Three Central Florida restaurants received emergency orders to shut down in the week of July 18-24, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Orange County
The Waffle House at 1815 S. Semoran Blvd. shut down on July 20 after officials found 20 total violations, four of which were a high priority.
Those violations included a dishwashing machine that wasn’t sanitized properly, an employee who failed to wash their hands before working with food, live roaches found near the cook line, and a server who handled soiled dishes then prepared food without washing their hands.
Officials returned on July 21 and found three high-priority violations. The only issue fixed from the previous day was the roach activity. All other violations were given a “time extended” label and the restaurant was allowed to reopen.
Officials also shut down a Burger King at 12491 Apopka Vineland Road in Orlando on July 20. They found seven total violations, three of which were a high priority.
The high priority violations were for operation without a license, raw sewage, and improper temperatures for food safety.
Officials returned the next day and reopened the restaurant after finding zero violations.
Brevard County
Officials shut down a McDonald’s at 25 W. Hibiscus Blvd. on July 19 after finding seven violations, three of which were a high priority.
They shut down the restaurant because of flying insects in the kitchen and food safety issues based on temperature issues.
When they returned the same day, they found zero violations and allowed it to reopen.
Complaints and warnings
Orange County tied with Volusia for the top spot for most warnings and other complaints in Central Florida with 27.
Brevard had 26, Seminole had 17, Lake had 18, and Osceola had 14. Warnings given with required follow-up inspections could lead to a business being shut down if problems remain.
In surrounding counties, nine warnings or complaints were filed in Polk and one in Sumter.
You can view recent restaurant inspections below for all of Central Florida for the last 30 days. Those with emergency orders were shut down because of high-priority violations and only reopened after follow-up inspections signed off on those violations.
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