Rodent poop in an oven among South Florida’s worst restaurant inspections
Swarms of flies and a clusters of rodent droppings helped briefly close several South Florida restaurants after they failied state inspections.
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This week’s Sick and Shut Down List includes nine restaurants from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
As always, we remind you that we don’t choose who gets inspected nor do we do the inspections. The inspections are done by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Routine inspections are done on a rotation by that agency. Complaint inspections are done by that agency from customer complaints, which can be filed on the website.
Restaurants closed by inspection can reopen after passing re-inspection, also called a “callback inspection.”
In alphabetical order:
Chops Lobster Bar, 101 Plaza Real S., Boca Raton
Compliant inspection, 26 total violations, seven high priority violations
We start with a common sight in restaurants: ”Accumulation of black mold-like substance in the interior of both the ice machines in kitchen.”
The rodents got into a kitchen oven and left 50 rodent droppings. Five roaches ran around in the oven.
Two roaches died on the kitchen floor and another died inside a reach-in cooler.
A swarm of 10 flies were “flying and resting around floor drain in prep area.”
A prep table cutting board “had cut marks and is no longer cleanable.”
Along with rodent dung and roaches, the “interior of the oven has an accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris at cookline.”
Kapow! Noodle Bar, 402 Plaza Real, Boca Raton
Routine inspection, 16 total violations, eight high priority violations
The killing fields for the roaches seemed to be under the dishwasher, where 32 roach corpses lay. Six roaches died under a soda rack and an ice machine.
Two live roaches were “on the floor at the cookline, running.” Another one was on the cookline floor under a shelf with vegetables and fried rice.
No sanitizer in the dishwasher.
The “chef wiped his mouth with a hand, then handled trays of cooked dumplings without washing hands.”
A flip-top cooler held salted butter under 41 degrees, coming in at 51. Stop Sale for temperature abuse.
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La Riviera, 123 NE 20th Ave., Deerfield Beach
Routine inspection, 15 total violations, three high priority violations
A dead roach floated in a “bucket of clear liquid” under a kitchen prep table.
Living roaches were under the three-compartment sink (one) and under a front counter handwash sink (four).
The flies outnumbered their ground-bound cousins. About 26 were “resting on the wall and shelving” above the three-compartment sink. Seven flitted about the front counter and dining area. Eight hung out on a wall next to the dishwasher. Two were “resting” on cocoa and cold-brew bags. Another pair “rested” similarly on the box of single-use gloves and a food service box in the kitchen.
Inside the toaster, the inspector saw an “accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris…”
An employee cracked raw shell eggs at the front counter, “then handled cleaned food utensils without first handwashing.”
Then again, the water at the kitchen handwash sink and the three-compartment sink didn’t count as hot water because it didn’t reach the required 85 degrees.
Two employees “prepared food and handled food utensils without wearing hair restraints.”
The callback inspection got ruined by “approximately 25 live, small flying insects resting on walls in the dining area, kitchen/prep area, on the triple sink and the pictures hanging on walls” and “approximately 10 live, small flying insects flying around front counter and garbage cans in kitchen.”
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The inspector also saw a roach couple crawling under the three-compartment sink.
Nick’s Pizza, 137 NE Second Ave., Deerfield Beach
Routine inspection, 12 total violations, two High Priority violations
Common: “Accumulation of black mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.”
Uncommon: “Approximately 200 rodent droppings on the floor under food and the food utensils storage shelving next to soda coolers” and “approximately 100 rodent droppings on all shelves of the speed rack, on boxes, metal pans, and table linens.”
The kitchen ceiling vents were “soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance.”
A kitchen reach-in cooler had “standing water in the bottom.”
Two “soiled and dry wiping cloths were stored at the cutting board in the kitchen” instead of a bucket of sanitizer, where wiping cloths should rest.
The kitchen handwash sink’s basin held “soiled straws, tea, and lemon,” when it should have been empty.
Olivo Mediterranean Cuisine, 7815 W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation
Routine inspection, 13 total violations, five high priority violations
Rodents left their dots on a prep table next to a microwave oven (three), in a “clean try on the lower shelf of a prep table in the kitchen,” (three) and across from a kitchen freezer (four).
The kitchen handwash sink whiffed for the cycle: no soap, no paper towels, no hot water.
One Thai Restaurant, 4232 Northlake Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens
Routine inspection, 11 total violations, five high priority violations
Five rodent droppings marred the cleanliness of the server expo station, where finished dishes sit before servers take them out to customers.
A glue trap sat near a walk-in cooler and hot water heater, but no one picked it up after 15 dead roaches were in it.
The inspector looked down and saw “three live roaches on the floor coming out of the hot water heater in front of the walk in cooler.”
“Throughout the kitchen and walk-in cooler, various containers of food were stored on the floor.”
“Under the cookline, the floor is soiled with an accumulation of grease and food residues.”
An “employee wiped his face and, without washing hands, handled plates of customer food.”
Q’Onda Taqueria, 10575 SW 109th Ct., Kendall
Routine inspection, 39 total violations, 13 high priority violations
We told you earlier this week about the fly and roach problems at this taco place near Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus.
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Riverside Market Plantation, 6900 Cypress Rd., Plantation
Routine inspection, seven total violations, one high priority violation
A swarm of 50 flies were “at the bar landing in beer taps, counter tops and clean cups.”
The walk-in cooler’s floor was “covered with standing water.”
There was also “standing water in the bottom of a reach-in-cooler…”
Somebody used the handwash sink to store cups.
Subway, 4002 SW 64th Ave., Davie
Routine inspection, three total violations, three high priority violations
Six lumps of rodent regularity were under a dry storage rack in the prep area. Two were under a filing cabinet. One was under the three-compartment sink.
Premade pizza got slapped with a Stop Sale for temperature abuse, measuring 49 degrees in a reach-in cooler when it needed to be at or under 41 degrees.
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