Even more Central Florida restaurants close over health issues

ORLANDO, Fla. – Last week, ten more restaurants 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, pests, and storage violations.

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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:

APOPKA

• Checker’s — 355 E. Main Street
  • Closed on Feb. 27
    • Around 70 small, flying insects found on premises
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 28

DAYTONA BEACH

• Sakura Express — 1700 W. International Speedway Blvd.
  • Closed on Feb. 23
    • Ten dead roaches found in glue trap near register
    • Nearly 50 rodent droppings found on premises
    • Packed dry spaghetti noodles infested with insects
    • Time/temperature violations for chicken, whole meat roast, chicken, green beans, and pasta
    • Bleach stored on shelf with pasta
    • Employee washed hands without soap
    • Beef bones stored in plastic to-go bags
  • Follow-up inspection required as of March 3

ORLANDO

• Cornerstone Pizza — 1513 E. Michigan Street
  • Closed on Feb. 23
    • Four dead roaches found on premises
    • Four live roaches found on premises
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 24
• Lee & Rick’s Oyster Bar, Inc. — 5621 Old Winter Garden Road
  • Closed on Feb. 23
    • Over 60 small, flying insects found on premises
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 25
• Thai Island Orlando Restaurant — 2522 S. Semoran Blvd.
  • Closed on Feb. 25
    • Four dead roaches found in cling-wrap box
    • Several dead roaches found in light shields above kitchen
    • Nearly 70 live roaches found on premises
    • Roach droppings seen on clean dishes over three-compartment sink and on kitchen walls
    • Over a dozen small, flying insects found on premises
    • Raw foods kept in non-food-grade bags in all coolers in establishment
    • Raw foods kept in white chest cooler mixed together
    • Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to faucet
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 26

SOUTH DAYTONA

• Webber’s Steakhouse & Sushi — 2017 S. Ridgewood Ave.
  • Closed on Feb. 25
    • Eight rodent droppings found on premises
    • Raw shrimp kept over shredded cheese and sauce bottles
    • Raw shell eggs kept over butter
    • Raw beef kept over produce
    • Time/temperature violations for cooked onions, potatoes, garlic, butter and sushi rice
    • Whole meat roasts not reaching proper time/temperature cooking requirements
    • Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength
    • Advertised crab on menu but served imitation crab (employee wrote in a “k” to change to “krab”)
    • Lunch menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 26

ST. PETERSBURG

• Plate Tampa — 13134 N. Dale Mabry Hwy.
  • Closed on Feb. 24
    • One dead roach found in glue trap under food storage rack
    • A dozen rodent droppings found on premises
    • Raw tuna and snapper stored above ready-to-eat butter
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 25
• The Lemon Grass Sushi Thai Tapas, Inc. — 310 Central Ave.
  • Closed on Feb. 24
    • Over 170 rodent droppings found on premises
    • Fly sticky tape hung over food, food preparation area, and/or food-contact equipment
    • Container of diced raw chicken stored above unwashed produce inside walk-in cooler
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 25

TAMPA

• Marco’s Pizza — 4711 W. Gandy Blvd.
  • Closed on Feb. 24
    • Live rodent found next to reach-in cooler
    • Over 120 rodent droppings found on premises
    • Shredded cardboard from pizza box on bottom shelf of dry storage rack considered evidence of rodent burrowing or nesting
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 26

WEST MELBOURNE

• Ethel and Fred’s Entrée Restaurant — 3016 W. New Haven Ave.
  • Closed on Feb. 23
    • Over 50 rodent droppings found on premises
    • Employees said mop water was dumped outside
    • Employee changed gloves without washing hands, moving from raw bacon contact to other food prep
  • Met inspection standards on Feb. 24