan. 22.
Larksfield Place, 7373 E. 29th St. North in Wichita — Two violations during a Nov. 22 complaint inspection. Cited for not keeping refrigerated foods including ham salad and sliced cheese cold enough, foods out of temperature at salad bar, dirty food slicer. Next inspection: Dec. 2.
Mark 8 Inn, 1130 N. Broadway in Wichita — One violation during a Nov. 21 modified complaint inspection. Cited over cockroaches in one room. The motel was in compliance at its Dec. 1 follow-up inspection.
Mex Market Warehouse, 925 E. 19th St. in Wichita — Five violations during a Nov. 21 routine inspection. Cited for storing pallets of beverages against the walls of a walk-in cooler that doesn’t work, storing dried chilis and oregano in non-food-grade plastic sacks instead of food-grade containers, no hot water, only hand-washing sink is in bathroom, container of engine oil stored above cookies and candies in storage room. Next inspection: Jan. 20.
Park City BMX McLean Park, 1628 Ravena in Wichita — One violation during a Nov. 20 routine inspection. Cited for not having test strips to measure the concentration of sanitizer. A follow-up inspection was scheduled for Nov. 30.
Pupuseria El Torogoz, 2061 S. Seneca in Wichita — Two violations during a Nov. 21 follow-up inspection. Cited over refrigerated foods that were out of temperature in cooler including tamales and chicken soup, rice wasn’t kept hot enough in steam well. Next inspection: Dec. 1.
Spangles, 1023 E. 61st St. North in Park City — Four violations during a Nov. 21 routine inspection. Cited for not marking food items including lettuce and chicken tenders with discard times, ice cream mix was labeled with wrong date, no probe-style food thermometer, no scale to accurately measure sanitizer concentration. The restaurant was in compliance with only one violation at its Dec. 1 follow-up inspection.
Taqueria La Autentica, 1929 S. Seneca in Wichita — Seven violations during a Nov. 21 inspection that was its first operational inspection after licensing. Cited over a package of ham that wasn’t labeled with opening date, motion-activated soap dispenser located at sink where clean dishes dry, raw beef stored above cooked tortillas and cooked beef, raw bacon stored above turkey hot dogs, no food thermometer on site, unlabeled bleach bottle, employee didn’t wash hands or change gloves after handling raw chorizo, no test kit for measuring concentration of sanitizer in dishwasher. Next inspection: Dec. 1.
