ORLANDO, Fla. – Last week, over a dozen more Central Florida restaurants were forced to close — at least temporarily — over concerns brought by health inspectors, according to the Florida DBPR.
Health inspection records reveal that these restaurants suffered issues with cockroaches, food storage, rodent droppings, and other sorts of violations.
However, each of these restaurants was later allowed to reopen, with most meeting inspection standards upon a follow-up visit.
[BELOW: Find out more about three other eateries that were shut down last month]
Below are the 15 restaurants that were forced to close down between July 21 and July 27.
DAYTONA BEACH
- Stroud’s Hog Heaven — 37 N. Atlantic Ave.
- 7/24: Five flying insects found and over 60 rodent droppings discovered throughout the restaurant
- 7/25: Met inspection standards
EDGEWATER
- Jan & Lib’s Hi-Tops — 319 N. Ridgewood Ave.
- 7/22: Pan of steaks kept over cases of bottled beverages; a live roach found on the wall in a storage hallway; and over a dozen rodent droppings spotted
- 7/22: Met inspection standards
LONGWOOD
- Mulligan’s — 165 Wekiva Springs Road
- 7/24: Total of 16 live roaches found in the restaurant
- 7/25: Met inspection standards
MERRITT ISLAND
- Straight Outta Philly — 203 Crockett Blvd.
- 7/21: Three live insects found in kitchen; tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, meat and bacon held at improper temperatures; employee caught switching from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands
- 7/23: Met inspection standards
OCALA
- Chipotle Mexican Grill — 2645 College Road
- 7/22: Employees seen cleaning food contact surfaces before immediately putting on gloves and serving food to customers, and 17 live roaches were seen on a wall behind the dishwashing machine
- 7/24: Met inspection standards
ORLANDO
- Burger King — 4622 S. Kirkman Road
- 7/22: No bathroom available to the public or employees and single-serve butter kept over required temperatures
- 7/22: Met inspection standards
- El Palacio Buffet — 7403 S. Orange Blossom Trail
- 7/21: Four small, flying insects and over 50 larvae found in cooking areas; nearly 30 live roaches discovered; paint and cleaning products stored next to sugar and soy sauce; vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet
- 7/25: Met inspection standards
- The Licking Orlando — 1117 Florida Mall Ave.
- 7/22: Chicken wings held below required temperature, and 10 insect larvae found in the ladies’ restroom
- 7/23: Met inspection standards
PALM COAST
- Moe’s Southwest Grill — 250 Palm Coast Pkwy.
- 7/22: Dishwashing machine was not sanitizing properly
- 7/22: Met inspection standards
ST. PETERSBURG
- Poppo’s Taqueria — 1033 Central Ave.
- 7/25: Dishwasher’s chlorine sanitizer was too weak, and wastewater was found backing up through floor drains near the ware-washing areas
- 7/25: Met inspection standards
- Rumba Island Bar & Grill — 6445 4th Street N.
- 7/23: Four live flying insects seen in the cooking and dining areas; 15 rodent droppings were in the liquor storage area; and hogfish was found fully thawed in the walk-in cooler
- 7/23: Allowed to reopen, but follow-up inspection will be required
- Three Birds Tavern — 1492 4th Street N.
- 7/23: Two live roaches found; 18 rodent droppings discovered; some eggs in the walk-in cooler were cracked; parts of salmon were already thawed while still in the packaging; bleach was stored in front of heavy cream in the cooler; and several other food temperature/time violations
- 7/24: Met inspection standards
- Voodoo Brewing Co. — 220 4th Street N.
- 7/21: Three flies found inside; 12 rodent droppings discovered in storage closet; ammonium sanitizer was too weak; and dishwasher chlorine sanitizer was too weak
- 7/21: Met inspection standards
TAMPA
- Grain And Berry — 2784 E. Fowler Ave.
- 7/22: Over a dozen live roaches found inside and a fly was seen on the wall by a handwashing sink
- 7/23: Met inspection standards
- La Giraldilla Tampa — 1003 W. Hillsborough Ave.
- 7/22: Several food temperature violations; roach egg casing found underneath cooks line; three rodent droppings discovered; 13 live roaches spotted inside; and Walmart plastic bags were used to store food items
- 7/24: Met inspection standards