MARGATE, Fla. – Local 10 News reporter Jeff Weinsier couldn't believe his eyes when he recently looked through the list of state inspections in search of restaurants that were ordered shut last week in South Florida.
There was just one, but a very familiar one.
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Spanky's Cheesesteak Factory in Margate was ordered shut last Thursday for the fourth time.
Weinsier was there Tuesday, two days before, trying to get reaction about their prior inspection.
Weinsier was kicked out and cussed out.
The state rarely yanks a license permanently, but you have to wonder how long this cycle will go on?
Who would eat there after this history?
Below are some of the latest violations and a history of Spanky's dealings with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Spanky's was allowed to reopen again following another ordered clean-up and another re-inspection.
***Spanky's Cheesesteak Factory
309 N. State Road 7
Margate
11 violations found
Ordered shut March 9
Also ordered shut Feb 22, 2017
Also ordered shut Feb. 6, 2017
Also ordered shut May 16, 2014
"Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 2 on the floor at the beginning of the cooks line and 1 on a sanitizer pail on a shelf under a prep table on the cooks line. They were both immediately killed and disposed. 2 came out from under a upright freezer on the floor in the rear prep area. 2 on the floor in the room where the bag-in-the box sodas are kept. **Repeat Violation**."
"Dead roaches on premises. 1 on a shelf under a prep table on the cooks line. It was immediately disposed. 1 on a pan on a shelf under the meat slicer in the rear prep area. **Repeat Violation**"
"Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. - employee handled phone, then proceed to change gloves and continue prepping without washing hands properly, employee washed hands."
"Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in freezer - all products not commercially packaged. - observed raw chicken, packaged on site, over raw beef in walk in freezer, operator placed chicken on bottom shelf in the walk-in cooler."
"Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dish machine."