PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – State records show eight South Florida restaurants were ordered shut by inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation last week.
Records show it's the fourth time Peking Tokyo Buffet in Deerfield Beach has been ordered shut since 2013.
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Christina Wan's in Fort Lauderdale was also shut last week for the second time because of a roach issue.
Below is a list of the restaurants and some of the violations. All of the places listed were allowed to reopen following ordered clean up and re-inspections.
***Patsy Mar Coffee Shop
1050 E. 14th Street
Hialeah
19 violations
Ordered shut April 4
"Roach excrement and/or droppings present in cabinets."
"Roach activity present as evidenced by approximately 15 live roaches found inside cabinets in kitchen area."
"Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands."
***La Belle Capoise Restaurant
13518 Memorial Highway
Miami
23 violations
Ordered shut March 30
"Roach activity present as evidenced by 10 plus live roaches found in a non-working oven in the kitchen area."
"Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands."
***Palatino Jamaican Restaurant
3004 NW Second Ave.
Miami
13 violations
Ordered shut March 31
"Dead roaches on premises. As evidence of 35 + in dry storage, front counter/ prep area, under the front counter, water heater room, ware wash area, and 1 inside heating unit that stores food."
"No sanitize of any kind available for ware washing. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until sanitize is available for ware washing."
"Produce with mold-like growth. Papaya."
"Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. As evidence of 15 + In dry storage, in box under the steam table, and inside of steam table located in the kitchen/prep area."
***Wilton Wings
1428 NE Fourth Ave.
Fort Lauderdale
21 violations
Ordered shut April 2
"Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 2 live roaches walking on prep table with partial cooked wings next to grill. 4 live roaches in storage area under and next to freezer. 1 live roach under hot holding. 3 live roaches walking on floor in front of grill. 1 live roach on speed rack with bread next to hot holding. 6 live roaches on wall behind dish machine."
"Accumulation of black mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine."
"Establishment conducts non-continuous cooking of raw animal foods without monitoring and documenting initial heating time and temperature, cooling times and temperatures, cold holding temperature and final cooking temperature. Chicken wings left at room temperature on prep table next to grill ,after initial cooking to 94°F. No time or temperature monitoring."
"All potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods in reach-in cooler cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Flip top cooler next to hot holding Ground beef between 48°F at bottom and 64°F at top. Cheese 48°F, potato salad 48°F, coleslaw 50°F, tuna salad 49°F, Corrective Action Taken all salads were discarded because they stayed in unit overnight. see stop sale Cheese and Beef were placed in freezer, according to cook had only been out of temperature for 2 hours."
***Peking Tokyo Buffet
1219 S. Federal Highway
Deerfield Beach
5 violations
Ordered shut April 2, 2015 based on complaint
Ordered shut March 31, 2015 based on complaint
Ordered shut Sept. 9, 2014 based on complaint
Ordered shut Sept. 5, 2013 based on complaint
"Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed approximately 51 live roaches in sushi bar area, 69 live roaches by dish machine, 1 live roach on top of prep table at cook line while food preparation was taking place, 2 live roaches under prep table at cook line, 1 live roach under hand wash sink at cook line, 2 live roaches under table by grill in rear prep area, 16 live roaches by dry storage shelving near kitchen entry way, 1 live by time clock and 1 live on rolling cart near sushi bar area. On 4/1/15 observed 5 live roaches by time clock in dry storage area by cook line, 6 live roaches under prep table at cook line, 4 live roaches under cart by drink station, 1 live roach by drink station, 2 live roaches in gaskets at Daewoo cooler #1in sushi prep area, 1 live roach under rice pot storage table in sushi bar area, 3 live roaches in gaskets at Daewoo cooler #2 in sushi prep area , 1 live roach near hand wash sink in rear prep area, and 3 live roaches under prep table by grill in rear prep area. On 4/2/15 observed 12 live roaches in sushi bar area , 7 live in dishwashing area, 5 live roaches in cook line area, 1 live roach in drink station, 1 live roach in dry storage shelving."
"Dead roaches on premises. 3 dead roaches in sushi bar area, 2 dead roaches in dishwashing area, 3 dead roaches at cook line, 1 dead roach inside soap dispenser in rear prep area and 6 dead roaches by time clock. On 4/1/15 Observed 10 dead roaches in sushi bar area and 13 dead roaches in dishwashing area. On 4/2/15 Observed 5 dead roaches in sushi bar area, 2 dead roaches at cook line, 1 dead roach by drink station, 2 dead roaches by in dishwashing area and 1 dead roach in rear prep area."
***Christina Wan's Mandarin House
662 N. Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale
18 violations
Ordered shut April 1
Ordered shut Oct. 13, 2014
"Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 3 live roaches under hand wash sink next to dish machine. 4 live roaches on and under ice machine. 1 live roach in drain under ice machine. 1 live roach under hot holding at cook line. There are no doors between the areas."
"Shell eggs held at room temperature with an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. At cook line Corrective Action Taken placed eggs inside cooler."
"Dead roaches on premises. Observed about 30 dead roaches inside light shield in kitchen."
***Sheila's Famous
3026 E. Commercial Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale
15 violations
Ordered shut March 31
"Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 5 live roaches inside and outside an unplugged hot holding cabinet at the cookline, observed 5 live roaches on the floor by the non-working HAIER reach in freezer, observed two live roaches on the HAIER reach in freezer exterior, observed two live roaches in crevices underneath a prep table."
"Dead roaches on premises. Observed two dead roaches under the Dish machine. **Repeat Violation**"
"Unnecessary items on the premise. Lawn mower and obsolete equipment on the kitchen area."
"Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Conch served raw as conch salad, put gloves on upon request."
***Rhythm's Take Out
665 SW 27th Ave.
Fort Lauderdale
5 violations
Ordered shut April 1
"Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed 4 dry rodent droppings behind chest freezer, 1- dry in employees unisex bathroom behind trash can, approximately 8-10 dry rodent droppings in storage area next to unisex employee bathroom ,and approximately 4-5 fresh rodent droppings in storage area next to employees unisex bathroom approximately 7 feet from food production area, approximately 15-20 dry rodent droppings on shelf under front counter. Operator swept up all droppings."
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