Sunrise restaurant racks up 40 violations

Festive flies, amongst different points, resulted in two South Florida eateries being ordered shut final week by state inspectors, just some days earlier than Christmas. They have been seen touchdown on the fudge at a dessert buffet in addition to on fruits, greens and to-go containers.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel sometimes highlights restaurant inspections carried out by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull by means of inspections that occur weekly and highlight locations ordered shut for “high-priority violations,” resembling improper meals temperatures or useless cockroaches.

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8913 W. Oakland Park Blvd.

Ordered shut: Dec. 22; reopened the identical day

Why: 40 violations (11 high-priority), together with at the very least 24 flies seen touchdown “on onions stored at front dry storage area” close to the kitchen’s ice machine and reach-in coolers.

Other flies landed “on to-go containers where food is prepped” and “on pastry fudge at [dessert] buffet area in dining room.” Inspectors discovered “4-6 or more” dwell roaches on flooring in dry storage closet space.

The restaurant was ordered to cease promoting and trash its cooked beef, cooked goat, cooked hen, white rice and cooked rice “due to temperature abuse.” The state found a handful of unsanitary practices resembling “moldy standing water in reach-in cooler” and “food contact surfaces not cleaned and sanitized between prep of raw beef, reheating of products.” One worker was seen selecting up (*40*) and sprinkling it “over food being served as catering.” The inspection famous “objectionable odors” in a toilet.

A reinspection that same day discovered 24 violations. However, the restaurant was allowed to reopen.

1601 Belvedere Road

Ordered shut: Dec. 22, reopened the identical day

Why: Five violations (four high-priority), led by 40 to 45 flies noticed touchdown “on bananas and oranges in prep area” of the kitchen,” in addition to “on wall next to ice machine,” “on wall behind dishwasher” and “in sweet potato box on shelf by walk-in cooler.”

The eating space on the Embassy Suites by Hilton West Palm Beach Central was ordered to cease promoting and get rid of its clarified butter “due to temperature abuse.” Inspectors additionally red-flagged the “chef cutting potatoes without washing” them beforehand.

A second inspection later that day discovered no new issues at the restaurant, so it was capable of reopen.