The state temporarily shut three South Florida restaurants last week, with inspectors finding live roaches, temperature issues, standing water and a leaking pipe among the violations.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for violations such as improper food temperatures or cockroaches.

Any restaurant that fails a state inspection must stay closed until it passes a follow-up. If you spot a possible violation and wish to file a complaint, visit myfloridalicense.com. (But please don’t contact us: The Sun Sentinel doesn’t inspect restaurants.)

Broward County

Lona Cocina Tequileria

321 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale

Ordered shut: June 22

Why: Four violations (one high-priority), including:

• About 18 live roaches “behind the double stacked oven in the prep kitchen” and “inside of a nonfunctioning oven used to store towels and extra pans on the cook line.”

• “Water leaking from the pipe under the prep sink in the prep area.”

• “Floor soiled/has accumulation of food debris behind the prep area cooking equipment.”

Status: Reopened later that same day after a follow-up visit found one intermediate violation.

P.F. Chang’s 

2418 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale

Ordered shut: June 23

Why: Five violations (one high-priority), including:

• About six live roaches “under the dish machine in the dish area” and “on a water line next to the fryer on the cook line.”

• “At the bar, the first soda gun nozzle was soiled.”

• Standing water “at the cook line under the wok station and under the triple sink.”

• “Under the dishwasher/triple sink station table, food debris is built up between the wall and equipment.”

Status: Reopened later that day after a reinspection found no violations.

Palm Beach County

Firehouse Subs

975 Gateway Blvd., Suite 113, Boynton Beach

Ordered shut: June 22

Why: Eight violations (five high-priority), including:

• Two live flies “found by beverage station.”

• Stop sale ordered for chili and chicken and dumpling soup “due to temperature abuse.”

• Time/temperature issue involved meatballs.

Status: Reopened June 23 after a next-day inspection found one high-priority violation. A follow-up inspection was required.