Thirteen restaurants across Central Florida — from Orlando to Tampa — were ordered to close temporarily during the week of Oct. 5 to 11 after state inspectors found problems ranging from live roaches and rodent droppings to missing running water. The list also includes restaurants in Lake Mary, Altamonte Springs, Daytona Beach, Lakeland, Satellite Beach and Palm Coast.
Most of the restaurants were allowed to reopen within a day or two after passing a follow-up inspection, according to state records compiled by WKMG News 6. The station’s report lists 13 establishments even though its headline refers to 12.
For diners, a closure is a snapshot, not a permanent verdict. It shows what inspectors found on a single visit, and Florida law requires a restaurant to fix the problem and pass another inspection before it can serve customers again.
The Most Serious Findings of the Week
The heaviest pest problems turned up in Lake Mary, Lakeland and Daytona Beach. At Nawabi Hyderabad House Biryani Place, 4225 W. Lake Mary Blvd. in Lake Mary, inspectors on Oct. 7 recorded more than 130 rodent droppings, food items chewed by rodents, flies on food and raw eggs stored over ready-to-eat desserts, according to the records…