Three Central Florida restaurants shut down the week of July 1-7, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Orange
Station 441 A Paradise Inc. at 2 S. Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando shut down on July 2 because of rodent activity. Inspectors had returned to the restaurant after a July 1 visit that was a follow-up in itself from violations found in April. While no new high priority violations were found on the initial return visit, the existing violation from the April visit, operating without a license, was married with eight other lesser violations for nine total, that required a follow-up visit but didn’t merit a closure of the restaurant.
The next day, though, inspectors did close the restaurant when they found among six remaining violations two deemed high priority. They included the license issue, but also the discovery of 33 rodent droppings throughout the restaurant. Inspectors returned on July 3, and found no further evidence of rodent activity, and allowed the restaurant to reopen, although a follow-up inspection will still be required.
Seminole
Keke’s Breakfast Cafe at 4225 W. Lake Mary Blvd. in Lake Mary was shut down on July 3. Inspectors found 15 violations, three of which were deemed high priority. They included an employee that switched from working with raw food, cracking eggs, to ready-to-eat food without washing hands, 10 live roaches found near the egg station cooler, and several cases of food held at higher temperatures longer than allowed. Inspectors returned later that day and tallied eight violations, with only the hand-washing high priority issue still listed, but with a time extension as no food-prep employees were at the site during the follow-up. Inspectors allowed the restaurant to reopen.
Volusia
Twin Peaks at 1571 Outlet Blvd. in Daytona Beach shut down on July 1. Inspectors found 16 violations, five of which were a high priority. Those violations included food held at the wrong temperatures, tracking powder pesticide used inside the establishment, roach activity and flying insects. A second inspection the same day found two violations. None were a high priority. The restaurant met inspection standards.
Complaints and warnings
Across the region, 37 of 315 inspections found no violations.
Orange County had the most inspections with at least one violation with 110 followed by Volusia with 40, Brevard with 35, Osceola with 34, Lake with 32 and Seminole with 27.
