ORLANDO, Fla. – Last week, seven more eateries across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.
These records show that the reported eateries experienced violations like rodent droppings, roaches, lack of potable water, and storage issues.
[BELOW: These Bahama Breeze locations are officially closed in Central Florida]
However, most of these restaurants were allowed to reopen within a day or two after meeting inspection standards.
The full list of Central Florida restaurants required to close last week is as follows:
CLEARWATER
- Little Caesars — 1712 Gulf to Bay Blvd.
- Closed on March 12
- Due to plumbing issues, no bathroom available for customers or employees to use
- Objectionable odors in the front counter area near bathroom
- Establishment operating without a Division of Hotels and Restaurants license
- Met inspection standards on March 12
CLERMONT
- SnappyDogsFlorida (Food Truck) — 16640 Cagan Crossing Blvd.
- Closed on March 10
- Establishment operating with no potable running water
- Cooked onions prepared on outdoor grill of hot dog cart
- Time/temperature violation for hot dog
- Met inspection standards on March 16
ORLANDO
- Aquatica Theme Park Carts — 7007 Sea World Drive
- Closed on March 11
- Establishment operating with no potable running water
- Met inspection standards on March 12
- Blue Magic Seafood and Oyster Bar — 629 N. Westmoreland Drive
- Closed on March 10
- Over 30 rodent droppings found on premises
- Bacon kept on non-food-grade paper towels
- Met inspection standards on March 11
- Spark Orlando Universal Blvd — 7701 Universal Blvd.
- Closed on March 10
- Equipment/utensils not properly sanitized properly due to no running water at the three-compartment sink and dishwasher
- Met inspection standards on March 10
ST. PETERSBURG
- New China St. Pete — 928 58 Street
- Closed on March 10
- Nearly 40 dead roaches found on premises
- Around 20 live roaches found on premises
- Raw chicken stored over egg rolls in reach-in cooler across from fryers
- Met inspection standards on March 14
TAMPA
- Malio’s Prime Steakhouse — 400 N. Ashley Drive
- Closed on March 9
- One dead roach found by back door
- Six live roaches found on premises
- Met inspection standards on March 9