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‘heavy Odor Of Sewage’ In Dining Room; 50 Dead Roaches On Kitchen Floor: 6 South Florida Restaurants Shut
More than 60 flies landing on bread and in other areas of a bakery. Water backing up from a drain under a pizza oven emitting a “heavy odor of sewage.” And about 150 rodent droppings found during a return visit to one restaurant.
There were just some of the violations that temporarily closed six South Florida restaurants last week — one in Broward and five in Palm Beach counties.
The 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 “high-priority violations,” such as improper food temperatures or dead cockroaches.
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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, contact Florida DBPR. (But please don’t contact us: The Sun Sentinel doesn’t inspect restaurants.)
BROWARD COUNTY
Paul Bakery
1800 Sawgrass Mills Circle, No. 2500, Sunrise
Ordered shut: Feb. 14
Why: Nine violations (five high-priority), including:
- About 67 live flies landing on “display case holding pastry,” “grease paper holding pastry in display case,” “baskets at front counter,” “flying around bread slicer at front counter,” “landing on single-service bags in dry storage” and “shelves in dry storage area,” landing on “case of coffee saucer in dry storage,” “on paper towel dispenser in dish-washing area” and on “bread in display case at front counter,” among other areas.
- Stop sale ordered for quinoa that was “marked with a date that exceeds seven days after opening/preparation.”
- Stop sale ordered for tuna that was being “thawed in reduced oxygen packaged in low-boy cooler in kitchen.”
- “Observed water draining onto floor from dishwasher.”
Status: Remained closed Feb. 15 after a follow-up inspection found one high-priority violation, but reopened later that day after a third visit found no violations.
PALM BEACH COUNTY
Yến’s Kitchen
7364 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth
Ordered shut: Feb. 14
Why: 18 violations (11 high-priority), including:
- About 50 flies “landing on walls, mop bucket, trash cans and triple-sink soap and sanitizer dispenser” in kitchen dish-washing area and “landing on sealed boxes of food” in kitchen dry storage area.
- One live roach “in hallway leading to kitchen on food storage cart.”
- “Three bottles of medicine stored above container of rice” in dry storage area.
- “Employee wiped hands on visibly soiled cloth stored in between apron and employee T-shirt. Employee without washing hands began preparation of cooking shrimp.”
- Stop sale ordered for ice because employee beverages were “stored inside of ice machine in ice.”
- Stop sale ordered for shrimp rolls for not being time-marked.
- In the kitchen, “ice machine drain line is leaking water onto floor making a puddle” and “water pipe leaking onto floor causing puddling” under dish-washing sink.
Status: Remained closed after a second inspection that same day found six violations (two high-priority). Reopened Feb. 15 after a third visit found four basic violations.
El Black Bean Cafe
9772 Gardens E. Drive, Palm Beach Gardens
Ordered shut: Feb. 14
Why: Six high-priority violations, including:
- “Observed water heavily backing up from drain located under the pizza oven where food is hot-held and reheated,” with “heavy odor of sewage throughout the establishment, especially dining room area.”
- Stop sale ordered for lentil soup that was “marked with a date that exceeds seven days after opening/preparation.”
- “Observed employee touching bell, wiping gloved hands on apron, moving foods inside chest freezer by the entrance to kitchen and starting preparing foods without washing hands.”
Status: Reopened Feb. 15 after a follow-up inspection found no violations.
Deshi Bhoj Home Style Bangladeshi Feast
1709 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach
Ordered shut: Feb. 10
Why: One high-priority violation:
- About 150 rodent droppings in areas such as the kitchen “on shelf over prep table,” “on floor under triple sink,” “under cooking equipment” and “on floor behind chest freezer,” as well as “on floor in public bathroom” and “under display/drink coolers/front counter.”
Status: Reopened Feb. 12 after a follow-up visit found no violations. The restaurant was previously closed on Feb. 5 after an inspection found nine violations (eight high-priority), requiring a follow-up visit.
Savour of Caribbean Restaurant
2677 Forest Hill Blvd., No. 111, West Palm Beach
Ordered shut: Feb. 10
Why: Eight violations (six high-priority), including:
- About 12 live roaches in kitchen areas such as “on wall/shelf over hand-washing sink,” “on floor under sliding glass door reach-in cooler,” “inside back electrical compartment of low-boy, reach-in cooler,” and “in hallway leading to bathroom crawling on dry storage shelves.”
- “Approximately 50 dead roaches on floor throughout kitchen.”
- Stop sale ordered for cooked vegetables “due to temperature abuse.”
- Time/temperature issue also involved cooked rice.
- “Employee handled broom and dust pan while sweeping floor and then handled clean equipment, utensils and unwrapped single-service takeout containers to prepare/serve food to customers without washing hands.”
Status: Reopened Feb. 11 after a next-day inspection found no violations.
Paradiso Ristorante
625 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth Beach
Ordered shut: Feb. 10
Why: Eight violations (five high-priority), including:
- Nine live flies in dishwasher area “on soiled bus pan,” “on soiled plate” and “on soiled cup.”
- “Raw shell eggs case stored over open cooked fish in walk-in cooler.”
- “Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served.”
- “No paper towels or mechanical hand-drying device provided at handwash sink located on north side of the cook line.”
Status: Reopened later the same day after a second inspection found one intermediate violation.
