Rodents made a Midtown Miami restaurant their restroom — and their living room, too, according to a state restaurant inspection report.
“Rodent burrow or rodent nesting materials present,” read a violation on Thursday’s inspection of Ichimi Ramen Bar, 118 Buena Vista Blvd. “Observed nesting material on floor by chest reach-in freezer next to walk-in cooler.”
The ramen restaurant shares a building with other living rooms, those in $1.1 million Midtown condominiums, and those that charge $8,000 rent for a two-bedroom living space.
Rodent rent wasn’t a part of the routine inspection with 25 total violations. But rodent droppings, about 80 of them, were among the five High Priority violations.
About 20 were near the nesting material. Another 10 were in the dining room “under a single service storage area” and 10 were on the bar floor. Twenty sat under dry storage shelves. There were 10 “on the floor, under the noodle maker.”
Why did the rodents make themselves at home? Maybe it was the “food stored on floor.” Or the “oil, clam juice, and other misc items on floor in hallway next to warewashing area.”