Just one South Florida restaurant — in Palm Beach County — was ordered temporarily shut last week, after the state found roaches as well as some storage and food temperatures issues.
The South Florida 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 spotted 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.)
Seasons 401
401 Northwood Road, West Palm Beach
Ordered shut: May 31; reopened the same day
Why: Eight violations (four high-priority), including about six roaches seen crawling around the floor in spots such as “by dishwashing area,” “by dry storage” and “prep-area fliptop cooler.”
About 10 dead roaches were discovered in a “trap on floor under tall hotbox by triple sink/prep area.” Another 10 dead roaches were on the floor at the “front counter area,” “in dining room seating area” and “by triple sink/prep area.”
The state also found a “container of raw chicken stored over raw pork chops” in a walk-in cooler and food temperature issues regarding a pan of cheese sauce and shredded cheese. Additionally, no soap was provided at the handwashing sinks in the restaurant’s cook line and prep areas.
Seasons 401 was allowed to reopen the same day after a follow-up inspection found zero violations.