Dirty Dining

This week’s Dirty 30 list proves you don’t have to be ordered shut down to raise serious concerns.

This week’s Dirty Dining inspections uncovered some stomach-turning surprises!

The restaurants below earned a well-deserved Clean Plate award after passing recent routine, unannounced state food safety inspections with zero violations.

This week’s Dirty Dining takes us to North Miami Beach, Oakland Park, Sunrise, North Lauderdale, Pompano Beach and Cutler Bay, where seven restaurants were temporarily ordered shut by state inspectors.

Thirty or more violations on a single inspection! That’s not a bad day in the kitchen, that’s a total breakdown of food safety.

A sports bar inside the popular Brickell City Centre has been ordered shut for the second time in just over two months after a state inspector found a live rodent during a complaint investigation.

One promises 5-star meals. Another is a well-known bagel shop. And one serves millions of cups of coffee each year. But last week, Victory Restaurant & Lounge, H&H Bagels in Pinecrest, and a Dunkin’ in Miami all landed on the state’s emergency closure list after inspectors documented serious violations, including a dead rodent, dozens of live flies, and more than 100 rodent droppings.

Mr. Lee’s Chinese Restaurant, in the Country Club of Miami area, was ordered closed following a complaint-based inspection after state inspectors documented live roaches crawling in the kitchen, dead roaches, roach droppings, expired tofu, temperature-abused food and a series of sanitation violations.

Six South Florida restaurants landed on this week’s Dirty Dining list after state inspectors ordered them temporarily closed for serious health violations.

The Hungry Tarpon Restaurant at the popular Robbie’s Marina in Islamorada was ordered shut by state inspectors last week following an investigation based on a complaint.

Two South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week by inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

This is where we call out restaurants that rack up 30 or more violations on a single inspection because if you hit 30 or more, consumers need to know. This week, we have three.

Nearly a year after an employee at China Buffet attacked a Local 10 News crew during a Dirty Dining investigation, the northwest Miami-Dade restaurant appears to have ceased operations.

Records show that since July 2024, Sichuan Fish Restaurant (Sichuan Cuisine) has been inspected nine times.

This is where we call out restaurants that rack up 30 or more violations on a single inspection because if you hit 30 or more, consumers need to know.