Five Broward County restaurants were forced to temporarily close last week after state inspectors found issues ranging from flies and rodent droppings to live and dead roaches. The state did not shut any Palm Beach County restaurants.
The Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for “high-priority violations,” such as improper food temperatures or dead cockroaches.
Any restaurant that fails a state inspection must stay closed until it passes a follow-up. If you spot a possible violation and wish to file a complaint, contact Florida DBPR. (But please don’t contact us: The Sun Sentinel doesn’t inspect restaurants.)
BROWARD COUNTY
Pizza Lovers Bistro
1860 N. Nob Hill Road, Plantation
Ordered shut: Feb. 28
Why: Nine violations (six high-priority), including:
- About 86 flies landing on spots such as on “clean pans on shelf next to hand-wash sink in kitchen,” “clean utensil shelf,” “wall next to pizza oven at front counter,” “reach-in cooler” and flying around the kitchen, a slicer and a “storage area next to back exit.”
- Stop sale ordered for “frozen shrimp not frozen before packaging stored in low boy freezer below cook line.”
- Stop sale ordered for meat sauce “due to temperature abuse.”
- Time/temperature issue also involved fresh mozzarella.
Status: Reopened later the same day after a second inspection found one intermediate violation; a follow-up inspection is required.
Subway
1375 NW 40th Ave., Lauderhill
Ordered shut: Feb. 26
Why: Nine violations (three high-priority), including:
- About 93 rodent droppings in areas such as “on floor under cash register,” “in open cabinet space below and to left of cash register,” “in cabinet space under cold line and along floor directly in front of cold line” and “along wall under dry goods shelves, triple sink and soda syrup box rack in back hall area.”
- Eight live flies “around trash can near triple sink in back hall area,” “on floor under soda box rack beside back door” and “under employee table at end of front counter closest to window.”
- “Bottle of glass cleaner on shelf directly above open case of single-service soup cups.”
- “Floor areas along entire back wall under dry goods shelf, triple sink and reach-in freezer in back hall area has food and dirt debris buildup. “
Status: Reopened Feb. 27 after a follow-up inspection found three intermediate and basic violations.
Kwong Ming China Kitchen
3001 Johnson St., Hollywood
Ordered shut: Feb. 26
Why: Six violations (four high-priority), including:
- About eight live roaches “in gap between cook line flip-top and steam table,” “in gasket of cook-line, flip-top cooler” and “inside of front right wheel of cook-line, flip-top cooler” on cook line in kitchen.
- One dead roach “on left-side wheel of cook-line, flip-top cooler.”
- “Raw chicken stored above cooked rice in walk-in cooler.”
- “Printed menu used as a liner for pan of cooked chicken in walk-in cooler.”
Status: Reopened Feb. 27 after a next-day inspection found no violations.
Jahnet’s Jamaican Cuisine
3810 S. State Road 7, Unit E, Miramar
Ordered shut: Feb. 25
Why: 10 violations (five high-priority), including:
- Forty-eight rodent droppings in kitchen — “in Get Reddi food storage bag box on dry storage rack,” “under storage rack next to prep table” and “under triple sink.”
- Stop sale ordered for cooked rice “due to temperature abuse.”
- “Employee eating and drinking while cooking.”
- “Hot water turned off in kitchen’s only hand-washing sink resulting in employees using only cold water to wash their hands.”
Status: Reopened Feb. 26 after a second visit found two intermediate and basic violations, with a follow-up inspection required.
China Hollywood
3605 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
Ordered shut: Feb. 24
Why: 10 violations (three high-priority), including:
- About 28 live roaches in kitchen areas such as “on ground under rice cooker shelf,” “inside of leg of wire shelf holding rice cooker,” “on metal shelf above triple sink in ware-washing area,” “in between metal shelves and wall on right side cook line,” “under prep table/table-mounted can opener on cook line” and “inside of notebook on shelving on right-side cook line.”
- Thirteen dead roaches “on ground on cook line” and “on ground under pork cooker on cook line” in kitchen.
- “Raw chicken stored above ready-to-eat broccoli in walk-in cooler.”
- “Ware-washing racks heavily soiled.”
Status: Closed on Feb. 25 after a second inspection found six violations (one high-priority). Reopened later that day after another visit found two basic violations.
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