{"id":407404,"date":"2026-09-22T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407404\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T17:54:08","slug":"rodents-cause-miami-area-food-court-staples-inspection-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/407404\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodents cause Miami area food court staple\u2019s inspection fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Restaurant inspection closure health safety still chyron frame.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Red commercial kitchen stove background with text reading restaurant inspection\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bourbon chicken, blackened fish &#8230; and rodents and food stored in dirty containers.<\/p>\n<p>The first two are menu staples of the Kelly\u2019s Cajun Grills in mall food courts around South Florida. The last two can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/restaurants\/article316633839.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found on state inspections of the Kelly\u2019s Cajun Grill<\/a> in Hialeah\u2019s Westland Mall, which failed inspection Monday just as it did on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly\u2019s got it together to pass re-inspection and reopen Tuesday with a \u201cFollow-Up Inspection Required\u201d notification. Monday. But the visit from the Florida Department of Business &amp; Professional Regulation inspector turned up 18 total violations, including three high priority violations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/restaurants\/article317273011.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Stinky wastewater backup at IHOP among worst South Florida restaurant issues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the findings:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccumulation of black\/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine\/bin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was a \u201chole on wall next to the three-compartment sink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That could be the entry for the rodents that left three poop pieces \u201con top of seasoning containers in the dry storage area\u201d and dropped over 17 on the floor at the kitchen area. Another 20-plus were \u201cunder and next to the ice machine at the kitchen area\u201d and four were \u201con top of the soda syrup case next to the ice machine.\u201d Six poop pellets were next to the handwash sink.<\/p>\n<p>The inspector \u201cobserved food stored in soiled containers on shelves at the walk-in cooler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, the \u201cinterior of the oven\/microwave has an accumulation of black substance\/grease\/food debris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raw, frozen chicken sat on a kitchen prep table when it should have been thawing in a refrigerator or cooler.<\/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\/09\/1790099648_248_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":"Bourbon chicken, blackened fish &#8230; and rodents and food stored in dirty containers. 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