4 Central Florida restaurants shut down last week

4 Central Florida restaurants shut down last week·Orlando Sentinel

Four Central Florida restaurants received emergency orders to shut down in the week of Nov. 7-Nov. 13, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Orange County

Giovannis Restaurant & Pizza at 2140 S Chickasaw Trl in Orlando shut down on Nov. 9.

Inspectors found 14 violations, two of which were a high priority.

Those violations included flying insects in the kitchen and raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in the freezer.

Officials visited the restaurant three more times on Nov. 10.

The restaurant remained shut down after the first two revisits with 10 and eight violations, respectively.

On the third visit, health officials allowed the restaurant to reopen after they found seven violations, none of which were a high priority.

Brevard County

Herbs Biergarten Restaurant at 415 Delannoy Ave in Cocoa shut down on Nov. 9.

Inspectors found 16 violations, five of which were a high priority.

Those violations included rodent activity, improperly stored raw foods, and other foods not stored at the appropriate temperatures.

Health officials revisited the restaurant on Nov. 10.

They found 13 violations and issued a time extension on the previous high-priority violations.

As of 12:30 p.m. on Monday, another follow-up inspection of the restaurant is required before reopening.

Volusia County

Byte A Modern Bistro at 145 N Woodland Blvd shut down on Nov. 9.

Officials found 19 violations, five of which were a high priority.

Those violations included raw animal food not stored properly, rodent activity, and a stop-sale issued due to unsafe food.

Inspectors revisited the restaurant twice more on Nov. 10.

The first visit on that date found 11 violations and the restaurant remained closed.

The second visit on that date found seven violations, none of which were a high priority.

The restaurant was allowed to reopen.

Cicis Pizza at 3830b S Nova Rd in Port Orange shut down on Nov. 8.

Inspectors found five violations, two of which were a high priority.

Those violations included flying insects and roach activity.

Health officials revisited on Nov. 8 and gave the restaurant an extension and made plans to follow up.

On Nov. 9, inspectors were satisfied that inspection standards were met and allowed the restaurant to reopen.

Complaints and warnings

Orange County had the top spot for most warnings and other complaints in Central Florida with 19.

Volusia County had 17, Brevard had 8, Seminole had 3, Lake had 3, and Osceola had 3. Warnings given with required follow-up inspections could lead to a business being shut down if problems remain.

In surrounding counties, 10 warnings or complaints were filed in Polk and 1 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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