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State finds violations at Olivier Martinez’s South Beach restaurant Villa Azur

 

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Actor Olivier Martinez has problems other than his Thanksgiving slugfest with a former boyfriend of fiancée Halle Berry.

Looks like he could use a nonviolent chat with the managers of his Miami Beach restaurant.

Villa Azur, partly owned by the French actor of Unfaithful and Taking Lives, just got a state inspection that dug up so many violations likely to sicken people that a follow-up was ordered.

According to state records, the restaurant, 309 23rd St., was visited by state authorities on a routine inspection Nov. 16.

They found 13 violations marked critical — or “likely to directly contribute to food contamination and illness,” according to the website of the state’s Department of Business and Professional Regulations. Seven other violations were deemed “noncritical.”

Among the critical: fish served raw without having undergone parasite destruction; food thawing in standing water; cutting boards on the floor; food stored on the floor; staff handling ready-to-eat food without gloves.

Usually, restaurant inspections are conducted once a year unless a follow-up is ordered.

Said Azur spokeswoman Magda Afif: “The kitchen is very clean. We follow all the rules and regulation. We did have an inspection, but the inspector found no major violation.”

Martinez helped create a buzz around the Mediterranean eatery in the spring when he opened the door along with partners Michael Martin, the ex-VIP host at nightclubs Bash and Mynt, and Nikki Beach group big Jean Philippe Bernard.

Taxman cometh

Things seem to pile up for Miami Beach songbird Paulina Rubio, as well.

The Mexican icon has been entangled in a legal battle with a former assistant who says she abused him. But the gopher isn’t the only one who wants her money. So does the IRS.

The taxman filed a lien on Rubio’s $2.2 million home on DiLido Isle earlier this year. The feds claim the singer of Nada de Ti owes $132,641 in taxes for 2010.

Rubio’s attorney was unavailable for comment Friday.

Holiday report

They distributed food to the needy, worked or flew to storm-ravaged New York City to appear in the Thanksgiving parade.

And yes, a few even chilled in Miami Beach.

It was Thanksgiving for celebs, too!

Miami Dolphins star running back Reggie Bush brought his pregnant girlfriend, Lilit Avagyan, to the NFL team’s training facility in Davie.

The lovebirds, along with teammates and tea officials, helped distribute holiday food to 750 needy local families.

In Miami Beach, Madonna stayed holed up at the SoHo Beach House hotel with her adopted children before the South American leg of her MDNA Tour.

David Caruso, star of the now-canceled CSI: Miami, spent the holiday at his beachfront condo but was spotted out and about with a long, new do!

And Carol City hip-hop beast Flo Rida flew to storm-ravaged New York to ride a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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