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A look at South Florida food eateries that have failed inspection.<\/p>\n
Flies swarmed through South Florida restaurant inspections this week as businesses had trouble keeping the insects outside and off the food.<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t do the inspections that appear on the \u201cSick and Shut Down List\u201d nor do we decide who gets inspected. The inspections are done by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Routine inspections are by rotation. Complaint inspections come from consumer inspections about restaurants, which you can make<\/a> by going to the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n Restaurants that fail inspection are closed until they pass a re-inspection, also called a callback inspection. The first of those usually occurs the next day. We note when a restaurant needed multiple re-inspections to get back in business.<\/p>\n In alphabetical order:<\/p>\n Asados El Paisa Broward, 4828 N. University Dr., Lauderhill<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 18 total violations, four high priority violations<\/p>\n Imagine pulling for a paper towel after washing your hands and getting the towel \u2014 and a roach. The inspector spotted four live roaches inside the cookline paper towel dispenser. Two other roaches were crawling on clean plates inside the three-compartment sink.<\/p>\n Containers of salsa and soup sat uncovered in a walk-in. In the prep area, a container of raw rice sat open. The inspection wasn\u2019t clear if that was the rice container with an \u201caccumulation of dirt buildup\u201d or another rice container was soiled.<\/p>\n Someone \u201ctouched raw pork, then handled clean plates without changing gloves and washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Food containers sat in the handwash sink. The kitchen handwash sink didn\u2019t have any way to dry hands.<\/p>\n The \u201csink compartments of the three-compartment sink are too small to accommodate utensils or equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n Bagel Express, 11616 SW 88th St., Kendall<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 38 total violations, 11 high priority violations<\/p>\n Bagel Express had a tough time until the inspector was satisfied. It was closed by inspection, failed another one, got back open with \u201cFollow-Up Inspection Required\u201d but, on Thursday, that follow-up turned out the lights again.<\/p>\n So, let\u2019s start with the first inspection and the 30 flies \u201clanding inside and on top of a bucket of molasses and on top of the crate where the bucket is stored.\u201d Stop Sale on the molasses.<\/p>\n A swarm of more than 40 flies were \u201clanding on a shelf with clean bowls and containers in the dish area.\u201d About 10 flies used the back kitchen area oven as a landing strip. Another 11 flies were spread around dry storage, the kitchen and front counter.<\/p>\n A fly went legs up on top of a kitchen area oven. Another fly died inside a wax paper container in dry storage.<\/p>\n The inspector watched an \u201cemployee enter kitchen and begin handling food without first washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Also, the inspector \u201cobserved an employee kill a fly with his hand and continue to prepare customer order without changing gloves and washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Someone else \u201ccracked raw shell eggs, rinsed hands without soap, then continued to prepare a customer\u2019s order without properly washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Another employee put on a pair of gloves and grabbed a bagel to prepare a customer order without first washing hands.<\/p>\n One employee did remove the single-use gloves, but then \u201cwashed hands with no soap.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cfloor near the oven was soiled with molasses … the floor was heavily soiled by the bagel boiler with old food debris.\u201d<\/p>\n A box of bagels and a case of water sat on the floor in dry storage.<\/p>\n The deli slicer near the walk-in cooler was \u201cheavily soiled with old food debris.\u201d<\/p>\n Neither the front counter handwash sink nor the back kitchen area handwash sink had paper towels or another way to dry hands.<\/p>\n \u201cThroughout the kitchen area\u201d the \u201cceiling\/ceiling tiles\/vents were soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance.\u201d<\/p>\n Re-inspection 1: One fly was landing on bagels inside the display case. One was landing on the orange juice machine. And more than 50 were \u201clanding on the shelf and clean equipment in the dishwashing area.\u201d Over 15 were \u201clanding on to-go bags inside the dry storage room.\u201d<\/p>\n Re-inspection 2: Another fly landing on bagels in the display case.<\/p>\n Re-inspection 3: Despite failing inspection, Bagel Express kept \u201coperating after issuance of an Emergency Order of Suspension of license … observed establishment open and operating, serving about three customers without approval for reopening.\u201d<\/p>\n Re-inspection No. 4: \u201cObserved 10 flies landing on top of dough mixer, the single service rack inside the dry storage room, and inside the bathroom.\u201d<\/p>\n Also, three flies died inside the front counter orange juice machine. Two roaches died in dry storage.<\/p>\n D R Deli and Restaurant, 7942 Via Lampione, Unincorporated Palm Beach County<\/p>\n Complaint inspection, six total violations, three high priority violations<\/p>\n Sometimes, it\u2019s the location of the living violation.<\/p>\n \u201cObserved approximately two live roaches crawling out of the food handler certificate folder.\u201d There was also one roach making its way across the kitchen prep area floor.<\/p>\n After a night in a cookline cooler, raw egg-dipped bread still measured 53 degrees. It needed to be down to 41 degrees for safe keeping. Stop Sale on the dipped bread.<\/p>\n There was standing water at the bottom of a reach-in cooler on the food exposition line, where you put food that\u2019s ready to be taken to customers.<\/p>\n Giardino Gourmet Salads, 11624 SW 88th St., Kendall<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 10 total violations, five high priority violations<\/p>\n \u201cAccumulation of black\/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine\/bin.\u201d<\/p>\n These flies went gonzo for garbanzo beans. One fly landed inside a container of garbanzo beans at the front counter, but more than 10 were landing inside a container of garbanzos in the dishwasher area as well as cleaned equipment. More than 15 flies swarmed at the mop sink, coming down on a dry storage rack with canned goods and spices. And 15 flies landed inside a container of red onions under a prep table.<\/p>\n Stop Sales came down on the front counter garbanzo beans and the red onions under the prep table.<\/p>\n \u201cObserved an employee put on a pair of gloves and begin to prepare a customer\u2019s order without first washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Ichimi, 3251 NE First Ave., Miami<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 23 total violations, three high priority violations<\/p>\n We told you earlier this week about the recurrence of Ichimi\u2019s rodent issues, which also had sanitizing problems.<\/p>\n READ MORE: More rodent droppings than dishwasher sanitizer at this Miami restaurant<\/a><\/p>\n Ichimi also flopped a re-inspection before passing a re-re-inspection.<\/p>\n KFC, 7107 W. McNab Rd., North Lauderdale<\/p>\n Routine inspection, three total violations, one high priority violation<\/p>\n Three roaches were crawling on cove molding and the wall behind deep fryers in the kitchen.<\/p>\n Wiping cloth sanitizing solution, where the cloths should rest between uses, measured only 100 parts per million when the proper sanitizing strength is 200 ppm.<\/p>\n Miyi La Cubanita Cuban Cafe Chola Wengue Inc., 1332 NW Second Ave., Boca Raton<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 11 total violations, eight high priority violations<\/p>\n Rodents left 20 droppings on the kitchen floor and the single service article boxes at the dry storage area. Another eight poop pieces were behind the front counter, on the floor around reach-in coolers and cabinets. Two doo dots were left on top of packaged beer in the kitchen. Three were on a shelf under a prep table.<\/p>\n Now, to the handwashing shortcomings, such as a cashier handling customer\u2019s payment, then preparing drinks and serving plates of food to customers without washing hands (cash and payment cards tend to be germ motherships).<\/p>\n An \u201cemployee entered the kitchen from outside or the dining room and began preparing food for customers without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n In the kitchen, a cook \u201ccracked raw shell eggs, then continued preparing and plating ready to eat, cooked food without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Then again, there were \u201cno soap, paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at the kitchen or front line handwash sinks.\u201d<\/p>\n Polite as they are, \u201cThank You\u201d bags that house containers of food aren\u2019t food-grade material. Non-food grade \u201cThank You\u201d bags were in direct contact with raw pork, raw steak and bread.<\/p>\n The callback inspection on Aug. 27: Rodent poop on the floor behind the front counter, on the kitchen floor and in the dry storage closet.<\/p>\n Callback inspection later on Aug. 27: Miyi passed a same-day inspection, allowing it to be open for weekend business.<\/p>\n Taj Express Indian Cuisine, 1320 NW Boca Raton Rd., Boca Raton<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 11 total violations, seven high priority violations<\/p>\n \u201cHole in or other damage to the wall behind\/between the double glass door lowboy cooler and the cold make top on the front cookline.\u201d Three rodent droppings in the kitchen on the floor under the make up\/lowboy reach-in cooler.\u201d Six droppings were in the kitchen under a freezer. Another two were in a hallway and the dishwashing area.<\/p>\n \u201cBlue chemical pesticide tracking powder was along all cove molding\/baseboard\/floor wall junctions in the kitchen\/preparation\/storage area.\u201d Not only did it not work, it drew a citation.<\/p>\n A cashier handled money \u201cthen handled clean equipment, clean utensils and prepared\/packaged food for customers without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Stop Sales struck cooked onion sauce and cooked chickpeas that remained above 41 degrees despite overnight in the walk-in cooler. They were in \u201cfull, deep containers, tightly covered,\u201d which makes cooling an extremely slow process.<\/p>\n Thyme Machine, food truck, 13920 SW 139th Ct., Southwest Miami-Dade<\/p>\n Complaint inspection, 27 total violations, eight high priority violations<\/p>\n One fly dived into a bin with cooked chicken while another landed on top of the griddle station.<\/p>\n Even without the flies, it\u2019s a big problem that the \u201cmobile unit doesn\u2019t have any sanitizer solution to sanitize equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n An \u201cuncleanable knife block is in use to store knives.\u201d<\/p>\n The handwash sink was \u201cblocked with a cutting board and flour tortilla on top of the sink.\u201d<\/p>\n A bucket of tahini sat on the floor.<\/p>\n An \u201caccumulation of grease and debris was under griddle and under saj (a convex griddle)\u201d as well as over all the seasoning containers located on top of the three-compartment sink.<\/p>\n Thyme got hit with Stop Sales for temperature abuse with raw chicken measuring 76 degrees; ground beef 63 degrees; sliced turkey 67 degrees; and hummus 72 degrees. They needed to be at or under 41 degrees. All trashed.<\/p>\n Thyme waited two days and passed the callback inspection on Thursday.<\/p>\n