Wichita inspections: Roaches, old cheesecake, dirty meat slicer, no hot water, trash
Twelve businesses including eight restaurants, a grocery store, a hotel and two discount department store locations failed their Kansas Department of Agriculture food and lodging safety inspections last week. They were cited for violations such as employees not washing their hands, roaches, broken sinks, storing raw meats by items they could leak on, plumbing issues, dirty equipment, malfunctioning smoke detectors and old food, a check of Sedgwick County’s non-compliant inspections from Nov. 14-20 shows.
Information about the businesses and violations, compiled Nov. 21, appears below with a summary of the problems inspectors noted on their reports. More details, including specific violation descriptions and survey dates, are posted in The Eagle’s searchable, non-compliant restaurant and hotel inspection database at www.kansas.com/databases.
More than 50 businesses surveyed last week 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 can increase the risk of a customer contracting a food-borne illness, or when a problem can’t be fixed right away, such as 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
Comfort Inn & Suites, 7856 E. 36th St. North in Wichita — Fourteen violations. They include housekeeping carts with chemicals touching drinking cups, no window screens in several rooms, not enough pool flotation devices, no rope attached to life ring, leaves and debris in pool, chlorine levels off in pool, missing paperwork, broken emergency lighting, missing emergency plan in room, smoke detectors not working in some rooms, no signs warning customers that pets are allowed. Next inspection: Nov. 27.
Concert Crestview Bevco, 1000 N. 127th St. East in Wichita — Three violations. They include a cracked spatula, dirty tongs and meat slicer, roaches. Next inspection: Nov. 26.
Dillons, 3211 S. Seneca in Wichita — Four violations. They include raw chicken and beef stored above cooked ham in cooler, raw poultry stored above other raw meats, deli cheese wasn’t at safe temperature, plumbing issue. Next inspection: Nov. 29.
El Agave Mexican Restaurant, 3236 N. Rock in Wichita — Eight violations. They include employee not washing hands, chicken base and beans weren’t at safe temperatures, rice and cheese at unsafe temperatures, menu items that require a consumer advisory aren’t marked, dirty can opener, plumbing issue, chemical container not labeled. Next inspection: Nov. 29.
El Fogon, 1555 S. Bluffview in Wichita — Seven violations. They include produce and cheese at unsafe temperatures, meat and beans at unsafe temperatures, tubs of food not marked with opening or preparation dates, no equipment to test sanitizer strength, dirty knife, non-restaurant grade insecticide labeled for outdoor use was stored inside business, missing paperwork. Next inspection: Dec. 16.
El Maguey, 1221 N. Rock Road in Derby — Four violations. They include not marking milk with opening date, water not hot enough at sinks, no soap at sink, no labels on chemical bottles. Next inspection: Jan. 18.
El Rancho, 2801 N. Broadway in Wichita — Two violations. They include employee cutting tomatoes without wearing gloves, wrong date on bag of tamales. Next inspection: Jan. 15.
Ninza Sushi Bar, 8428 W. 13th St., Ste. 100 in Wichita — Sixteen violations. They include employee not using soap when washing hands, employee washed hands at wrong sink, thawing fish improperly, raw fish stored above raw jalapenos in cooler, raw chicken stored above container of cantaloupe, raw beef stored above cooked shrimp in cooler, sanitizer was too strong in wiping cloth bucket, employee didn’t wash hands after handling raw shrimp, missing paperwork, thawing boxes of crab meat at room temperature on kitchen floor, eel sauce stored at wrong temperature, food at unsafe temperatures, blocked hand-washing sink, no soap or paper towels at sinks, missing hand-washing sign at kitchen sink. Next inspection. Nov. 26.
Puerto Vallarta Mexican Restaurant, 602 N. Tyler Rd. in Wichita — Four violations. They include refried beans and pico de gallo at unsafe temperature, old achote sauce, no paper towels in kitchen, paper towel dispensers didn’t work. Next inspection: Jan. 17.
Ross Dress for Less, 2740 N. Greenwich Ct. in Wichita — Three violations. They include not having hot water in bathroom sink, trash and debris “all over” janitor closet floor, glass cleaner stored by bags of chocolate and coffee. Next inspection: Nov. 25.
Ross Dress for Less, 8021 E. Kellogg Dr. in Wichita — Two violations. They include water not getting hot enough at bathroom sinks, gap under loading dock door that could let in pests. Next inspection: Nov. 26.
Yokohama Ramen Joint, 613 W. Douglas, Ste. A in Wichita — Eleven violations. They include employees not washing hands after doing dishes and touching shrimp, food at unsafe temperature, storing boba and broth at room temperature, storing cooked noodles at room temperature, milk and cream marked with wrong opening dates, cabbage and mushrooms labeled with wrong preparation dates, old cheesecake, storing rendered pork fat in plastic shopping bag instead of food grade container, not sanitizing dishes, storing items in hand-washing sink, unlabeled chemicals, chemicals stored above containers of Nutella. Next inspection: Nov. 29.
This story was originally published November 26, 2021 at 5:03 AM.
