185 rodent droppings at one of the 4 Miami-Dade restaurants failing inspection
Flies in zappers and on onions, and rodents in restaurant storage area are among the problems in four Miami-Dade restaurants that have failed inspection.
The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation chooses which restaurants get inspected and does the inspections. Customers can also file a complaint with the agency about a restaurant.
A restaurant closed by failing an inspection remains closed until it passes re-inspection. The first re-inspection usually occurs the day after a failed inspection.
In alphabetical order:
Conch Heaven, 11275 NW 27th Ave., North Miami-Dade
Complaint inspection, 14 total violations, two high priority violations
The ice machine had “accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior.”
Four roaches hung out under a kitchen area prep table. Two roaches walked on the floor by the three-compartment sink. And a dozen roaches were under a box near a kitchen shelf with clean pots and pans.
About 20 flies clogged a part of dry storage.
The “wall was soiled throughout the kitchen.”
The “cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.”
During re-inspection, 10 roaches had relocated to “under the cabinet by the server station.” One roach on a shelf with clean pots and lids. Eight flies were in the kitchen.
Conch Heaven has been open since passing re-re-inspection.
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H&H Bagels, 11311 S. Dixie Hwy., Pinecrest
Routine inspection, 15 total violations, four high priority violations
In Tuesday’s inspection, more than 30 flies were in the kitchen, “on walls, clean food containers and food trays above the three-compartment sink.” Another three flies were on a rack with plastic to-go cups.
“Vents were soiled with dust in the kitchen area.”
A cookline employee sported “longer facial hair needing restraint.”
“Soiled gaskets” marred front counter reach-in coolers.
Victory Restaurant & Lounge, 3252 NE First Ave., Miami
Complaint inspection, 19 total violations, three high priority violations
“Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.”
Speaking of the ice machine, an “in-use ice scoop was stored on soiled surface between uses,” that soiled surface being the top of the ice machine.
On the floor by the ice machine, a cleaned and sanitized ice bucket sat on the unsanitized floor.
Rodents left over 50 droppings “on the lids of containers with rice and grits at dry storage.” Also, over 100 droppings were in dry storage by the air-conditioning unit pipes. About 25 poop pellets sat on racks with clean plates. About 10 droppings dotted the hookah station counter.
Standing water covered the floor by the ware washing area.
The “cutting boards were soiled across the cookline prep area.”
Cooked rice that needed to be cooled to 41 degrees or below measured 56 degrees. A Stop Sale dropped on the rice.
Wash your hands at the hookah station handwash sink or the ware washing area handwash sink and you would be left with dripping hands. Neither sink had paper towels or blowers.
The Villa Bar & Lounge, 19501 NW Second Ave., Miami Gardens
Routine inspection, 23 total vioaltions, three high priority violations
There were some problems with the insect control device.
First, the “zapper was on top of the reach-in freezer,” which counts as being “installed over food preparation area.”
Also, it wasn’t cleaned regularly. The inspector “observed 100+ dead flies in the bug zapper on top of the reach-in freezer inside of kitchen area.”
As for the flies that escaped Insect Old Sparky, 10 were in the kitchen “where onions are being prepared, landing on cases of food and the table.” Another 11 were “on the wall and prep table where juices are made.” And 10 flies were in a pot “where limes were used for juice” on a kitchen table. This happens when you have a “back door open and screen door in disrepair.”
There were “in-use knife/knives stored in cracks ... between two prep sinks.”
Despite the kitchen and walk-in cooler being “floor areas covered with standing water,” a case of onions sat on the kitchen floor.
The “exteriors of equipment were soiled throughout the establishment.” The food shelves were also “soiled.”
Some of the frozen food sat in chest freezers, in direct contact with to-go bags. Those aren’t meant for direct food contact.
