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From backed-up sinks to chewed-up rice bags, health inspectors in Missouri and Kansas found numerous violations at Kansas City area restaurants in March.

Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and cafeterias are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public.

In Kansas City, the city’s health department enforces the food code while in Kansas, the state’s Department of Agriculture handles inspections. The lower the number of violations, the better.

Most restaurants often correct violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly thereafter. The full inspections show how each establishment has corrected or is working to correct any remaining violations. They are available for Kansas City at inspectionsonline.us/foodsafety/mousakansascity/search.htm and agriculture.ks.gov.

Here are the restaurants in Kansas City and Johnson and Wyandotte counties that received seven or more critical/priority violations from March 9 to 29.

The restaurant was shut down after failing to address issues after three follow-up inspections by the Kansas City Health Department. An inspector found the dishwashing sink backed up when the handwashing sink was in use, and grease buildup on the fryer.

An additional follow-up inspection has not occurred.

The fish restaurant was shut down after an inspector found the hot water temperature was 58 degrees, more than 25 degrees lower than it should be, according to the FDA food code.

The establishment fixed the issue and was able to reopen the next day after a follow-up inspection.

An employee picked up cupcakes with their bare hands and said there were no gloves at the Plaza bakery, according to an inspector. A can of WD-40 sat on a shelf with food above the industrial mixers and a mop was stored in a handwashing sink.

The establishment still had seven critical violations after its required follow-up inspection April 2.

An inspector found mouse droppings all throughout the kitchen, including on clean plates and bags of rice. Pests also chewed through a bag of rice, and tofu was kept under the dishwashing sink at room temperature.

The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection March 25.

There were no sanitizer buckets in the kitchen and a container of ground beef was defrosting incorrectly, according to the report.

The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection April 2.

While making a breakfast burrito, a cook placed a tortilla on top of cracked eggshells, an inspector with the Kansas Department of Agriculture witnessed. A plan of flautas had been kept in the fridge for longer than a week.

The restaurant corrected all the violations, according to a follow-up inspection April 1.

This story was originally published April 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - With the Lenten season beginning on Ash Wednesday this week, Kansas City-area parishes are serving up fish (and much more!) on Fridays until mid-April.

See the area church Fish Fry events below. You can email your parish Fish Fry to [email protected].

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As a veteran Kansas City firefighter recovers from a serious leg injury, he is anxious to shake the hand of the man who helped save him.

There's a problem though. He doesn't know who that Good Samaritan is.

As crews were battling a fire at a Subway in January, a motorist ran over a supply line

“As that person drove away, it pulled a hose off the hydrant with such force and velocity that it struck the firefighter in the lower leg, causing an open tibia/fibula fracture,” Assistant Fire Chief Scott Schaunaman told Fox4

The firefighter ended up in the middle of the busy street.

“A good Samaritan stopped, used his truck to block oncoming traffic, checked on the status of the firefighter and actually helped him get off the road to a safe area until firefighters could get there to render further care,” he explained.

The man was wearing an orange sweatshirt and driving a white truck.

The injured firefighter has had two surgeries and won't be returning to duty for some time.

“I just talked to him this afternoon, the firefighter, and he is literally dying to meet this person and shake that person’s hand because he truly believes that he was instrumental in helping save his life,” the assistant chief added.

Police charged Gabriel Taylor, 29. for aggravated arson in connection with the Jan. 13 fire.

About the Author

Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.

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For seniors and their loved ones, choosing a nursing home in the Kansas City area can be a big — and pricey — decision.

To help guide that decision, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services grades facilities using nursing home data including staffing levels, last two state health inspections and three years of complaints.

There are a total of 97 nursing facilities within 25 miles of downtown Kansas City, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. But more than a third of those nursing homes received the lowest possible grade of one star from the federal department.

In Missouri and Kansas, annual inspections review residents’ well-being, the building, the staff and food safety.

Some of these facilities were recently cited for abuse. The Medicare website does not give details on what they were cited for or how many citations they received, but defines abuse as “willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish. It includes verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and mental abuse.”

If you suspect that an elder or person with a disability is experiencing abuse in Missouri, you can file a report with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services by calling 800-392-0210 or filling out an online form. In Kansas, contact the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services at 800-842-0078 or email [email protected].

Find information about nursing homes and other healthcare providers around the Kansas City area on Medicare.gov.

Here are the one-star-rated nursing homes in the Kansas City area that had citations for abuse as of Feb. 26, 2025:

These are the rest of the one-star nursing homes in the Kansas City area, as of Feb. 26, 2025:

The Kansas City area also has several highly rated nursing homes. Here are the facilities with five-star ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:

Have more questions about aging in the Kansas City area? Ask the Service Journalism team at [email protected].

This story was originally published March 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM.