Rodent poop sprinkled near food and in the dining room at a Broward restaurant
A routine inspection of a Miramar restaurant found only 11 total violations, but seven places where rodents marked their toilet territory.
Inspectors spotted other problems at Sam Detente Cafeteria, 6043 Miramar Pkwy.
Sam D. didn’t have a way to dry hands at the front counter handwashing sink, which workers couldn’t use anyway because they turned it into storage for to-go bags and forks. Also, when their sanitation solutions in the dishwasher, three-compartment sink or for wiping cloths get too weak, they might not know — they don’t have a test kit.
But, it’s the rodent dung duds throughout the place that caused Sam Detente to fail inspection last week. Here’s where the poop pieces landed and how many landed.
▪ Ten rodent droppings were behind containers of corn meal in dry storage.
▪ Eight droppings were on a container in dry storage.
▪ Five droppings were in the area where customers sit to eat.
▪ Another four were under a front counter cooler.
▪ Three poop pieces were “on a shelf next to clean containers in dry storage.”
▪ Three droppings sat under a kitchen chest freezer.
▪ Two were in front of the kitchen stove.
Sam Detente reached detente with the rodents — or at least swept their pellets up — before passing the next day’s callback inspection.
This story was originally published January 9, 2024 at 9:40 AM.
