One Polk County restaurant was closed for a day during the two-week period from Sept. 16 to 29 after an inspector found 32 violations, including some related to roaches and flies, according to state reports .
In all, 12 restaurants fell short of inspection standards during the two weeks, and three had violations related to pests.
To see inspections for any restaurant in Polk County, go to The Ledger’s searchable database at https://data.theledger.com/restaurant-inspections/polk .
On Sept. 27, Buffet City at 810 Cypress Garden Blvd. in Winter Haven, was ordered closed temporarily after an inspector found 32 violations, including eight considered high priority.
The inspector noted one live roach (high priority) and more than 60 dead roach, most of them on sticky traps (basic violation). There were also four live flies (high priority).
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Besides the insects, the other six high-priority violations included: the dishmachine not mixing chlorine sanitizer; raw animal food not properly separated from ready-to-eat food (raw fish over sauce in the walk-in cooler, raw pork over carrots, raw shell eggs over crab Rangoon, raw shell eggs over cooked rice at the hibachi station); the hibachi station lacked proper sneeze guards; shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells; several items “cold held” at more than 41 degrees (ham 49 degrees, cooked corn 47, cut cabbage 57, cut melon 53 , crab salad 47, raw fish 47); and egg rolls “hot held” at less than 135 degrees.