See the five Wichita-area restaurants, food businesses that failed recent inspections
Five Wichita-area businesses were deemed out of compliance during Kansas Department of Agriculture food and lodging safety inspections conducted Aug. 21-27, reports show.
Among problems inspectors found: a motel that had no water in several rooms because of a line break, dead and living mice in a restaurant’s mop room, an employee who didn’t wash their hands after touching dirty dishes, ants, arguing cooks and a dishwasher running without sanitizer in it.
Information about the Sedgwick County businesses and their violations, compiled Aug. 31, 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 at the end of this article.
More than 60 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 in front of an inspector when they’re found.
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:
Best Western Plus Wichita West, 3800 W. Kellogg Dr. in Wichita — Two violations during an Aug. 23 follow-up inspection. Cited over out-of-date paperwork, no hot water at one sink. Next inspection: Oct. 23.
Delux Inn, 8401 W. Kellogg in Wichita — Two violations during an Aug. 23 inspection prompted by a complaint. Cited over not having running water in some rooms due to a water line break. Occupants refused to leave some rooms, so as soon as they are vacant, they will be closed until the water issue is fixed. Next inspection: Sept. 3.
Denny’s, 4024 E. Harry in Wichita — Five violations during an Aug. 27 inspection prompted by a complaint. Cited for chili that wasn’t kept hot enough, pancake batter wasn’t kept cold enough, no sanitizer in dishwasher, plumbing issue, mice both dead and alive found in the restaurant’s mop room, ants. Next inspection: Sept. 3.
La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, 1138 N. Nelson Dr. in Derby — Three violations during an Aug. 23 follow-up inspection. Cited for employee who didn’t wash or dry hands after touching dirty dishes, refrigerated foods including dairy items and produce not kept at cold-enough temperatures. Next inspection: Oct. 23.
Little Busters Sports Bar & Grill, 457 N. Baltimore in Derby — One violation during an Aug. 23 follow-up inspection. Cited over a dirty meat slicer that one employee contended he had cleaned with a towel but had not sanitized. The employee told the inspector that someone else must have wiped the slicer with a dirty towel after they had handled it and then started arguing with the other cook in the kitchen about it, according to the report. Next inspection: Oct. 23.
