{"id":253660,"date":"2026-05-01T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253660\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:15:09","slug":"dozen-central-florida-eateries-shut-down-after-health-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/253660\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozen Central Florida eateries shut down after health inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Last week, 12 more eateries across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/topic\/Health_Inspections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/topic\/Health_Inspections\/\">health inspector<\/a>, according to state records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">These records show that the reported eateries experienced violations like pests, storage violations and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[BELOW: Over 100 roaches, hundreds of droppings found at Orlando Chinese restaurant]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A few of these locations had far more notable violations than others, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">For example, a Mexican restaurant in Orlando reportedly suffered from ants that were \u201ctoo numerous to count,\u201d and over 100 rodent droppings were discovered at a restaurant in Kissimmee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">However, most of the closed restaurants were eventually allowed to reopen after meeting inspection standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The full list of Central Florida eateries required to close last week is as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">DAYTONA BEACH<\/p>\n<p>Daytona Taproom \u2014 310 Seabreeze Blvd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">KISSIMMEE<\/p>\n<p>Winghouse Bar and Grill \u2014 3405 W. Vine Street<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO<\/p>\n<p>Bambu Mexican Restaurant \u2014 5731 S. Orange Blossom Trail<\/p>\n<p>Bistro Paradise Restaurant &amp; Bar \u2014 737 N. Apopka Vineland Road<\/p>\n<p>Joyful Tasty Palace \u2014 5210 W. Colonial Drive<\/p>\n<p>Leroy\u2019s Cuisine \u2014 720 N. Hastings Street<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan Express \u2014 3601 Columbia Street<\/p>\n<p>Taqueria Ameca Margarita \u2014 4400 S. Orange Blossom Trail<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORMOND BEACH<\/p>\n<p>Quality Inn Ormond Beach &#8211; Daytona \u2014 175 Interchange Blvd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ST. PETERSBURG<\/p>\n<p>Taco Miendo St. Pete \u2014 4747 66 Street N.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">TAMPA<\/p>\n<p>Caf\u00e9 Caribe \u2014 10422 N. Dale Mabry Hwy.<\/p>\n<p>Rincon Guatemalteco \u2014 708 MLK Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Last week, 12 more eateries across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3160,575,571,15270,1975,1335,139,141,140,3688,1976,199,135,2261],"class_list":["post-253660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-daytona-beach","tag-food","tag-health","tag-health-inspections","tag-kissimmee","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-ormond-beach","tag-osceola-county","tag-st-petersburg","tag-tampa","tag-volusia-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}