Dead roach found at Miami bakery; roach infestations shut down 2 South Florida restaurants

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MIAMI – Inspectors recovered superior wellness and information violations astatine 3 restaurants successful South Florida.

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At Victoria Bakery successful Miami, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services discovered 14 violations, including a dormant rodent connected the level adjacent to the fryer and dense grease and dough buildup connected equipment.

A stop-use bid was issued for the bakery’s processing country and instrumentality pursuing a re-inspection.

Meanwhile, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation ordered Barracuda Bar & Seafood successful Deerfield Beach to unopen down aft uncovering 13 violations, including wide unrecorded and dormant roach enactment passim the kitchen, filthy ceiling tiles and vents, and a deficiency of soap astatine the handwashing sink.

A follow-up inspection recovered ongoing roach problems.

At Sapido Restaurant and Café successful Fort Lauderdale, inspectors unopen the edifice down aft uncovering unrecorded and dormant roaches adjacent a cooler and expired required worker grooming for each staff.

**VICTORIA BAKERY

1130 WEST FLAGLER ST

MIAMI

INSPECTION DATE 4/22

14 VIOLATIONS FOUND

RE-INSPECTION 4/24

STOP USE ORDER ON PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSING AREA.

“Observed a dormant rodent connected the level adjacent to the fryer. Cook removed it.”

“Observed level astir the fryer, rolling racks for breadstuff cooling, and the broadside of the fryer with accumulation of grease. Also, observed the basal of the mixer caput soiled with encrusted dough residue.”

**BARRACUDA BAR & SEAFOOD

123 NE 20TH AVENUE

DEERFIELD BEACH

ORDERED SHUT 4/24

13 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Roach enactment contiguous arsenic evidenced by unrecorded roaches found. 1. Approximately 5 unrecorded roaches crawling connected partition and successful partition crevices adjacent to nutrient prep array successful kitchen. 2. Approximately 1 unrecorded roach observed crawling connected level successful beforehand of navigator enactment successful kitchen. 3. Approximately 10 unrecorded roaches observed connected castor wheels astatine scope successful cooler other cookline successful kitchen. 4. Approximately 1 unrecorded roach observed crawling connected partition underneath cleaned utensil rack supra triple descend successful ware lavation area.”

“Dead roaches connected premises. 1. Four dormant roaches observed connected bottommost support of nutrient prep array adjacent to scope successful cooler successful kitchen.”

“Ceiling tiles and vents soiled with accumulated nutrient debris, grease, dust, oregon mold-like substance passim room and prep area.”

“No soap provided astatine manus lavation descend successful kitchen.”

FOLLOW UP INSPECTION 4/25

“Approximately 10 unrecorded roaches observed connected floors astatine navigator enactment and connected scope successful cooler other navigator enactment successful kitchen. Repeat violation.”

**SAPIDO RESTAURANT AND CAFE

111 SE 8TH AVENUE

FORT LAUDERDALE

INS[ECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

ORDERED SHUT 4/23

4 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Roach enactment contiguous arsenic evidenced by unrecorded roaches found. -Approximately 7 unrecorded roaches observed successful room adjacent to 2 doorway scope successful cooler.”

“Dead roaches connected premises. -Approximately 12 dormant roaches observed successful room adjacent to 2 doorway scope successful cooler.”

“Required worker grooming expired for each employees.”

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