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Even more Central Florida restaurants close over health issues
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Hundreds of rodent droppings found at Central Florida restaurants last week

  • April 1, 2026

ORLANDO, Fla. – Last week, over a dozen more eateries across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.

These records show that the reported eateries experienced violations like roaches, hygiene issues, storage violations and more.

That said, a prominent theme observed last week was multitudes of rodent droppings seen at several of these locations. At one Chinese restaurant, for example, over 300 droppings were discovered, records show.

[BELOW: Over 100 roaches, hundreds of droppings found at Orlando Chinese restaurant]

However, many of the closed restaurants were eventually allowed to reopen after meeting inspection standards.

The full list of 14 Central Florida restaurants required to close last week is as follows:

BARTOW

Tantrums Flightside Cafe & Catering — 5995 Airport Blvd.

DAVENPORT

Buen Café — 103 Ambersweet Way

Closed on March 27

Objectionable odors in kitchen by three compartment sink due to soiled wiping cloths being disposed after shift

Over 30 flying insects found on premises

KISSIMMEE

Winghouse Bar & Grill — 3405 W. Vine Street

LONGWOOD

Longwood Country Kitchen — 258-260 SR W 434

NEW SMYRNA BEACH

Sopotnicks Cabbage Patch — 549 Tomoka Farms Road

OCALA

Huddle House — 331 NW 20th Street

Rolys — 6164 SW 129th Street

Winghouse Bar & Grill — 3405 W. Vine Street

ORLANDO

China Hot Express — 4700 S. Orange Blossom Trail

El Pulgarcito Grill and Bar — 4950 S. Orange Blossom Trail

The Licking Orlando — 4706 Millenia Plaza Way

Urban Crave Ars Gates 1-9 (MCO) — 9102 Jeff Fuqua Blvd.

SATELLITE BEACH

Bizzarro Pizza Company — 1024 Hwy. A1A

TAMPA

Deaverdura — 1450 Skipper Road

Tasty Mediterranean Grill — 6178 Gunn Hwy.

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