It was a tough week for restaurants across South Florida, with inspectors from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation finding troubling conditions at a string of high-profile establishments.
Christine Lee’s, the decades-old dining institution at Gulfstream Park, was written up for roaches, mold inside the ice machine, and even an employee hygiene issue after a worker wiped their face and then washed their hands without soap before returning to food prep.
Checkers in Fort Lauderdale was ordered shut after inspectors reported rodent droppings near food areas and even a cigarette butt left on the cook line…