Six Central Florida eateries were ordered shut last week after state health inspectors walked in, took a look around, and decided the conditions were too risky to let customers keep eating there. The temporary closures stretched from Apopka to Orlando, Clearwater, and Tampa, and hit both neighborhood restaurants and a hotel breakfast spread. All of the businesses later passed follow-up checks and were cleared to reopen, but the inspection reports, full of bugs, droppings, and food-safety failures, read like a greatest-hits list of what can go wrong in a commercial kitchen. For anyone who eats out regularly, it is a vivid reminder that inspection reports can change quickly and are posted for the public to see.
What inspectors found
State inspection records show that No. 1 Chinese Restaurant and Rosati’s Pizza Pub in Apopka, Cristino’s Restaurant in Clearwater, Mimi’s Restaurant in Orlando, and La Quinta Inn and Wok-A-Holic in Tampa were among the six locations forced to close. Inspectors reported nearly 100 dead roaches and…..