The state temporarily closed six Palm Beach County restaurants last week. Why? Inspectors found violations including about 300 dead flies in \u201csticky glue traps\u201d at prep line, dead roaches inside a wok and stuck to cutting boards, and an employee serving plantains \u201cwith bare hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
No Broward County restaurant received emergency closure orders during the same time period.<\/p>\n
The South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n 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<\/a>. (But please don\u2019t contact us: the Sun Sentinel doesn\u2019t inspect restaurants.)<\/p>\n Palm Beach County<\/p>\n Excell Restaurant<\/p>\n 1041 S. Congress Ave., No. 119, Delray Beach<\/p>\n Ordered shut: July 9<\/p>\n Why: 11 violations (six high-priority), including:<\/p>\n Nine live roaches \u201con the wall at kitchen\u201d and at the front line \u201cunderneath unused glass-door hot box\u201d and \u201cin cabinet.\u201dFive dead roaches \u201cin cabinet at front line.\u201dStop sale ordered for \u201ccooked vegetables with meat\u201d due to \u201ctemperature abuse.\u201dOther time\/temperature issues involved an opened can of tomato sauce, a can of beans, corn and cooked plantains.\u201cCooked pork, cooked turkey, cooked beef, cooked goat at walk-in cooler without date marked.\u201dAn employee served \u201cplantains with bare hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Status: Reopened July 10 after a follow-up visit found no violations.<\/p>\n Bud\u2019s Chicken & Seafood<\/p>\n 2579 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach<\/p>\n Ordered shut: July 8<\/p>\n Why: Two violations (one high-priority), including:<\/p>\n About seven live roaches in kitchen \u201cunder prep table on floor,\u201d \u201con insulated water line to ice machine,\u201d \u201con back of ice machine\u201d and \u201con tile wall behind ice machine,\u201d as well as \u201cat drive-thru to-go station coming out of wall behind steam table.\u201d\u201cFloor tiles throughout kitchen area missing grout, with debris and water standing between tiles.\u201d<\/p>\n