See the nine Wichita-area restaurants, food businesses that failed inspections July 3-9
Nine Wichita-area businesses were deemed out of compliance during Kansas Department of Agriculture food and lodging safety inspections conducted July 3-9, reports show.
Information about the Sedgwick County businesses and their violations, compiled July 15, appears below with a summary of the problems inspectors noted on their reports. More details, including specific violation descriptions, 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 inspection results that appear in the list 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 below.
More than 40 businesses surveyed during the same time period 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 in front of an inspector.
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.
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:
Carnitas San Juan, 2247 N. Broadway in Wichita — Two violations during a July 5 licensing inspection. Cited for not having a thermometer that reads below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, no equipment to test strength of sanitizer. Next inspection: July 15.
El Pollo Dorado, 128 W. 21st St. in Wichita — Seven violations during a July 5 routine inspection. Cited for not keeping cooked rice hot enough, refrigerated items including beans and raw chicken weren’t kept cold enough, not tracking cooking process for al pastor, no test kit to measure sanitizer concentration, dirty vegetable slicer and pans, several flies in building, dead flies in windowsills, standing water on floor and food on kitchen walls. Next inspection: July 15.
GangNam Korean Grill and Bar, 210 N. Washington in Wichita — One violation during a July 6 inspection prompted by a complaint. Cited for not keeping logs updated that monitor the fermentation process for its kimchi. Next inspection: July 16.
Joyce’s Rendezvous Club and Deli, 614 W. 33rd St. North in Wichita — Two violations during a July 8 routine inspection. Cited for “heavy black buildup” inside soda gun nozzle, live cockroach on bar ice bin, insects in bottles of liquor. Next inspection: July 18.
Judy’s Just One More, 1300 S. Seneca in Wichita — Four violations during a July 6 routine inspection. Cited for storing raw hamburgers in contact with hot dog buns, not having a food thermometer, dirty serving spoons, no paper towels at hand-washing sink. Next inspection: July 16.
Palmer’s Snack Bar, 101 W. 29th St. North in Wichita — Three violations during a July 8 follow-up inspection. Cited for employee cutting onions with bare hands, storing raw hamburger on self over hot dog buns, bleach wasn’t labeled for use on dishes. Next inspection: Sept. 8.
Pizza Hut, 101 N. Rock Road in Derby — One violation during a July 7 routine inspection. Cited for not having a food thermometer readily accessible. The person in charge told the inspector theirs had been lost. Next inspection: July 17.
Stroud’s Restaurant and Bar, 3661 N. Hillside in Wichita — Seven violations during a July 7 inspection prompted by a complaint. Cited for employee washing hands at wrong sink, bowl of salad wasn’t cold enough, no date-marking process for certain foods made at the restaurant, drawer of tea blocking a hand-washing sink, empty soap dispenser, empty paper towel dispenser, storing chemicals including insecticide among bottles of liquor and grenadine. Next inspection: July 17.
West Street Nutrition, 240 S. West St. Ste. 100 in Wichita — Two violations during a July 8 routine inspection. Cited for having dogs in the dining areas, bottle of insect killer that isn’t labeled for use in a restaurant. Next inspection: July 18.
This story was originally published July 18, 2022 at 10:48 AM.
