Three Central Florida restaurants and two food trucks were shut down the week of May 12-18, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Orange
Antojitos Chapin, a food truck at 454 W. Main St. #Vin 6308 in Apopka, shut down on May 16. Inspectors found 10 violations, only one of which was a high priority for lacking potable running water. Officials revisited the food truck on May 17. No violations were found, and the truck complied with the emergency order.
Embassy Suites Resort – Lake Buena Vista at 8100 Lake St. in Orlando shut down on May 16. There were four violations, one of which was a high priority for roaches found in several areas around the kitchen area. Officials conducted another inspection on the same day and found one violation. It wasn’t a high priority. The restaurant met inspection standards.
Taqueria Taco Express Mexican Street Food, a food truck located at 1810 Rock Spring Road Vin #0460 in Apopka, shut down on May 14. Inspectors found 16 violations, three of which were a high priority. Those priorities included not having potable water, putting cooked rice in to-go bags and flats of raw shell eggs being cooked over beef in the reach-in cooler. Officials revisited the food truck on May 15 and found four violations. None were a high priority. The truck met inspection standards.
Volusia
China Master at W. International Speedway Blvd., Suite 148, shut down on May 17. Inspectors found seven violations, three of which were high priorities. Those violations included an expired business license, roaches and backed-up sewage wastewater next to the walk-in cooler. This shutdown order came after they visited the restaurant on May 14 and May 16.
Officials conducted two more inspections on May 18. The first inspection had only one violation, and the restaurant met inspection standards and complied with the emergency order. The second inspection had seven violations, including a high-priority violation for an expired business license. However, the inspectors issued the restaurant a time extension.
Brevard
Shark Pit Bar And Grill at 4001 N. Atlantic Ave. in Cocoa Beach shut down on May 17. Inspectors found 15 violations, four of which were a high priority. Those violations included flying insects, food not being sold in sound condition and food held at the wrong temperatures. There were two inspections of the restaurant on May 18. Both inspections had 11 violations and the restaurant remained shut down. On May 19, officials conducted a final inspection. They found 10 violations, one of which was a high priority requiring a stop-sale on sour cream left in a reach-in cooler overnight. A follow-up inspection for the restaurant is required but there are no immediate threats to the public.
Complaints and warnings
Orange County had the top spot for most warnings and other complaints in Central Florida, with 31.
Volusia had 10, Osceola 10, Brevard had eight, Seminole had six and Lake had three.
Warnings given with required follow-up inspections could lead to a business being shut down if problems remain.
