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Inspection problems got these restaurants in trouble.<\/p>\n
Rodents, roaches and failing at proper handwashing and basic cleanliness caused seven South Florida restaurants to fail inspection over the last nine days.<\/p>\n
This week\u2019s Sick and Shut Down List includes representatives from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.<\/p>\n
As usual, we remind readers we don\u2019t do the inspections, nor do we choose who gets inspected. The inspections are done by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Inspections are either routine unannounced inspections or inspections sparked by complaints from consumers, which can be made<\/a> at the DBPR website.<\/p>\n Restaurants that fail inspection remain closed until they pass a callback inspection aka re-inspection, which is usually the next day.<\/p>\n In alphabetical order…<\/p>\n Buccaneer restaurant, 142 Lake Drive, Palm Beach Shores<\/p>\n Complaint inspection, nine total violations, four High Priority violations<\/p>\n Let\u2019s start with a little food fibbing…<\/p>\n \u201cIdentity of food or food product misrepresented.\u201d What\u2019s presented as yellowtail snapper, a Sept. 30 invoice shows was \u201clane snapper is served as a substitute.\u201d<\/p>\n Over at the dishwasher area, \u201capproximately 30 flies were landing on clean, sanitized bowls.\u201d A trio of flies in the dining room landed on the pizza station\u2019s dining table and cooler.<\/p>\n An \u201cemployee preparing foods touched face and hat and continued to work with foods without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Then again, the prep area handwash sink was \u201cblocked by a big mixer,\u201d and the handwash sink in the dishwasher area was blocked by food containers. You could get to the cookline handwash sink, but, once you got there, no soap for you.<\/p>\n Instead of keeping food in reach-in or walk-in coolers when it needs to be kept at or under 41 degrees overnight, staff used the grill station drawers. That didn\u2019t get the job done, and an avalanche of Stop Sales for \u201ctemperature abuse\u201d came down on mahi-mahi, salmon, halibut, branzino, hamburgers, filet mignon, raw chicken, crab cakes, cut lettuce and empanadas.<\/p>\n China One, 15711 Sheridan St., Southwest Ranches<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 15 total violations, six High Priority violations<\/p>\n The only adjectives inspectors usually unpack for roaches are \u201cdead\u201d or \u201cliving.\u201d But this inspector was moved to note \u201cthree large roaches crawling underneath the cookline.\u201d<\/p>\n One apparently regular-sized roach \u201ccrawled on a table by a can opener holder.\u201d One gang of roaches rolled six deep on the floor underneath a cookline cart. Three roaches were on the floor in front of the food expo station, where the cooks put food ready to head out to customer tables. Six roaches hung out on a pipe under the three-compartment sink.<\/p>\n Also under the three-compartment sink: a pan of raw chicken. That counts as \u201cfood thawed in an improper manner\u201d for myriad reasons.<\/p>\n (\u201cChicken is a major source of salmonella<\/a> infection,\u201d the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. \u201cIn fact, more than 1 in every 25 packages of chicken<\/a> at the grocery store is contaminated with salmonella.\u201d)<\/p>\n \u201cThroughout the kitchen,\u201d the \u201cwall was soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and\/or dust.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite having a sleepover in the walk-in cooler, egg rolls and tempura chicken still measured 55 degrees and 47 degrees, respectively. That counts as temperature abuse, worth a double shot of Stop Sales.<\/p>\n On the re-inspection, four live roaches at various kitchen spots kept China One closed.<\/p>\n They got out of the inspection penalty box by passing the second callback inspection.<\/p>\n China Spring III, 8100 Wiles Road, Coral Springs<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 15 total violations, seven High Priority violations<\/p>\n In the dry storage area, there were \u201cfour rodent droppings on a can of sauce.\u201d But the rodents did their dookie damage in the kitchen, where there were \u201capproximately 20 rodent droppings on the floor, underneath prep tables, containers of food and reach-in coolers.\u201d<\/p>\n Roach corpses were found in the kitchen prep area and a restroom.<\/p>\n The chopped lettuce and raw bean sprouts weren\u2019t time marked, and nobody could seem to remember how long they\u2019d been there, so each got hit with a Stop Sale.<\/p>\n Also sent to the garbage via Stop Sales were dented cans of pineapple juice, oyster sauce and bean sauce.<\/p>\n An \u201cemployee handled dirty dishes, then proceeded to handle clean dishes and engage in handling food without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Ginger sat in the walk-in cooler in to-go shopping bags, which are fine for touching styrofoam and takeout containers but aren\u2019t food-grade bags.<\/p>\n Throughout the establishment, \u201cnonfood-contact surfaces were soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.\u201d<\/p>\n Keke\u2019s Breakfast Cafe, 7609 N. State Road 7, Parkland<\/p>\n Routine inspection, 15 total violations, 10 High Priority violations<\/p>\n The inspector halted the cutting and portioning of unwashed strawberries.<\/p>\n Failing at proper washing seemed a theme throughout this inspection.<\/p>\n Someone working the cookline \u201chandled a soiled wiping cloth, and proceeded to prepare food for order without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n An \u201cemployee cracked raw shell eggs and changed gloves without washing hands.\u201d<\/p>\n At the food expo station, someone \u201ctouched her face, then proceeded to handle clean equipment and bottles of hot sauce without washing her hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Another worker \u201cpicked up soiled equipment from floor\u201d before cleaning the grill, handling ham from a cooler and starting to prepare food \u201cwithout changing his gloves or washing his hands.\u201d<\/p>\n Someone who did think to wash his hands after handling dirty dishes did so for \u201capproximately eight seconds\u201d before handling clean utensils. That doesn\u2019t meet the 10- to 15-second state requirement.<\/p>\n The handwash sink near the flat-top coolers didn\u2019t have any way to dry your hands.<\/p>\n The seven-day timer ran out on tuna in the flip-top cooler the day before the inspection. That led to a Stop Sale order.<\/p>\n The first re-inspection on Tuesday was ruined by 10 flies \u201clanding on clean utensils, equipment, walls and boxes of soda.\u201d<\/p>\n The re-re-inspection later Tuesday was ruined by five flies in the dishwasher, food prep and dining room areas. The manager killed a fly landing on walls in the dining area, but Keke\u2019s remained closed.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Keke\u2019s got out of the re-re-re-inspection without any flies and re-opened.<\/p>\n Miami Crab & Seafood Restaurant, 20723 NW Second Ave., Miami Gardens<\/p>\n Routine inspection, eight total violations, three High Priority violations<\/p>\n \u201cRodent bait not contained in a covered, tamper-resistant bait station.\u201d The inspector saw \u201cbitten rodent bait on the floor in the kitchen storage room.\u201d<\/p>\n Apparently, that bite wasn\u2019t enough to fatally damage the rodent\u2019s insides, as no dead rodent was spotted.<\/p>\n What was seen, on the other hand, was \u201c75-plus rodent droppings on the floor of the kitchen storage room where single service items are stored,\u201d over seven rodent droppings on the floor \u201cin the back storage room where flour, sugar and seasonings are stored,\u201d five pieces of rodent regularity on the floor behind the front counter reach-in cooler,\u201d and \u201c10-plus rodent droppings on the shelves where employees store personal items.\u201d<\/p>\n Oh, and the inside of the microwave oven \u201chas an accumulation of black substance\/grease\/food debris.\u201d<\/p>\n Miami Shores Golf Club, 10000 Biscayne Blvd., Miami Shores<\/p>\n Complaint inspection, 22 total violations, three High Priority violations<\/p>\n We told you earlier this week about the rodent problems at the restaurant overlooking Miami Shores Country Club\u2019s golf course.<\/p>\n