Three Broward County restaurants faced emergency closure orders last week because of violations including 61 live flies, roach excrement and improper hand hygiene.
The state did not temporarily shut any Palm Beach County restaurants during the same time period.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for violations such as improper food temperatures or cockroaches.
Any restaurant that fails a state inspection must stay closed until it passes a follow-up. If you spot a possible violation and wish to file a complaint, visit myfloridalicense.com. (But please don’t contact us: the Sun Sentinel doesn’t inspect restaurants.)
Broward County
Bayview Diner
2712 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Ordered shut: Sept. 28
Why: 17 violations (10 high-priority), including:
• About five live roaches “in kitchen crawling on walls/storage shelves behind/over hand washing sink/dish machine.”
• About four dead roaches “in kitchen on floor in corner between dish machine and handwashing sink.”
• “Roach excrement and/or droppings present in kitchen corner on walls between dishwasher and hand washing sink.”
• Stop sale ordered for cut tomatoes and cooked potato hash browns “due to temperature abuse.”
• “Employee washing dishes then began preparing food for customers without washing hands.”
• “Employee cracked raw shell eggs then handled [ready-to-eat] cheese and bread without washing hands.”
• “Employee washed hands and dried with paper towels then wiped hands on visibly soiled apron before preparing food for customers.”
• ” Plastic-wrapped/portioned raw comminuted beef patties stored over fully cooked sausage.”
• “Raw salmon stored over [ready-to-eat] pancake batter.”
Status: Reopened Sept. 29 after a follow-up visit found no violations.
Chicken Guy! (inside Walmart Supercenter)
4301 S. University Drive, Davie
Ordered shut: Sept. 30
Why: Nine violations (four high-priority), including:
• About 10 ants “crawling on and in a container of honey in the prep area” (stop sale ordered).
• About 61 live flies “near the dishwashing area landing on clean dishes and walls,” “in the dry storage area landing in sealed packages of cereal and boxes of single-service items,” “in the prep area landing on containers of spices, walls and tables,” “in the mop sink area landing on walls,” “at the front counter landing on registers, containers of ice cream toppings and boxes with bread.”
• “Raw ground beef stored over [ready-to-eat] pepperoni and salami” in walk-in cooler.
• “Walls by the triple sink and mop sink soiled.”
Status: Reopened Oct. 1 after a reinspection found no violations.
Brandon Asian Cuisine
6417 Stirling Road, Davie
Ordered shut: Oct. 1
Why: 11 violations (four high-priority), including:
• About eight live roaches in kitchen “in container under preparation table,” “crawling on prep table,” “on prep table lower shelf” and “on shelf next to dishwashing machine.”
• About two dead roaches “on shelf next to dishwashing machine in kitchen.”
• “Employee switched from working with raw pork and raw beef to vegetables without first removing gloves or washing hands.”
• “Employee picked trash from floor and then [engaged] in food preparation without washing hands.”
• “Wrapped raw pork stored above container of soup” in walk-in cooler.
Status: Reopened Oct. 2 after a next-day visit found two intermediate and basic violations.
Dining and Cooking