{"id":317183,"date":"2026-06-23T19:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317183\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:37:07","slug":"flies-filth-closes-miami-area-soriano-brothers-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317183\/","title":{"rendered":"Flies, filth closes Miami area Soriano Brothers restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"For the second time this year, state inspectors shut down a Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine restaurant\" alt=\"For the second time this year, state inspectors shut down a Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine restaurant\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        For the second time this year, state inspectors shut down a Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine restaurant<\/p>\n<p>                DAVID J. NEAL<\/p>\n<p>            dneal@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n<p>For the second time this year, a Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine restaurant was shut down after failing state inspection.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent Soriano Brothers\u2019 inspection flop occurred at the Hialeah location, 2393 W. 78th St., which remained closed for two days before passing re-inspection on Friday. The Palmetto Bay restaurant wasn\u2019t up to snuff in January, but<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/restaurants\/article314465016.html\"> passed the callback inspection<\/a> the following day.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/restaurants\/article316167881.html\">READ MORE: Live rodent. Paint brush used as a utensil. Inspectors slam 4 Miami restaurants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s inspection turned up 21 total violations, seven of which were high priority violations. Among the standout violations were:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccumulation of black\/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine\/bin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn-use knife\/knives were stored in cracks between pieces of equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Three live flies were in the cafeteria station. Another trio flitted about the main kitchen. But more significant were the \u201cone live fly landing on slice of ham\u201d and \u201cone live fly landing on cooked pork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An \u201cinsect control device was installed over a food preparation area,\u201d the coffee station.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/business\/article316191634.html\">READ MORE: Dirty scoops and no handwash sink get Miami coffee maker shut down<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead of bathing in a sanitizing solution when not in use, the wet wiping clothes rested on a food prep table.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the chlorine sanitizing solution at the three-compartment sink measured 200 parts per million, twice the concentration at which it should operate.<\/p>\n<p>A 102.25-ounce can of red pepper strips got hit with a Stop Sale for being dented or rusted.<\/p>\n<p>Strangely, no Stop Sale hit the cooked pork in the walk-in cooler since the previous day, but still measuring 49 to 52 degrees. Proper food safety demands the pork be kept at 41 degrees or below to keep from being a bacteria boat.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782243427_82_695 Miami Herald sig 072115 Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David J. Neal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David J. Neal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Since 1989, David J. Neal\u2019s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time this year, state inspectors shut down a Soriano Brothers Cuban Cuisine restaurant DAVID J.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-317183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317183","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=317183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}