Rodents and unsafe food get three Sawgrass Mills mall restaurants closed by inspection
Rodent poop and food that needed to be trashed caused a state inspector to shut down three food establishments inside Sawgrass Mills mall on Friday.
The hat trick of inspection fails across the street from the Florida Panthers arena came two weeks after rodent problems closed eight restaurants in a Palm Beach County mall food court. Sunrise’s trio also involved a Sbarro.
All three Sawgrass Mills restaurants passed re-inspection the next day, which doesn’t necessarily mean the rodents left or got exterminated. It means the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspector didn’t see rodent droppings as evidence of rodent presence.
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In alphabetical order:
Currito Burrito
The rodents left: “Approximately 12 rodent droppings in cabinets up front, on a shelf with tortillas and cases of water.”
Trash food: Raw chicken in a reach-in cooler since the previous day still measured only 45 degrees. It needs to be at or below 41 degrees for safe keeping. Stop Sale on the raw chicken.
Japan Cafe
The rodents left: “Approximately 30 rodent droppings in a bin at the dry storage area in the food storage area.”
Trash food: Stop Sales sent boiled eggs measuring 53 degrees from a reach-in cooler into the garbage.
Sbarro
The rodents left: “Approximately 30 rodent droppings under a shelving unit across from a prep table in the food preparation room.”
Trash food: Stop Sales showered lasagna (50 degrees), meatballs, pasta and cheese sauce, spaghetti, shredded mozzarella, and breaded chicken (all 47 degrees), each of which had been sitting in a walk-in cooler since at least the day before.
This story was originally published October 7, 2024 at 11:31 AM.
