Six Central Florida restaurants received emergency orders to shut down in the week of Aug. 15-21, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Orange County
Hong Kong Alley Kitchen at 10663 E. Colonial Dr. in Orlando shut down on Aug. 16 and remained closed for nearly the entire week.
Officials found 32 violations, five of which were a high priority. Those violations included improper storage of raw animal food, roach activity, flying insects, damaged trash cans and employees touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands.
A return visit on Aug. 18 found the same number of violations. Officials then found 16 violations on Aug. 20, three of which were a high priority. Only one of the previously named high-priority violations had been fixed.
Inspectors returned again on Aug. 21 and found the same 16 violations as the Aug. 20 visit. The facility is still showing as temporarily closed as of Tuesday afternoon.
Osceola County
Tijuana Flats at 6113 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Unit 101 in Kissimmee shut down on Aug. 18.
Officials found nine violations, two of which were a high priority. Those violations included live flying insects next to the food storage and bar area, the soda dispenser, and on clean pans. There was also a broken vacuum breaker. A follow-up inspection on the same day produced the same result.
Officials visited again on Aug. 19. when they found eight violations, but only one of which was a high priority for the broken vacuum breaker. Inspectors allowed the restaurant to reopen.
Brevard County
Mamasan at 400 N. Cocoa Blvd. in Cocoa shut down on Aug. 18.
Officials found 18 violations, four of which were a high priority. Those violations included raw animal food stored over unwashed produce, rodent droppings, improper food storage, and improper toxic chemical storage.
Inspectors allowed the restaurant to reopen after their second visit on the same day. They found eight violations and none were a high priority.
Gold Lion Bar And Deli at 4580 Coquina Ave. in Titusville shut down on Aug 16.
Officials found 22 violations, seven of which were a high priority. Those violations included employees touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands, live flying insects, raw animal food stored on unwashed produce and roach activity. A second visit the same day found 16 violations, two of which were a high priority and the restaurant remained closed.
On Aug. 17, officials made another visit and found seven violations, none of which were a high priority. They allowed the restaurant to reopen.
Molly’s Seafood Shack at 1580 East Merritt Island Causeway in Merritt Island shut down on Aug. 16.
Officials found 22 violations, eight of which were a high priority. Those violations included a heat strip that wasn’t cleaned properly, flying insects, raw beef cooked over bacon and rodent activity.
Inspectors found 16 violations on an Aug. 18 visit, six of which were a high priority. Although many of the same issues were present, no flying insects were found and the restaurant was allowed to reopen.
Lake County
Vic’s Embers Supper Club at 1005 W. Main St. in Leesburg shut down on Aug. 17.
Officials found nine violations, two of which were a high priority. Those violations included improper sanitizing strength for the dishwashing ammonium and 10 live roaches.
Inspectors allowed the restaurant to reopen after their second visit on the same day. They found three violations, none of which were a high priority.
Complaints and warnings
Orange County had the top spot for most warnings and other complaints in Central Florida with 39.
Volusia had 25, Brevard had 24, Seminole had 12, Lake had 6, and Osceola had 11. Warnings given with required follow-up inspections could lead to a business being shut down if problems remain.
In surrounding counties, 18 warnings or complaints were filed in Polk and two 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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