PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Dozens of dead roaches, live flies on food supplies and unsafe food storage forced state inspectors to shut down two South Florida restaurants.
The mid-April temporary closures followed routine inspections by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which orders restaurants to close when serious sanitation or food safety violations pose a risk to the public. Restaurants must correct the problems and pass a follow-up inspection before reopening.
In Palm Beach County, AlleyCat, at 297 E. Palmetto Park Road in Boca Raton, was ordered shut April 10 after inspectors documented seven violations, one of them high priority. State records show inspectors found live cockroaches in multiple areas of the kitchen, including under coolers, along walls and on the floor. Several dead roaches were also observed near kitchen equipment, along with standing water on the floor next to the stove…