Bugs in macaroni, swarms of flies among South Florida restaurant issues
Bugs and flies in bad places put five restaurants on the Sick and Shut Down List of South Florida eateries that failed state inspection.
These Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach establishments were inspected by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Restaurants can reopen after a failed inspection by passing a re-inspection, the first of which usually occurs the next day. Complaints about restaurants can be filed to the DBPR.
In alphabetical order:
The Alchemist Cafe, 2430 NE 13th Ave., Wilton Manors
Complaint inspection, nine total violations, two High Priority violations
“Dirt buildup” on the floor throughout the kitchens and an “accumulation of old food residue buildup inside the glass cooler” doesn’t speak well of staff cleaning skills.
Standing water next to a garbage container doesn’t speak well of the plumbing.
None of this bothered the 15 flies at the front line waffle station “landing on clean utensils, including a clean cutting board.” Or the three flies landing on clean food containers at the dishwasher or the trio of flies landing on clean equipment in the kitchen.
Hoagie Bear Subs, 26855 S. Dixie Hwy., South Miami-Dade
Complaint inspection, 15 total violations, six High Priority violations
Hoagie Bear came off more resembling Fly Guys.
Not only were there “two fly sticky tapes full of insects over the preparation area,” but about 73 flies around the place.
There were 30 flies by the prep area mop sink and water heater. Another 17 were “on a rack with clean containers above the three-compartment sink.” Six flies hovered over the food containers next to the flat grill. About 20 dead flies dotted a prep area reach-in cooler.
A food prep sink had “soil and old food residue.”
Bags of frozen raw shrimp sat on a prep table, thawing in a room temperature setting.
“Throughout the establishment” the inspector saw “ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance.”
The inside of the microwave “has an accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.”
Slicer blades were “soiled.”
The two broken eggs at the reach-in cooler got hit with Stop Sales.
Patrizia’s of NYC, 1544 SE Third Ct., Deerfield Beach
Routine inspection, 25 total violations, four High Priority violations
An “accumulation of lime scale” decorated the inside of the dishwasher.
But that’s better than what scurried around the inside of a bag of dry macaroni — 15 live insects. Stop Sale on the macaroni.
Oysters without tags in a reach-in cooler also got hit with Stop Sales.
The four surviving roaches on the cookline floor moved among 10 roach corpses. Another roach died inside a clear shield on a prep area ceiling light. And 20 roaches died inside a cookline oven.
“At least four employees were working at the cookline in the kitchen with no hair restraints.”
Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine, 18005 S. Dixie Hwy., Palmetto Bay
Routine inspection, 26 total violations, four High Priority violations
We told you about the flies and filth at this Soriano Brothers earlier this week. Perhaps the excessive number of flies comes from leaving the porch doors open, as they were Monday.
READ MORE: Swarming flies and other problems in a Soriano Brothers inspection failure
Taqueria Tacontodo, food truck, 1100 N. Main St., Belle Glade
Routine inspection, seven total violations, five High Priority violations
One roach moseyed across a prep counter and another one walked under a prep counter among four dead roaches.
A Stop Sale order came down on a cooked rice drink with milk, which hadn’t cooled from 135 degrees to 41 degrees in six hours. The inspector noted the “product was stored in a large quantity with a tightly covered lid.”
