No water, loads of rodents why some Central Florida eating places shut down final week – Orlando Sentinel

According to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, three central Florida restaurants and a food truck were closed during the week of Jan. 8-14.

La Isla Del Frappe & Punchungui’s Pinchos at 11500 S. Orange Blosson Trail in Orlando closed January 9th. Inspectors found nine violations, two of which were high priority. These violations included not having running water and working without a business license.

Officials revisited the restaurant on January 10. They found seven violations and granted a time extension to operate with an expired business license. The restaurant was allowed to reopen.

La Isla De Las Papas, a hot dog truck licensed at 701 W. Lancaster Road Vin 9192 in Orlando, was closed following a Jan. 9 inspection that found 11 violations, including three high-priority ones.

Inspectors found an employee who worked with food and handling equipment without first washing their hands, no running drinking water on the cart and called it a non-self-sufficient mobile food-servicing vehicle.

The food truck will be closed from Tuesday.

Original Anthony’s Pizza at 1206 E. Colonial Dr. was closed on January 11th. Inspectors found 10 violations, three of which were high priority. These violations included a missing vacuum breaker, food kept at improper temperatures, and rodent activity.

Officials revisited the restaurant on January 12. They found four violations. None had high priority. The restaurant was allowed to reopen.

City Pub And Bitters And Bottles at 861 N. Orange Ave in Orlando closed on January 11th. Inspectors found 24 violations, eight of which were high priority. These violations included rodent and cockroach activity, a freeze on sale of a food product, and raw food stocked alongside ready-to-eat food.

Officials revisited the restaurant on January 12. They found seven violations. None had high priority. The restaurant was allowed to reopen.

Orange County had the top spot for most warnings and other complaints in Central Florida at 43.

Volusia had 23, Lake had 17, Brevard had 12, Osceola had five, and Seminole had five. Warnings with necessary follow-up checks can lead to the closure of a company if problems persist.

Below you can view the most recent restaurant inspections for the last 30 days for all of Central Florida. Those with emergency orders were closed for high-priority violations and only reopened after follow-up inspections confirmed those violations.

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