Bedbugs, no hot water. Kansas City area operations cited for health code violations

Three operations in the Kansas City metro recently had health code violations that required reopening inspections.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture cited:

▪ Great Wolf Lodge, 10401 Cabela Drive, Kansas City, Kansas, during a Sept. 29 inspection following a complaint.

Great Wolf was cited for not informing the department of the imminent health hazard of bedbugs. Two rooms had two bedbugs each.

It had one critical violation during an Oct. 13 reopening inspection of the rooms. According to the inspection report, the lodge “continued operation with the rental of room 361. Upon arrival at 9:16 a.m. per (person in charge) room 361 was occupied.” It was inspected later that day and the two rooms were reopened.

In a statement, Great Wolf Lodge said: “The health and well-being of our guests is paramount at Great Wolf Lodge, and we have a rigorous program to prevent pest related issues. Our trained housekeeping staff conducts daily inspections of the rooms and we enlist licensed pest control experts with specially trained canines to perform seasonal top-to-bottom inspections of the resort. If an issue is identified during our normal inspections or otherwise brought to our attention, we immediately place that room out of service and enlist a third party professional expert to evaluate and address the situation.”

▪ Mi Ranchito, Overland Park-based food truck, after a June 14 routine inspection. The licensee did not cease operations and notify the department of the imminent health hazard of no hot water available at all distribution points.

It had two priority violations during an Oct. 13 reopening inspection. It has not reopened.

“We haven’t been using it. I called to schedule an inspection and haven’t heard back,” said Daniel De La Torre, area manager.

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The Kansas City Health Department cited this operation:

▪ New Peking Chinese Restaurant, 540 Westport Road, temporarily closed after an Oct. 3 inspection following a complaint.

The inspector said there was no water at the kitchen hand sinks, the three-compartment sink and the hand sinks in the restrooms.

It had no critical violations during an Oct. 4 follow-up inspection and was allowed to reopen.

The owner said a water pipe broke and they tried to use other sources for hand washing, including a bucket, while it was repaired.

“We never had a situation like this before and we tried to keep the business going,” said Tom Teng, owner.

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