Roaches on beer coolers, 160-plus rodent droppings in kitchen: 4 South Florida eating places quickly shut

Tainted seafood, roaches crawling on Miller Lite and Bud Lite beer coolers and an worker caught smoking whereas making ready meals have been among the many points that compelled the state to quickly shut 4 South Florida eating places final week.

The South Florida Solar Sentinel sometimes highlights restaurant inspections performed by the Florida Division of Enterprise and Skilled Regulation in Broward and Palm Seaside counties. We cull via inspections that occur weekly and highlight locations ordered shut for “high-priority violations,” comparable to improper meals temperatures or useless cockroaches.

Any restaurant that fails a state inspection should keep closed till it passes a follow-up. Should you noticed a potential violation and want to file a criticism, contact Florida DBPR. (However please don’t contact us: The Solar Sentinel doesn’t examine eating places.)

The Inn Area Pub, Dawn

11439 W. Oakland Park Blvd.

Ordered shut: Nov. 8, reopened Nov. 9

Why: 9 violations (four high-priority), together with 4 cockroaches seen crawling “on high of Miller Lite cooler,” “on high of Bud Lite cooler,” “in entrance of cooler subsequent to detergent containers” and “on mat in entrance of hand wash sink.”

The report additionally famous two useless roaches “behind detergent containers in bar space” and “in mat subsequent to ice sink.”

The restaurant was ordered to cease promoting and trash its American, Swiss, cheddar and provolone cheeses, in addition to coleslaw, bitter cream, burgers and ham, turkey and roast beef slices “resulting from temperature abuse.”

Lastly, the state red-flagged a number of points comparable to “accumulation of black mold-like buildup in ice machine,” “black mold-like particles to the again of walk-in cooler” and “accumulation of stains on wall in walk-in cooler.”

The next-day inspection discovered an intermediate and a primary violation, however the pub was cleared to reopen.

Rave Pizza & Sushi, Boca Raton

7300 W. Camino Actual, Suite 102

Ordered shut: Nov. 7; reopened Nov. 8

Why: The restaurant’s one high-priority violation concerned eight dwell cockroaches noticed crawling “on the partitions and ground across the ice machine within the kitchen.

The restaurant was allowed to reopen on Nov. 8 after its follow-up inspection yielded zero violations.

Carmela’s, Boca Raton

7300 W. Camino Street, Suite 100

Ordered shut: Nov. 7; reopened Nov. 8

Why: Three high-priority violations, together with eight cockroaches noticed crawling “on the partitions and ground across the ice machine within the kitchen.”

The restaurant was ordered to cease promoting and toss its spicy tuna, baked salmon, spicy salmon, mushrooms, cooked rice, sea bass, cooked tuna and quinoa “resulting from temperature abuse.”

The state did not discover any new issues the next day and cleared the restaurant to reopen.

Ellie’s Desi Kitchen, Cooper Metropolis

12161 Sheridan St.

Ordered shut: Nov. 7; reopened Nov. 8

Why: 11 violations (two high-priority), together with at the very least 163 rodent droppings “on dishwashing machine,” “beneath cooking gear on cook dinner line,” “beneath three-compartment sink” (subsequent to cook dinner line), “in prep space beneath handwash sink” and “in dry storage space between double-door fridges.”

An worker was seen touching cooked pita bread “with naked fingers,” and a chef was carrying “no hair restraint whereas partaking in meals preparation.” Amongst different worker violations: “smoking (whereas) partaking in meals preparation;” and “consuming from an open container (whereas partaking) in meals preparation.” An worker’s cellphone was “saved on shelf subsequent to sandwich bread.”

Lastly, the state noticed an “accumulation of black mold-like substance buildup on AC vents and ceiling tiles all through kitchen,” in addition to “standing water in handwash sink at prep station draining very slowly.”

No issues were found during the followup inspection on Nov. 8, and the eater was cleared to reopen.