{"id":427489,"date":"2026-10-14T10:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427489\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:16:07","slug":"rodents-briefly-close-a-miami-area-country-clubs-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427489\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodents briefly close a Miami-area country club\u2019s restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791972966_384_inspection.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Rodents ran at a Miami-Dade country club\u2019s restaurant.\" alt=\"Rodents ran at a Miami-Dade country club\u2019s restaurant.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Rodents ran at a Miami-Dade country club\u2019s restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Standing water and dumping rodents put a country club restaurant in timeout after an inspection Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Shores Country Club missed the Friday dinner rush, but the restaurant at 10000 Biscayne Blvd. with a view of the golf course passed its callback inspection Saturday to get back in business for the Saturday night crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Somebody in a previous crowd left dissatisfied because Friday\u2019s visit from the Florida Department of Business &amp; Professional Regulation was a complaint inspection. The inspector found 22 violations, three of which were high-priority violations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/business\/article317573975.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Ancient meat, unsafe pastelitos, filthy equipment at a Miami supermarket<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most eye-catching of the high-priority violations was \u201capproximately 20-plus rodent droppings in the dry storage area on the floor and on top of clean dishes.\u201d There also were five pieces of rodent regularity on the floor near where single-service articles are stored.<\/p>\n<p>Management probably knew there was a rodent problem, as the inspector counted over 10 doo doo dots inside the manager\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>A roach died inside an empty plastic bin.<\/p>\n<p>A cutting board in the back food prep area had \u201ccut marks and is no longer cleanable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant had no way of \u201cmeasuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishwasher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was a hole in the wall above the dishwasher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/restaurants\/article317542512.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Ants in honey. 115 flies. La Carreta. Miami metro\u2019s worst restaurant visits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A kitchen area handwash sink faucet was leaking water.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the walk-in cooler, standing water covered the floor.<\/p>\n<p>A bearded employee \u201cengaged in food preparation with no beard guard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish came with a label stating that the fish should stay frozen until cooking time and not removed from the reduced oxygen packaging. Maybe that label was too subtle, maybe it was ignored or maybe staff just didn\u2019t spot it.<\/p>\n<p>But the inspector definitely spotted five 4-ounce bags of tuna in reduced oxygen packaging \u201ccompletely thawed out inside the walk-in cooler\u201d and dropped Stop Sale orders on all 20 ounces of tuna.<\/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\/10\/1791972967_646_695 Miami Herald sig 072115 Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David Neal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/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":"Rodents ran at a Miami-Dade country club\u2019s restaurant. 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