Dirty Dining

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspectors have been pretty busy lately, finding 165 violations at eight South Florida food establishments and ordering all of them shut down for cleanup.

A clean, unannounced food safety inspection with ZERO violations is no small accomplishment. It takes preparation, consistency, teamwork, and a commitment to doing things right every single day.

Below is a list of places recently ordered shut by inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

When you’re open for business, serving us food and rack up nearly 30 or more violations, we’re going to call you out. Below is a list of places that recently accumulated nearly 30 or more violations during an unannounced, routine food safety inspection.

Rodent droppings, roaches and food temperature issues were just some of the violations found last week at restaurants across South Florida.

A clean, unannounced food safety inspection with ZERO violations is no small accomplishment.

That is why we are doing this Dirty Dining Extra.

Several South Florida restaurants were ordered shut this week after state inspectors found serious food-safety violations, including live rodents, roaches, flies, mold and food being held at unsafe temperatures.

They weren’t ordered shut, but that doesn’t mean everything was OK. If a restaurant racks up 30 or more violations in a single inspection, we think that deserves a closer look.

One place. Sixty-three violations. Should a place with that many violations be serving you?

Travelers grabbing a slice of pizza before a flight at Miami International Airport got an unwelcome surprise when state inspectors ordered Famous Famiglia Pizzeria shut after finding rodent activity and other serious sanitation problems.

It was a particularly rough stretch for cleanliness and food safety at restaurants and food stores across South Florida.

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.