Wichita inspections: Cricket in sugar, mice, bugs in booze, old poultry, greasy floor
Thirteen businesses — including restaurants, motels and convenience, dollar and grocery stores — failed their Kansas Department of Agriculture food and lodging safety inspections last week. They were cited for violations including bugs in liquor bottles, a dead cricket in a sugar bag, mice, an employee who touched food after handling cash, no hot water at sinks used for hand-washing, moldy shelving, grimy floors and old chicken wings, a check of Sedgwick County’s non-compliant inspections from Dec. 12-18 shows.
Information about the businesses and violations, compiled Dec. 22, 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 database of non-compliant restaurant and hotel inspections at www.kansas.com/databases.
More than 30 businesses surveyed over the past few 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 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 inspection, 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
Bell Boy Motel, 2035 S. Broadway in Wichita — One violation for overdue fire extinguisher inspections. Next inspection: Dec. 23.
Cici’s Pizza, 8320 W. Central in Wichita — Three violations for employees not washing hands before touching food, salads were too warm, old chicken wings. Next inspection: Dec. 26.
Derby Donut, 1710 E. Madison, Ste. 300 in Derby — Eight violations for employee not washing hands after touching money, milk not marked with opening dates, dead cricket in sugar bag, raw eggs stored above sausage and butter in cooler, dirty rack, no hot water at sink due to missing faucet handle, dirty floors. Next inspection: Dec. 26.
El Fogon, 2604 N. Arkansas in Wichita — Four violations for storing raw eggs above tortillas in refrigerated preparation table, tripe wasn’t kept warm enough, red sauce and refried beans not marked with preparation dates, preparing pork on spindles without submitting a food safety plan to the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Next inspection: Jan. 14.
Family Dollar, 2201 E. Central in Wichita — One violation for mice. Next inspection: Jan. 1.
Hiro Sushi & Hibachi, 240 N. Main, Ste. 300 in Haysville — Six violations for thawing fish improperly, storing raw meats and eggs above sauces in cooler, missing records, cooked rice wasn’t kept hot enough, noodles and sauces not marked with preparation dates, storing food in containers that aren’t food safe. Next inspection: Dec. 23.
Hot Stone Korean Grill, 3743 N. Rock Rd. in Wichita — Five violations for employee not using paper towels to dry hands, employee touching prepared food with bare hands, miso soup not kept hot enough, bowl of bean sprouts and chicken sitting out at room temperature, storing insecticide that isn’t restaurant grade. Next inspection: Dec. 23.
Leeker’s Family Foods, 6223 N. Broadway in Park City — Six violations for breakfast casserole at deli and cooked vegetables not kept hot enough, old turkey, curing meats without approval, vacuum packaging meats without approval, unlabeled chemical bottle, expired pain medications for sale. Next inspection: Dec. 23.
On the Border Mexican Cafe, 1930 N. Rock Rd. in Wichita — Seven violations for bugs in liquor bottles, cooked rice and onions not kept hot enough, vegetables for salads and salsa not kept cold enough, dirty pan lids, plumbing issue, chemicals stored by food seasoning, insecticide not rated for use in restaurants stored on site. Next inspection: Dec. 27.
QuikTrip, 2954 N. Maize Rd. in Wichita — Three violations for not listing ingredient or allergen information on doughnuts, plumbing issue, no hand-drying supplies at sink. Next inspection: Dec. 27.
Riverside Cafe of Derby, 824 N. Baltimore in Derby — Eleven violations for moldy onion, employee touched prepared food with bare hands, pancake batter not kept cold enough, other refrigerated foods including meatloaf and roast beef not kept cold enough, pies not marked with preparation dates, food thermometer didn’t work, dirty and moldy metal shelving in walk-in cooler, no sanitizer in dishwasher, plumbing issue, greasy and grimy floors, sanitizer touching potatoes. Next inspection: Dec. 24.
Savor.... Orpheum, 200 N. Broadway in Wichita — Two violations for not having a probe-style food thermometer, no hot water in women’s restroom. Next inspection: Dec. 26.
Super 8 Hotel, 3741 N. Rock Rd. in Wichita — Business cited for a total of 14 violations during two inspections. Violations include not providing sanitizer in fitness center, ice buckets not sanitized, missing window screens, emergency lighting doesn’t work, no testing logs for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, broken and missing smoke detectors, not protecting fruit from contamination, refrigerated waffle batter was too warm, missing paperwork, no probe-style food thermometer, no paper towels at sinks, unlabeled chemical bottle. Next inspection: Dec. 23 and Dec. 25.
This story was originally published December 23, 2021 at 4:17 AM.
