Wichita inspections: Food in shirt bag, inn rented room closed for bed bugs, no water
Two Mexican restaurants and a Chinese restaurant, an indoor sports complex and a hotel by Eisenhower National Airport failed their Kansas Department of Agriculture food safety and lodging inspections over the past two weeks. Their violations include having food that was too warm or cool to serve safely to customers, renting a motel room with bed bugs before inspectors returned to clear it for use and storing bread in a plastic T-shirt sack instead of a food-safe container, a check of Sedgwick County’s non-compliant inspections from June 6-19 shows.
One business had a leaky dishwasher with water pooling underneath it, which can attract pests including cockroaches.
A list of the five local non-compliant businesses, compiled June 21, appears below with a summary of the problems inspectors noted on their reports. More information, including specific violation descriptions and dates, is posted in The Eagle’s searchable, non-compliant restaurant and hotel inspection database at www.kansas.com/databases.
At least 75 businesses surveyed over the last two weeks 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 immediately corrected on site. Businesses fall out of compliance with state rules when they have too many violations or certain types of problems that may increase the risk of a customer contracting a food-borne illness, or when a problem can’t be fixed right away, like plumbing issues and pest infestations.
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:
Angela’s Cafe & Cantina, 2119 W. 21st St. N. in Wichita — Four violations for storing food at temperatures that were too hot or cold, inoperable refrigeration devices, no hot water at hand-washing sink, leaky dishwasher with water pooling under it
Days Inn by Wyndham Wichita West (near the airport), 550 S. Florence in Wichita — Eight violations including not having equipment to test the strength of sanitizer used to clean ice bins, unlabeled chemical bottle, missing ice bin liners in at least two rooms, room closed for bed bug infestation was rented without clearance from the Kansas Department of Agriculture, no records that show frequency of CO detector testing, no emergency lights on second floor, broken smoke detector, no logs showing smoke detectors are checked regularly
Farha Sports Center Indoor Fields (at Greater Wichita YMCA Richard A. Devore south branch), 3405 S. Meridian in Wichita — Two violations for malfunctioning thermometer, no hand drying supplies at hand-washing sink
Great Wall Restaurant, 13303 W. Maple Ste. 105 in Wichita — Five violations including food that was kept too warm or cold to serve safely, cracked containers, malfunctioning thermometer, no equipment to test strength of chlorine sanitizer, no hand drying supplies at kitchen hand-washing sink
Road Runner Mexican Fast Food, 3131 W. Edna St. in Wichita — Six violations for storing raw ground beef above bottled water, salsa at unsafe temperature, no consumer advisory posted warning customers of risk of eating undercooked eggs, bread stored in a plastic T-shirt bag instead of food-safe container, no hot water in facility because pump for the tank wasn’t working
This story was originally published June 23, 2021 at 4:09 AM.
