Area restaurants cited for health code violations - KansasCity.com

Area restaurants cited for health code violations - KansasCity.com

The Kansas Department of Agriculture cited the following restaurants for six or more critical health code violations. Most critical violations are corrected at the time of the inspection:

•Barley’s Brewhaus, 11924 W. 119th St., Overland Park, had nine critical violations during a July 28 routine inspection. They included a dented can of tomato paste, a dented can of artichoke hearts and a dishwasher in use with no detectable chlorine.

Chris Sutton, chief executive officer of KC Hopps, parent company of Barley’s Brewhaus, said the violations were corrected the day of the inspection.

“We take health and sanitation very seriously,” Sutton said. “Infractions are always corrected immediately.”

It had no critical violations during an Aug. 11 follow-up inspection.

•Bo Lings Chinese Restaurant, 7105 W. 135th St., Overland Park, had eight critical violations during a routine inspection Aug. 3. They included food held at improper temperatures on the cook’s table and badly damaged wire fryer baskets.

“All the temperatures are correct now, and we are going to make sure that our food quality and standards are kept,” said manager Ian Tilbury.

It had one critical violation during an Aug. 15 follow-up inspection.

•La Hacienda El Camino Real, 1109 E. Santa Fe Drive, Olathe, had nine critical violations during an Aug. 1 routine inspection. They included a cook handling raw chicken and not removing gloves before handling clean food pans and food being stored at improper temperatures overnight.

“Everything is back to normal,” said manager Orlando Martinez.

There were no critical violations during an Aug. 12 follow-up inspection.

•Mi Ranchito Express, 10904 W. 75th St., Shawnee, had eight critical violations during an Aug. 5 routine inspection following a complaint. They included cooked taco meat, cooked beans, cooked pork, cooked chicken, spinach dip and other foods held at improper temperatures, and a can of Raid inspect spray stored on the counter in the service area by the drive-through window. Raid is not to be used in commercial restaurants. It was discarded.

“All problems have been corrected,” said Jenny Bustos Gomez, director of operations.

It had no critical violations during an Aug. 12 follow-up inspection.

•Tanner’s Bar & Grill, 22374 W. 66th St., Shawnee, had seven critical violations during a July 27 inspection following a complaint. They included cooked chicken and chicken tortilla soup held at improper temperatures, and corned beef and cooked chicken dated July 17.

“I trust our kitchen manager and I’ve been paying a lot more attention to expiration dates,” said general manager Chris Urban.

It had two critical violations during an Aug. 3 follow-up inspection.

For complete reports on Kansas restaurant inspections, go to www.ksda.gov/food_safety.

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