Saturday, October 24, 2026

Two establishments fail Joplin Health Department inspections

Lotus's, 801 E. 20th, and Recovery Outreach Community Center, 1402 S. Main Street, failed Joplin Health Department inspections this week, according to information posted on the department website.

Lotus's

 Lotus's was cited for three priority violations and seven core violations.

Priority violations were recorded for the following:

-Multiple bags of raw chicken in the drop-in freezer were in direct contact with grocery store checkout bags.

-Multiple live flies were seen, especially in the back food prep area.







-Muliple unlabeled spray bottles were observed in the server area.

The core violations can be found at this link.

Recovery Outreach Community Center

Recovery Outreach Community Center received a priority violation for having a hand-held spray nozzle in the three-compartment sink that is not protected by an approved backflow prevention device and three core violations, which can be found at this link.

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The following establishments passed their inspections.

Big Apple Travel Centers, 2110 S. Prigmor Avenue

Shake's Frozen Custard, 1441 S. Range Line Road (re-inspection)

Joplin Early Childhood, 2825 S. McClelland Boulevard

Downtown Burgers, 212 S. Main Street

Stapleton Elementary School- 101 E. 41st Street

Sonic Drive-In, 1030 E. 7th Street (re-inspection)

122 Lounge, 122 S. Main Street

Vino Noir, 530 S. Main Street








Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, 410 S. Richard Joseph Boulevard

Ghetto Tacos (mobile) 

Casey's General Store, 201 S. Maidne Lane

Arby's, 2408 S. Range Line Road

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 3031 E. Hammons Boulevard

Irving Elementary School, 2109 S. McClelland Boulevard

Stop N' Shop, 1503 S. Range Line Road



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Not sure how Cracker Barrel passed their inspection. That place is nasty. I have called the corporate office on them. There is always food all over the floor. The windows are always nasty. The vents along the seating by the window is disgusting. The tables are never clean. The floor is always got stuff all over it. I don’t know. They should never have passed their food inspection because that place is absolutely filthy and I will continue to make complaints to the corporate office until something is done about this nasty restaurant.