Dirty Dining

While these establishments were not ordered shut for rodent and roach issues, the number of violations found by inspectors is unacceptable.

State inspectors ordered several South Florida restaurant kitchens to shut down last week after uncovering conditions that put you at risk.

Several South Florida restaurants are getting more than just good reviews, they’re earning perfect scores from state food safety inspectors, and recognition for doing things the right way.

Dirty Dining is never fun, but it really stings when one of my longtime favorites ends up on the list.

Local 10 has compiled a list of the South Florida restaurants that racked up the most violations in 2025, according to state inspection records.

These are the “Dirty 30”!!! They are restaurants with 30 or more violations during recent state inspections.

Last week, inspectors ordered multiple Broward County restaurants shut down, led by a disturbing discovery at Saveur Tropical Restaurant in Pompano Beach, where three dead rodents were found inside a reach-in cooler during a follow-up inspection, along with fresh droppings behind kitchen equipment.

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspectors ordered multiple restaurants shut down last week after uncovering disturbing conditions, including a live rodent that collapsed and died during an inspection, extensive rodent droppings in food prep areas, and kitchens overrun with live and dead roaches.

If you have 30 violations or more, we’re going to call you out!

Several South Florida restaurants were ordered shut by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation last week after inspectors found dead rodents, roaches, flies and filthy conditions.

It was a short week for the holiday, but two South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week.

This week, several South Florida restaurants hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Outback Steakhouse in Miami Lakes was ordered shut after roaches were found crawling in the kitchen. It’s a rare shutdown for a big chain that usually relies on third-party companies to oversee cleanliness.

Very few restaurants ever pull off a perfect food-safety inspection but three South Florida spots just did, earning zero violations on their unannounced state reviews.

The owner of a South Florida restaurant who unleashed a profane and homophobic tirade at Local 10 News reporter Jeff Weinsier last week is now apologizing in a three-minute Instagram video — though he still does not acknowledge or take responsibility for the food-safety violations that led to his business being ordered shut for the second time.