A strip club and a rodent in flour on list of worst restaurant inspections in Miami area

Let us get out of the way and present Sick and Shut Down List with a munchie-providing pizza joint named Stoner's, a strip club that hypes its food with a "Taco & (Breasts) Tuesday" promotion and a restaurant with a whopping 48 violations.

Here are the 17 restaurants in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties that failed state inspection from Sept. 9 through Monday. Unless otherwise noted — and it is with two places — each restaurant passed the callback re-inspection the following day.

In alphabetical order:

Akash Kendall, 15516 SW 72nd St., Kendall: Routine inspection, 24 total violations, eight High Priority violations.

"No lighting available at the front prep area."

Elsewhere, the lighting was strong enough for the inspector to see two rodent droppings on the floor near the dish machine, one on top of the dish machine and one on the floor near a walk-in cooler.

The inspector also counted five ants crawling on a wall near a dry storage shelf.

At the three-compartment sink, the person washing dishes washed a metal container, then began handling clean containers without washing hands.

Then again, washing might've been hard because there wasn't any soap at the dishwasher-area handwash sink. Also, that handwash sink couldn't get it up to 85 degrees. So, no soap and no hot water.

"Fryer baskets were heavily soiled with old food debris."

Many reduced oxygen packed fish have labels saying they're to stay frozen until they're to be used. Thawing eight raw mahi mahi filets while still in the reduced oxygen packing counted as "food not being in a wholesome, sound condition." Stop Sales ensued.

Another Stop Sale crashed down on lentils cooling since the previous day, but still at 45 degrees when they needed to be at or under 41 degrees.

On the cookline, a wiping cloth, which should be soaked with sanitizer solution, was "untilized to handle naan," a kind of bread.

Cleaned and sanitized "baking sheets stored were on the floor near the walk-in cooler."

The Big Apple Delicatessen, 11064 Biscayne Blvd., Northeast Miami-Dade: Complaint inspection, 16 total violations, two High Priority violations.

Three dead roaches and two live roaches were near the ice machine. Two dead roaches were under the three-compartment sink.

"Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable."

Does anybody know where the broom and mop are? "Food debris under the shelves at front counter."

The kitchen area handwash sink didn't have soap.

Behind the cooking equipment, the wall had a hole.

Chili Crab, 1198 N. Dixie Hwy., Boca Raton: Routine inspection, 14 total violations, five High Priority violations.

This week's first appearance of the ice machine violation! "Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin."

A dead roach under a kitchen prep table and one live one on a prep table in the back kitchen. Another two corpses lay on the floor in front of a kitchen walk-in cooler, and two living bodies were on the dishwasher in the back kitchen.

Oh, that dishwasher's sanitizing abilities? Bupkes, because its chlorine sanitizer measured zero parts per million.

"Chef observed coming into the kitchen from the outside and immediately began cooking duck" without washing hands.

Lost food to Stop Sale orders because of temperature abuse. After a full night in the walk-in cooler, still not at or under 41 degrees were duck, ribs, cooked ribs, pork and raw chicken.

Onions sat on the floor of the walk-in cooler. Other food boxes sat on the walk-in freezer floor.

China Star, 4064 Forest Hill Blvd., Palm Springs: Routine inspection, four total violations, three High Priority violations.

Chicken and pork cooked two days ago didn't have a date mark. But China Star got eclipsed by roaches.

More than 20 of them were in the kitchen "crawling on plastic storage containers under the triple sink." One worked his way up the wall behind the cookline. Another was in the three-compartment sink.

The Drunken Taco, 201 S. Atlantic Blvd., Fort Lauderdale: Routine inspection, 11 total violations, four High Priority violations.

Another ice machine with an "accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin."

The cookline combined an unsealed concrete floor with standing water, a coupling that can beget bacteria and mold rather quickly.

There were about five roaches at the bottom of a cookline wall under a prep table. Another two hung out by the walk-in freezer.

The Taco registered a zero on proper sanitizing as in the dishwasher sanitizer measuring 0.0 parts per million "after several attempts" and the wet wiping cloths weren't in sanitizing solution when not in use.

The temperature abuse Stop Sales here also involved food not cooled to or under 41 degrees including raw beef and fried wings.

Evo Entertainment Delray, 14775 Lyons Rd., Unincorporated Palm Beach: County Complaint inspection, eight total violations, three High Priority violations.

Get out the rubber gloves and Easy Off ...."Interior of oven has accumulation of grease/food debris."

About 10 flies were "hovering and landing on the soda gun and liquor bottles" in the bar area. Three flies were going for the concession stand's soda gun holster. Did each of the four flies on the wall next to the concession stand beer taps really want to be a fly on the wall?

A drizzle of Stop Sales sent a lot of food to the trash for being unsafely warm. Salsa, cooked beans, cut tomatoes, cooked peppers, sour cream, cooked chicken tacos, shredded cheese, cooked chicken and sliced cheese all found their way into the trash.

If an employees use the cookline handwash sink, there's no way to dry their hands. Better than the prep area handwash sink, where they can't wash their hands. No soap for them.

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Routine inspection, seven total violations, one High Priority violation.

Among the more disgusting violations, "In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment."

The equipment door handles displayed a "buildup of food debris/soil residue."

Now, to some of the 35 plus live roaches counted by the inspector.

Over 20 were under a tinfoil-lined shelf on a kitchen cookline prep table. Three live ones were on the underside of a kitchen prep table. Three were under cookline flip top coolers. Three were in a wheel of one of the flip tops. Three were on the underside of a mounted can opener blade.

Whatever the 5th Element did over the next three days improved things well enough to pass the callback inspection.

Fritanga Monimbo, 13710 SW 56th St., Kendale Lakes: Complaint inspection, 30 total violations, 10 High Priority violatons.

Thirty violations? No shock that they had an "accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.

"Observed employee wash her hands in the hand sink without soap. Instructed employee to wash hands with soap, then employee washed hands with soap."

So, apparently, there was soap but the worker just chose not to use it.

That's different than the handwash sink at which the stop dispenser wasn't working and didn't have any paper towels.

"Observed employee scratch head then continue engage in food preparation without washing her hands."

"Observed employee using and texting on cell phone, then continue to prep food without washing her hands."

The inspector saw an "employee cut chicken on a cutting board, then fail to sanitize it after the wash and rinse steps."

"Throughout the kitchen" the "ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents were soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance."

The inspector saw "seven-plus live roaches crawling inside and between crevices of the receipt print machine" on a counter above a kitchen prep table. A companion roach was under a nearby food blender. Another roach was strolling on a prep cooler next to the sautée stove. One roach on the floor headed for the onion storage. One walked by the oven.

In that oven, the inspector found "one large dead roach." There were two other dead roaches elsewhere.

All that and they still put "two large clean pots" on the floor under a prep table.

An upright cooler in the kitchen contained "standing water and old food debris." The cooked tongue inside measured 56 degrees, earning a Stop Sale for "temperature abuse."

The three-compartment sink's sanitizing sink read only 50 parts per million on the sanitizer. The minimum is 100.

Wet wiping cloths are supposed to be kept in a sanitizing solution and not "stored on prep tables near the kitchen entrance." Their raison d'etre doesn't include "wiping tableware or carryout containers."

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Grande Pizza Subs & Wings, 8373 W. Sunrise Blvd., Plantation: Routine inspection, six total violations, five High Priority violations.

Even at home, you shouldn't keep meat in the refrigerator more than a week after opening. It's a violation in a restaurant, such as when Grande Pizza had sliced ham from Aug. 31 in a kitchen reach-in cooler 10 days later. Stop Sale. Tossed.

Another Stop Sale hit cut tomatoes that hadn't cooled into the safe range after four hours.

Now, about the 112 rodent droppings that were in a corner next to a standing mixer (25); at the food of the standing mixer (15); below a stand holding flour in the kitchen (17); on top of a tub of oil (15); behind a walk-in cooler (20); below a shelf next to the ice machine (another 20).

Hatch, 715 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale: Routine inspection, 16 total violations, eight High Priority violations.

Look up in dry storage and you'd see "15 flies on the ceiling with an open door adjacent to the kitchen." The inspector counted nine other flies in the place.

Someone working on the cookline "cracked raw shell eggs and reached into the ready-to-eat cheese."

"Dishmachine not sanitizing properly." Either the lack of sanitation from the dishwashers is an unhappy accident or Skynet organized them in some sort of appliance strike.

The cold holding equipment wasn't working here, either.

A cookline employee needed hair restraint.

"Nonservice animals in the food establishment or on the premises, at a customer table in dining room."

Hunan City, 9101 Lakeridge Rd., Unincorporated Palm Beach County: Routine inspection, eight total violations, two High Priority violations.

A pile of dead roaches and more running live roaches put this place on the Sick and Shut Down list in February.

Of the 15 dead roaches the inspector found, 10 were under cookline fryers, two were inside a fryer door and one was inside of a kitchen oven.

The living variety numbered 10 under the tin foil lined prep table shelf and four inside a kitchen flip top cooler's wheels.

On that foil lined prep shelf, the inspector also saw "roach excrement and/or droppings present.

Food was stored on floor in the walk-in freezer.

La Gourmandize Restaurant, 7108 Pembroke Rd., Miramar: Routine inspection, 10 total violations, four High Priority violations.

A bunch of rodent droppings and cooked chicken unfit for even the rodents to eat put this joint on the Sick and Shut Down List in July. Let's see if there's been improvement.

"Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside."

Uh-oh. That's a violation because it can lead to ...

"One live rodent in glue trap under chest freezer in room across from kitchen."

Guess there's no Encyclopedia Brown mystery about who's responsible for the "five rodent droppings on floor next to Vegetable Cooler in back room away from kitchen."

Know what you shouldn't have if you've got a rodent problem? "A bag of rice stored on the floor in the dry storage area." The containers of oils stored on the kitchen floor shouldn't be there, either.

Compared to the 62-degree bacteria battleship cruiser of a chicken in July, this chicken was much closer to being at or under 41 degrees as required for safe keeping. Alas, 48 degrees remains the food version of unsafe at any speed and still gets smacked with a Stop Sale.

The kitchen handwash sink missed soap (strike one), paper towels (strike two) and a mechanical hand drying device (strike three).

And La Gourmandize struck out, not to get back to serving plates of food until it passed re-inspection on Tuesday.

Miller's Ale House, 1200 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton: Complaint inspection, 12 total violations, five High Priority violations.

The inspector turned field correspondent for the fly part of his report.

"Observed approximately 30 flying insects throughout the kitchen, kitchen prep area, kitchen storage area, server stations, bar area, and soda rack located inside kitchen. Flying insects are landing on tong handles, prep cutting boards, clean glasses, handles, soda machines, and dry storage shelves for food.

"Operator sprayed, cannot verify any killed."

"Unwashed cucumbers" stored over ready-to-eat celery sullied the celery.

Standing water made the kitchen's dry storage area an oxymoron.

The food storage containers weren't properly put in the drying rack at the three-compartment sink so they were "wet nesting," which is just as unhealthy as that sounds.

A cracked shell egg in the reach-in cooler got a Stop Sale. A reach-in cooler near the grill had other Stop Sale subjects, including too-warm diced tomatoes, shredded cheese and sour cream.

Mystic Lobster Roll, 753 SE 17th St., Fort Lauderdale: Complaint inspection, five total violations, one High Priority violation.

About 10 live roaches were in a grease compartment in the back of the kitchen.

A container of chicken tenders in the reach-in freezer weren't covered. Hope nobody sneezed in there.

No paper towels or hand drying blower was at the handwash sink.

Playhouse Gentlemen's Club, 5775 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd., West Park: Routine inspection, 12 total violations, three High Priority violations.

You'll find this place's inspections under its licensed name, "Booby Trap II."

While the women danced their naked truth, the inspector saw 11 roaches doing their own boogie in the kitchen. Five were under a rack with clean pots and pans, and another was on on the kitchen floor. A quartet of dead roaches lay on the floor by the kitchen exit door.

"The interior of the microwave has an accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris."

The "entire kitchen's walls" got accused of being "soiled with accumulated grease and dust."

Even a strip club should have "a probe thermometer to measure the temperature of food products."

Stoner's Pizza Joint, 1509 Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale: Complaint inspection, 10 total violations, three High Priority violations.

This version of Stoner's Pizza Joint had a poor inspection this summer that involved "objectionable odors" and large amounts of rodent dung.

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Unfortunately for Stoner's, the inspector gave no points for consistency on Monday.

"Objectionable odors in bathroom, dry storage room, hallway, and cook line."

A bag of flour got hit with a Stop Sale. Why? A "visible hole from gnaw marks."

Most likely those came from the same rodent who left seven pieces of rodent regularity under the rack storing the flour. In dry storage, 10 droppings sat on top of boxes of towel dispensers. One was in a measuring cup. In the dishwashing room, 12 were under a reach in cooler, 15 were next to dough pans, two were next to a standing mixer and two were "on the side of a fridge." The kitchen had five rodent droppings under a pizza oven, and six elsewhere.

Guess nobody thought the dishroom handwashing sink would need soap, paper towels or any kind of drying device.

On the return inspection the next day, two rodent droppings under shelving in dry storage and one on the left side of a reach-in cooler ruined the re-inspection. But a same-day Broward re-inspection got Stoner's open Tuesday.

Umami, 1400 NW 87th Ave., Doral: Complaint inspection, 48 total violations, 10 High Priority violations.

We might need an intermission just to get through these lowlights with 48 violations.

"Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin."

No soap or way to dry hands "all throughout different sinks at the establishment including the bar area."

"Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing," the inspector said, "in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again."

Of the 42 dead roaches, only seven were on the bottom of a kitchen prep table. Another 20 were behind a reach-in cooler. About 15 were in an electrical box.

Those 15 dead roaches apparently had five mourners also inside that electrical box. Five also were on the floor under kitchen cooking equipment.

Another dishwasher not sanitizing.

The wall behind the dishwasher was "soiled ... with a mold-like substance ... also all throughout the different walls at the kitchen preparation area."

Some things observed by the inspector:

"Grout missing in some parts of the kitchen with food ps encrusted inside."

"Some employees engaged in food preparation without hair restraint..."

"Leaking faucet pipe under the handwasn sink at the warewashing area."

"Soup containers on the kitchen line preparation table were uncovered."

"Wiping towels not stored in a sanitizer bucket throughout kitchen tables."

"Several bowls with no handle inside food containers all throughout the kitchen and dry storage area."

A worker cutting raw beef then handled clean equipment and didn't dump his single-use gloves.

Kitchen staff handled cooked, ready-to-eat chicken with their bare hands.

Air conditioning vents and returns were "soiled all throughout the kitchen area; also observed a mold like substance on the ceiling of the produce walk-in cooler."

"Several cutting boards with cut marks are no longer cleanable."

A spatula and plastic food storage containers were cracked.

Yummy sauce (47 degrees) and sprouts (59 degrees) were too warm for anybody's good despite their time in the walk-in cooler. Stop Sales.

"Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food" fixed at the restaurant and there more than 24 hours wasn't properly date marked."