Roaches, rodent droppings, meals not ‘in a healthful, sound situation’: See which 5 South Florida eating places shut final week

Rodent droppings close to the kitchen range, flies touchdown on a espresso pot and inside a to-go container and roaches crawling close to the entrance counter led state inspectors to briefly shut 4 South Florida eating places final week.

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

[ FULL DATABASE: See Florida restaurant inspection reports from the last 30 days ]

Solar Sentinel readers can browse full Palm Seaside, Broward and Miami-Dade county studies by means of our state inspection map, up to date weekly (normally Mondays) with contemporary knowledge pulled from the Florida DBPR web site.

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

1313 W. Boynton Seaside Blvd., Suite R5

Ordered shut: Sept. 13; reopened Sept. 14

Why: Inspectors reported 10 violations (five high-priority), led by greater than 40 rodent droppings “underneath shelf subsequent to range,” “on shelf underneath prep desk” behind the kitchen’s cook dinner line, “on prime of water heater in [dishwashing] space” and “behind flooring mixer subsequent to walk-in cooler.” In addition they discovered three useless cockroaches “on shelf subsequent to [dishwashing] machine” and close to a grill, which the operator later cleaned and sanitized. One inspector famous an worker’s private cellphone sitting atop a clear slicing board, which was later eliminated. Lastly, the restaurant was ordered to cease promoting and trash its ham, meatballs, turkey, floor beef, rooster, coleslaw and sizzling canines “as a consequence of temperature abuse.” The state red-flagged another main situation during its next-day inspection however let the restaurant reopen.

2238 Weston Street

Ordered shut: Sept. 15; reopened Sept. 16

Why: The report signifies 15 violations (two high-priority), together with about 30 flies round “bananas, partitions, containers with to-go sealed cups” within the dry storage space, “round flooring at entrance counter” and round clear “pans and utensils and on unwrapped paper towels.” Inspectors additionally discovered a number of cases of poor sanitation, together with “collected meals particles” on the ceiling, limescale deposits contained in the dishwasher, “standing water underneath” the entrance counter and buildup of a mold-like substance” underneath the dishwasher. A reinspection the subsequent day found one major and one basic issue, however Chill-N was cleared to reopen.

2250 N. Federal Freeway

Ordered shut: Twice on Sept. 12; reopened Sept. 13

Why: The state discovered two points (one high-priority), together with greater than 40 stay flies “touchdown on utensil dispensers in eating room,” in addition to on a coffeepot, the “partitions of eating room,” in “entrance of open refrigerated show case,” and on “closed instances of single-use objects in kitchen.” There have been additionally 20 stay flies seen “on partitions of bagel kitchen” and inside “open clamshell to-go container” in kitchen (which the operator later discarded). The bagel store’s fly points had been unresolved during the state’s reinspection that day, with extra bugs seen “touchdown on espresso dispensers in eating room,” on the eating room soft-drink machine, and on the partitions of the bagel-making space. The state green-lit its reopening on Sept. 13 after a 3rd inspection confirmed no points.

240 N. Congress Ave.

Ordered shut: Sept. 12 and Sept. 13; reopened Sept. 13

Why: Ten violations had been cited (six high-priority). These included seven stay cockroaches discovered crawling “in seal of chest freezer” close to the dry storage space and on the ground within the dishwashing space.” The restaurant was ordered to cease promoting and toss its uncooked rooster and uncooked pork, which “had been prepped on the similar time on the identical prep desk and slicing board,” as a consequence of “meals not being in a healthful, sound situation.” The buffet was ordered shut again when its next-day reinspection discovered extra stay roaches, however a third inspection found zero new issues and cleared the buffet to reopen. (The restaurant was ordered shut in July 2021 for comparable roach woes.)

2800 N. Navy Path, Suite 103

Ordered shut: Sept. 14 and Sept. 15, reopened Sept. 16

Why: 9 violations (one high-priority) included 4 to 5 cockroaches found crawling “on again plate of hand sink at entrance counter” and behind the entrance counter’s “upright glass door cooler by hand sink.” Ordered shut a second time the next day, once more due to roaches, the Peruvian restaurant was cleared to reopen on Sept. 16 when a third inspection revealed a handful of intermediate and fundamental violations.