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Inspection problems got these restaurants in trouble.<\/p>\n
Roaches, rodents, flies in food and the usual level of need-to-clean closed 17 Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach restaurants after inspections.<\/p>\n
The Sick and Shut Down List tells you who failed inspection and how. We don\u2019t choose who gets inspected, or how they get inspected. That\u2019s the job of the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, to which you can file complaints about restaurants.<\/a><\/p>\n Restaurants can reopen after passing re-inspection. The first re-inspection is usually the following day.<\/p>\n In alphabetical order:<\/p>\n Caribbean Tease Restaurant, 6295 Lake Worth Rd., Greenacres<\/p>\n Routine inspection, three total violations, three High Priority violations<\/p>\n An \u201cemployee handled dirty dishes then grabbed pan of chopped garlic\u201d without washing hands.<\/p>\n A live roach was near the handwash sink and seven others behind the steam table.<\/p>\n During re-inspection, there were only two live roaches behind the steam table, one on the wall above the three-compartment sink and one at a reach-in freezer \u201ccrawled inside the machine.\u201d<\/p>\n The Tease passed the second callback inspection.<\/p>\n READ MORE: A Miami supermarket\u2019s wild cancer claim, unsafe croquetas, hot dogs and bacon<\/a><\/p>\n El Club de La Milanesa, 3250 NE First Ave., Miami<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 20 total violations, three High Priority violations<\/p>\n One roach was legs up on a handwash sink. Live roaches, seven of them, \u201ccrawled on the wall by the mop sink.\u201d Another three were on the wall behind a reach-in freezer. Two were on a wall under a dishwasher.<\/p>\n Three flies around the mop sink were landing on dry storage racks.<\/p>\n The \u201cgreen cutting boards by prep area across the cookline were soiled.\u201d<\/p>\n Some of the employees wore \u201cno hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n The inspector saw an employee put gloves on without washing hands.<\/p>\n The handwash sink by the prep area didn\u2019t have soap.<\/p>\n A bag of onions and a box of eggs sat directly on the walk-in cooler floor.<\/p>\n El Riconcito Paisa, 9700 SW 24th St., West Miami-Dade<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 25 total violations, seven High Priority violations<\/p>\n Six live roaches crawled on the floor under a prep table. Five promenaded under the cookline. One roach crawled on the three-compartment sink.<\/p>\n Someone put clean dishes next to dirty dishes in the warewash area.<\/p>\n The door handle on the back kitchen reach-in cooler door had a \u201cbuildup of food debris\/soil residue\u201d and that same cooler had a \u201csoiled interior.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSoiled\u201d also described the walls in the back prep area.<\/p>\n A worker cracked raw shell eggs \u201cand immediately grabbed a clean aluminum pan without proper handwashing.\u201d<\/p>\n Another male employee \u201ctouched dirty utensils and then placed gloves on without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cUnwashed produce was stored inside non food grade bags in the back storage area.\u201d<\/p>\n El Sabor Latino Restaurant, 2202 Jog Rd., Greenacres<\/p>\n Routine inspection, seven total violations, five High Priority violations<\/p>\n El Sabor got caught telling El Lie \u2014 \u201cEstablishment advertising tilapia on menu is substituting\/serving swai in place of tilapia.\u201d<\/p>\n About 15 roaches were not just crawling on a wall behind the three-compartment sink, but were \u201con clean dishes on the shelf over the triple sink.\u201d<\/p>\n The dishwasher\u2019s sanitizer\u2019s parts per million measure was zero.<\/p>\n \u201cEmployee touched hair while repositioning it behind ear and then handled clean equipment, clean utensils and prepared beverages for customers without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n A paper towel dispenser at the handwash sink next to the triple sink wasn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n During Wednesday\u2019s first callback inspection, El Sabor was still telling a story when it came to the fish, serving swai instead of advertised tilapia. Also, five roaches crawled under the dishwasher and triple sink.<\/p>\n Wednesday\u2019s second callback inspection got El Sabor back in business.<\/p>\n The Great Greek, 11300 Legacy Ave., Palm Beach Gardens<\/p>\n Complaint inspection, six total violations, four High Priority violations<\/p>\n A glue trap on top of a front counter reach-in cooler had three dead roaches and six stuck but living roaches. Also at the front counter, \u201capproximately seven live roaches crawled out of the cove molding under the handwash sink.\u201d<\/p>\n Still at the front counter, a roach died on top of the soda machine<\/a>. Another one met its end by the floor drain under the soda machine. A third roach died on the floor under the handwash sink.<\/p>\n Staff got way too happy with the sanitizer. The dishwasher sanitizer measured over 200 parts per million, which the inspector told the manager to correct to 100 ppm. The three-compartment sink sanitizer measured 400 ppm, which was reduced to a proper 200 ppm. Also reduced to 200 ppm was the wiping cloths\u2019 sanitizer bucket, which was also over 400 ppm.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Recall of food products that might have glass now includes Walmart and Kroger<\/a><\/p>\n La Bodega Restaurant, 13774 SW 88th St., Kendall<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 47 total violations, 14 High Priority violations<\/p>\n La Bodega\u2019s 47 violations reset the 2026 upper standard for violations on this list, edging the 46 no-nos of another Kendall restaurant<\/a>, The Original Pancake House.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s start with the roaches \u2014 three bodies under the dishwasher, three walking behind the dishwasher and a third trio on a cookline wall.<\/p>\n Roach excrement was on a wall next to the three-compartment sink.<\/p>\n About 10 flies flitted about in a storage area next to a kitchen prep table.<\/p>\n The dishwasher\u2019s chlorine sanitizer measured 10 parts per million, or about 10% of what it should be. They needed more sanitizer there and less in the wiping cloth sanitizer buckets, each one a 200 ppm soup that needed to be redone to 100 ppm.<\/p>\n One person \u201cengaged in food preparation and changed tasks without changing gloves and washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n A worker \u201cengaged in food preparation without hair restraint\u201d or \u201ctouched cooked shredded chicken with their bare hands.\u201d<\/p>\n The kitchen handwash sinks lacked soap and paper towels. The counter handwash sink was \u201cblocked by a small shelf unit with clean cups.\u201d Another handwash sink contained dishes.<\/p>\n This being a restaurant and not Teacher Appreciation Day, you can\u2019t just make stuff at home and bring it in for sale. So, 30 chicken tamales in the walk-in cooler got hit with Stop Sales.<\/p>\n Another Stop Sale, for temperature abuse, took out white rice in the steam table that measured 68 degrees. It needed to be cooled to 41 degrees or under.<\/p>\n You also can\u2019t have raw animal food (raw chicken) stored in same container as ready-to-eat food (raw spinach).<\/p>\n And there\u2019s a reason \u2014 bacteria breeding \u2014 that the directions with commercially reduced oxygen-packaged fish says it should be defrosted only after being removed from the packaging. That\u2019s why the swai defrosting in the walk-in cooler still in the reduced oxygen packaging got hit with a Stop Sale.<\/p>\n \u201cTongs were stored on soiled shelves.\u201d<\/p>\n The microwave on a prep table shelf was \u201csoiled.\u201d<\/p>\n The inspector \u201cobserved a non-food grade basting brush in use at the cookline grill.\u201d<\/p>\n Las Cazuelas Pembroke Pines, 18279 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 10 total violations, three High Priority violations<\/p>\n About 20 roaches died in roach traps around the kitchen, which is a good thing as long as you pick up the traps.<\/p>\n About six live roaches were \u201cinside a lowboy cooler at the end of the cookline\u201d and a lone roach took a walk in a kitchen handwash sink.<\/p>\n No water at a cookline handwash sink. No soap at the handwash sinks next to the dish machine. No paper towels at the cookline handwash sink or the dish machine handwash sink.<\/p>\n The pico de gallo in cold storage for more than 4 1\/2 hours still measured 46 degrees, or five degrees too warm. Stop Sale.<\/p>\n Le Berger Restaurant, 1216 S. Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth Beach<\/p>\n Routine inspection, nine total violations, three High Priority violations<\/p>\n The inspector counted about 20 rodent droppings under a kitchen reach-in freezer.<\/p>\n The inspection calls that \u201crodent activity present, as evidenced by rodent droppings round.\u201d There was also a \u201cdead rodent on the floor in the mop storage closet.\u201d Rodent poop: High Priority violation. Rodent corpse: Basic violation.<\/p>\n The inspector \u201cobserved approximately five roaches entering and exiting a crack in the wall\/floor\u201d in the kitchen and one roach moving among the rodent droppings under the freezer.<\/p>\n The rice in hot holding that needed to be at least 135 degrees measured 93 degrees. The restaurant tossed the rice.<\/p>\n Little Moir\u2019s Food Shack, 103 S. U.S. 1, Jupiter<\/p>\n Routine inspection, five total violations, two High Priority violations<\/p>\n Of the 42 flies counted, 19 dominated the air space \u201cby the back door, on foldup chairs and on the wall.\u201d Three landed on just-washed dishes. One kept landing on the \u201ctable where raw fish was being prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n The dessert station handwash sink lacked paper towels.<\/p>\n \u201cEmployee washed hands and, after using paper towel to wipe mouth and without rewashing hands, placed on gloves on to begin rolling egg rolls.\u201d<\/p>\n MacArthur\u2019s inside the Palm Beach Gardens Marriott, 4000 RCA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens<\/p>\n Routine inspection, six total violations, five High Priority violations<\/p>\n The good news about the 32 flies counted is 10 were inside a trash can. The bad news? Three were on a dish cleaning rack, and one was landing on clean dishes. The worse news? Five flies landed on bread, one landed on butter spray. Stop Sales on the bread and butter spray.<\/p>\n An employee wiped his face and, without washing hands, handled multiple containers in the reach-in cooler.<\/p>\n \u201cNo paper towels provided at a handwash sink.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Baker, 10720 W. Flagler St., West Miami-Dade<\/p>\n Food licensing inspection, 14 total violations, three High Priority violations<\/p>\n Unlike others on this list, this inspection acted as Mr. Baker\u2019s rookie test, the initial food licensing inspection.<\/p>\n What did inspectors find?<\/p>\n \u201cAccumulation of black\/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine\/bin.\u201d<\/p>\n A glue trap in an empty cabinet got four roaches. Two more dead roaches lay on a tray under an oven. Three dead roaches were on a juice counter. One died inside a plastic bucket, with a survivor in the bucket. Three other live roaches were spotted.<\/p>\n On a kitchen prep table, the \u201ccutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.\u201d<\/p>\n There was a \u201chole in or other damage to wall\u201d in the dry storage area and the \u201cmetal wall behind the cookline was in disrepair.\u201d<\/p>\n Water stood inside a reach-in cooler at the sandwich station.<\/p>\n Upon returning for Tuesday\u2019s callback inspection, the inspector saw \u201cfive live roaches between shelf crevices at dry storage … two live roaches crawling on the wall at the coffee station … two live roaches crawling on the floor at the coffee station.\u201d<\/p>\n On Wednesday, Mr. Baker passed the next callback inspection.<\/p>\n The Original Junie\u2019s Restaurant, 18400 NW Second Ave., Miami Gardens<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 14 total violations, two High Priority violations<\/p>\n Rodents spread their regularity with over 20 droppings behind a standup reach-in cooler, over 15 pieces of poop on the side a chest reach-in freezer, 10-plus pellets on the floor near the deep freezer and eight drops on the floor near the handwash sink.<\/p>\n Standing water covered the floor \u201cthroughout the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThroughout the establishment,\u201d ceiling\/ceiling tiles\/vents were soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance.<\/p>\n \u201cFood-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.\u201d Which and where? The \u201ccutting boards on the flip top reach-in cooler\u201d and \u201cseveral food storage containers were soiled in the back storage area.\u201d<\/p>\n No way to dry your hands at the handwash sink in the back area by the cookline.<\/p>\n During the re-inspection, there were \u201cthree rodent droppings inside the office, three rodent droppings in the cashier station\u201d and one roach roaming a storage area.<\/p>\n Pincho, 9860 SW 40th St., West Miami-Dade<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 14 total violations, four High Priority violations<\/p>\n More than 50 flies were \u201clanding on clean pans, prep tables, and food prep cutting boards in the back kitchen area.\u201d And, some other flies \u201clanding on a bag of onions\u201d in the back prep area hit those onions with a Stop Sale.<\/p>\n A reach-in cooler in that area had a \u201csoiled interior.\u201d<\/p>\n A wall was \u201csoiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and\/or dust.\u201d<\/p>\n Red Crab Juicy Seafood, 1837 N. Military Trail, Unincorporated Palm Beach County<\/p>\n Complaint inspection, 12 total violations, eight High Priority violations<\/p>\n One dead roach on a server station counter. Three under a server station table. One under a three-compartment sink, but 15 dead roaches under a two-compartment sink. A dozen dead roaches lay under the stove used to boil water. Six roaches died between the oven and a stove. Another seven roaches got under the wok station and didn\u2019t make it. Five met the same fate under a reach-in cooler.<\/p>\n As for the living, one roach was in the dining area in front of the hallway to the restroom. Nine roaches were below a storage rack holding cooked potatoes and corn. One live roach in a bucket. One roach survived under the wok station. One lived in a trash bucket. One was under a flip-top cooler. Three hid behind an oven.<\/p>\n A fly landed on a clean bowl.<\/p>\n A can of marinara sauce got dented badly enough for a Stop Sale. A Stop Sale also came down on cheesecake that still measured a too-warm 47 degrees after overnight in a cooler.<\/p>\n \u201cEmployees came from outside then put gloves on to begin work at the cookline\u201d without washing their hands.<\/p>\n Someone else \u201chandled raw clams then grabbed a clean container\u201d without putting soap and water to hands.<\/p>\n After passing a callback inspection, Red Crab received the inspector again on March 5. The inspector lifted the blender and found three dead roaches in the bottom of the blender. When the manager moved the low boy cooler, the inspector found \u201c30 dead roaches where the compressor is located.\u201d<\/p>\n Another 13 dead roaches, one of which was under a dining room table, and eight live roaches \u2014 one \u201con a prep table crawled out of the microwave\u201d \u2014 set the tone for this visit.<\/p>\n \u201cEmployee handled a dirty dish then went to the cookline, touched a fliptop cooler and a clean container\u201d without any handwashing.<\/p>\n No paper towels at the handwash sink by the three-compartment sink.\u201d<\/p>\n At the March 6 re-inspection, two dead roaches under a dining table, one by the entrance, three other roach bodies, a live roach \u201ccrawling on red serving baskets\u201d ruined this attempt at getting back open.<\/p>\n Another try later in the day on Mar. 6 got Red Crab back in business.<\/p>\n Sports Grill, 1559 Sunset Dr., Coral Gables<\/p>\n Complaint inspection, 14 total violations, four High Priority violations<\/p>\n Better hope those were black olives or something, seeing as there were \u201c40-plus live roaches inside of the oven on the cookline.\u201d<\/p>\n The walk-in cooler floor was \u201ccovered with standing water.\u201d A reach-in bar cooler also contained standing water.<\/p>\n The inspector \u201cobserved soiled dry food and dish shelves.\u201d<\/p>\n Wendy\u2019s, 865 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton<\/p>\n Complaint inspection, four total violations, one High Priority violation<\/p>\n Roaches died in this Wendy\u2019s like characters in a Tarrantino movie. There were 10 in a \u201ccontrol device\u201d under the three-compartment sink, as well as four on the ground under that three-compartment sink. Four on the ground under cookline equipment. One was on a handwash sink soap dispenser. Another one died inside a hot holding drawer. Two died in a reach-in cooler door gasket.<\/p>\n A burger flat top cooler wheel on the cookline hosted a party of 10 roaches. In addition to the four dead roaches above, there were four live roaches under the cookline. The inspector saw \u201cone live roach going inside of cove molding behind the cookline.\u201d<\/p>\n The floor in the dining room, soda machine, and under cookline equipment was \u201csoiled\/has accumulation of debris.\u201d<\/p>\n The same-day re-inspection was ruined by four live roaches still hanging out under the cookline.<\/p>\n Wendy\u2019s 6049 S. Military Tr., Unincorporated Palm Beach County<\/p>\n Routine inspection, six total violations, five High Priority violations<\/p>\n A cookline handwash sink leaked onto the floor.<\/p>\n That didn\u2019t bother the three roaches crawling on the floor by a carbon dioxide tank inside the storage room behind the office. The inspector noted the manager, no Roach Rambo he, was \u201cunable to kill\u201d them.<\/p>\n Four flies buzzed above the ice cream machine dispenser near the drive-thru window. Two more flies were in the dining room. Two others were landing on a shelf by the mop sink.<\/p>\n A dozen ants marched on the floor \u201cunder racks with bread and on walls by the electric breaker\u2019s panels.\u201d<\/p>\n An employee shifted from cleaning floors to handling a container of food without washing hands.<\/p>\n This story was originally published March 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM.<\/p>\n