See the 10 Wichita-area restaurants, food businesses that failed inspections July 17-23

Ten Wichita-area businesses were deemed out of compliance during Kansas Department of Agriculture food and lodging safety inspections conducted July 17-23, reports show.

Among problems inspectors found: a restaurant with cockroach and sink issues bad enough that it had to close temporarily, old Spam and bologna, decaying mice, mashed potatoes in a trash bag and rotting food.

Information about the Sedgwick County businesses and their violations, compiled July 29, 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 in front of an inspector after 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.

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Recent out-of-compliance inspections:

Banh Mi to Go, 2528 S. Oliver in Wichita — Three violations during a July 19 follow-up inspection. Cited over meats including bologna and ribs that weren’t cold enough in cooler, pastries with meat and cheese were stored at room temperature instead of in a heated cabinet, old Spam and bologna, old ham, tomatoes stored in plastic T-shirt-style bag instead of food-grade container. Next inspection: Sept. 19.

Corner Market, 2190 N. Rock Road in Wichita — One violation during a July 19 routine inspection. Cited for not having a food thermometer available during the inspection. Next inspection: July 30.

Cousin Hector’s food truck, 2847 N. Woodland in Wichita — One violation during a July 20 routine inspection. Cited over lettuce and cheese that wasn’t cold enough in a preparation table. Next inspection: July 30.

El Agave Mexican Restaurant, 3560 N. Maize Road in Wichita — Eleven violations during a July 21 inspection prompted by a complaint. Cited over a cook handling tortillas that were ready to serve to customers with his bare hands, storing raw bacon above pineapple in cooler, bottle of Gatorade stored in ice that was used for customer drinks, thawing raw chicken in sink at room temperature without cold running water, French fries weren’t kept hot enough, carnitas sitting out at room temperature, foods including steak and raw chicken weren’t cold enough in coolers, no food thermometer, dirty vegetable dicer, not enough sanitizer in bar dishwasher, dirty dishes stored at hand-washing sinks, bottle of glass cleaner was stored with spray nozzle pointed at bottle of tequila. Next inspection July 31.

Little Caesars Pizza, 2548 S. Seneca, Ste. B in Wichita — Fifteen violations during a July 19 licensing inspection. Cited over an employee who touched dough without washing hands after picking up a cellphone off of the floor, employees washing hands in wrong sink, leaving pre-made pizzas at room temperature without a written procedure to do so, cracked and broken equipment, dirty pizza pans and can opener, “significant build up” of grime and grease on equipment, no water pressure at hand-washing sink in back of kitchen, bathroom sink was used to store bag of clean rags, slow-draining mop sink had a “green-ish thick liquid come up as sink was draining,” no paper towels at bathroom sink, no sign in bathroom or kitchen telling employees to wash hands, cockroaches both dead and alive in various spots around restaurant, “build up of grime, food debris, and grease on walls and under mop sink, under food preparation tables” and near sink and on walls and under equipment, restaurant had containers of insecticide rated for household use on site. The business agreed to close voluntarily until the “handwashing sink is fixed, sticky traps are changed, and all dead pests are removed from building,” according to the report. It reopened later the same day and was found in compliance with one violation noted, another report shows. Next inspection: July 29.

Livingston’s, 9747 E. 21st St., Ste. 149 in Wichita — Seven violations during a July 21 routine inspection. Cited for not labeling cooked chicken breasts with preparation dates, quiches stored at room temperature, cooling meat at room temperature without monitoring its progress, Hollandaise sauce wasn’t kept hot enough, pans of diced tomatoes not kept cold enough, pans of ham and turkey weren’t marked with preparation dates, old ham, ready-to-serve mashed potatoes were sitting in a trash bag-lined pan instead of in a food-grade container. Next inspection: July 30.

Mexico Viejo Mexican Restaurant, 6960 W. 21st St. in Wichita — Thirteen violations during a July 19 inspection prompted by a complaint. Cited for not thawing fish properly, ants inside of sugar bin, moldy limes, raw eggs stored above ready-to-eat vegetable mix and beer kegs in coolers, container of tomatoes stored on ice that is used for drinks, refried beans and rice weren’t kept hot enough, chile pork and other refrigerated foods including overfilled baked potatoes and cheese weren’t kept cold enough, raw eggs weren’t cold enough in cooler, dirty can opener, “black buildup” in ice bin, no paper towels at hand-washing sink, ants crawling on dry beans and rice containers, “about 30 ants” near rotting food on floor, three dead and decaying mice near mop sink, restaurant had a bottle of Raid flying insect killer that isn’t restaurant grade. Next inspection: July 29.

Starbucks Coffee, 2166 N. Amidon in Wichita — One violation during a July 18 inspection prompted by a complaint. Cited for having more than a dozen flies and gnats flying around restaurant mostly around the display case. Next inspection: Aug. 2.

Stroud’s Restaurant and Bar, 3661 N. Hillside in Wichita — Four violations during a July 18 follow-up inspection. Cited for not storing salad mix at cold-enough temperatures, containers of cooked rice and cooked pork chops weren’t labeled with preparation dates, not enough sanitizer in dishwasher, spray canister of Microban was sitting among plastic and Styrofoam cups. Next inspection: Sept. 18.

Vora Restaurant European, 3252 E. Douglas, Ste. 106 in Wichita — Two violations during a July 18 follow-up inspection. Cited over vacuum packaging raw meats without an approved plan in place to do, so logs recording information tied to sous-vide food preparation weren’t filled out. Next inspection: Aug. 2.