Vermin, ice machine mold and “temperature abuse” causing the trashing of enough food for a family cookout in the park lowlight this week’s Sick and Shut Down List of South Florida restaurants that failed state inspection.
So, let’s get to the worst of the Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach restaurant inspections (Monroe, you’re relatively clean this week).
A reminder that the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation chooses whom to inspect and does the inspecting.
In alphabetical order:
Chowder Heads, 2123 S. US 1, Jupiter: Complaint inspection, 16 total violations, five High Priority violations.
First restaurant on the list and the first of several appearances this week by that old staple, “Heavy accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin at the bar.”
The sticky tape caught the roaches (three) on the wall and the flies (20) on the floor but check out “60 dead flies in plastic containers with homemade fly solution containing vinegar and other ingredients.” Effective, but, yeah, the fly collection counts as a violation.