ORLANDO, Fla. – Last week, another three 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, and storage issues, among others.
However, one of these restaurants — China Lee along South Kirkman Road in Orlando — has already been closed twice this year.
China Lee was first shut down back in March after over 100 live cockroaches and around 400 rodent droppings were discovered on the premises, reports show.
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And late last month, the restaurant was told to close yet again after more cockroaches and droppings were found, state records reveal.
Both times, the business was ultimately allowed to reopen upon meeting inspection standards, though just over a week ago, a health inspector reported that China Lee had closed for a third time in a row.
This time around, the restaurant still reportedly suffered from roach issues, but an inspector also noted that a dead rodent was discovered under the make table in the cook line.
Furthermore, the inspection report states that China Lee had issues with raw food being stored near ready-to-eat food, as well as a lack of sanitizer for ware washing.
The full list of Central Florida eateries required to close last week is as follows:
MOUNT DORA
- Haystax Restaurant — 2744 W. Old Hwy. 441
- Closed on May 22
- Eleven dead roaches found on premises
- Ten live roaches found on premises
- Time/temperature violations for sausage, coleslaw, cut tomato, ham, sausage and waffle batter
- Met inspection standards on May 24
ORLANDO
- A&T Buffalo Wings — 4477 N. Pine Hills Road
- Closed on May 18
- Bathroom facility not clean
- Two dead roaches in women’s bathroom
- One live roach in women’s bathroom
- Around 30 rodent droppings discovered in AC unit room, which was being used as storage for food and equipment
- Six small flying insects found on premises
- Time/temperature violations for cut cabbage and white rice
- Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food
- Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license
- Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands
- No sanitizer of any kind available for warewashing
- Met inspection standards on May 19
- China Lee — 2338 S. Kirkman Road
- Closed on May 19
- Five dead roaches and one egg sac found on premises
- Dead rodent found beneath make table in cook line
- Ten live roaches found on premises
- Around 20 rodent droppings discovered between speed rack and table where rice cooker is located next to sink
- Mixing bowls not sanitized after washing
- Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food (“Bottle seating on top of sprouts in reach-in freezer”)
- Raw chicken stored in same container as cooked pork
- Raw shell eggs stored over soy sauce in walk-in cooler
- Raw chicken wings stored over cooked wings in walk-in cooler
- Time/temperature violation for cooked broccoli
- No sanitizer of any kind available for warewashing
- Met inspection standards on May 20