Dirty 30: South Florida restaurants with 30 or more violations!

We call them the “Dirty 30” -- restaurants that manage to rack up 30 or more violations in a single inspection.

80+ rodent droppings force Key West restaurant closure, plus rat in kitchen at bar near FIU

Grand Café on Duval Street in Key West was forced to close after inspectors uncovered an alarming rodent infestation.

Clean Plate: Here are the South Florida restaurants with ZERO violations

These South Florida restaurants earned a perfect score during their most recent unannounced state inspection.

Dirty 30! South Florida restaurants that racked up 30 or more violations

Last week, two South Florida restaurants racked up 30 or more violations.

Roaches inside an oven, rodent droppings in the kitchen, and 1 restaurant shut for the third time!

Iron Sushi in Miami tops this week’s Dirty Dining list — ordered shut for the third time this year after inspectors found 27 violations, including live and dead roaches throughout the kitchen, household bug spray near food, strong odors, and an employee skipping handwashing with no soap at the sink.

Dirty Dining: Stacked with 30+ violations, here are places you need to know about

While none of these restaurants were ordered shut, racking up 30 or more violations is alarming.

Dirty Dining: Meat falls on the floor! The brakes put on a food truck! Roaches coming ‘out of the walls’!

This week’s Dirty Dining uncovered a disturbing mix of sanitation and food safety failures across South Florida, from roaches and flies to filthy floors, cross-contamination, and food left at unsafe temperatures.

Sewage issues lead to contaminated items; rotting food and rodent issues found by inspectors

Inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation had a busy week last week, shutting down nine South Florida restaurants and one mobile food unit for serious health and sanitation violations.

Unacceptable: South Florida restaurants rack up astonishing number of food safety violations

Would you eat in a restaurant with nearly 50 violations?

Rodent nest under an oven, live insects crawling in food & roach infestations! 10 kitchens ordered shut!

Rodent issues were reported at Griot Tropical in Miami, where inspectors found extensive droppings and nesting materials, and at Polo Bar & Grill in Pembroke Park, where droppings were discovered inside an oven.

4 rodents found in one restaurant, 3 found in another! Plus sleeping quarters in an ice cream shop and maggots!

2 South Florida restaurants earn ‘Clean Plate’ honors for spotless inspections

Two South Florida restaurants are proving that great food and clean kitchens can go hand in hand.

Decaying rodent, maggots, and mold: Disturbing findings inside Restaurant Depot in Medley

Inspectors found rotting rodents crawling with maggots inside a wholesale food supplier that caters to restaurants across South Florida.

Rodent found in restaurant ordered shut for 6th time; Roaches found in pasta at another!

Inspectors were busy in South Florida last week!

Roaches fall to the floor during inspection; 7 eateries ordered shut last week

Six South Florida restaurants and one food truck were ordered shut last week after state inspectors found serious health hazards.

Rodent droppings, unsafe food handling lead to closure of former Tamarac 7-Eleven

What inspectors found at the 7-Eleven at 3101 West Commercial Boulevard in Tamarac on Thursday was more than troubling.

Clean Plate: Broward, Miami-Dade restaurants with no violations

Not every inspection turns up trouble. In fact, numerous South Florida restaurants recently aced their unannounced state food safety inspections.

Bakery ordered shut for the 5th time after live rodent seen! Plus, a Papa John’s and Don Pan!

Rodents, roaches and insects on food led to multiple restaurant shutdowns last week by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Live and dead rodents found! 14 South Florida restaurant kitchens ordered shut last week

Fourteen South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week by state inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, five of which were dealing with rodent problems.

South Florida restaurants earn ‘Clean Plate’ recognition

At the New Lighthouse Caffee in Dania Beach, co-owner Lise Dellolio was overcome with emotion when she learned about the recognition.

Insects in the cheese! Rodents eating cereal! Here are the restaurants ordered shut!

Health inspectors ordered several South Florida restaurants shut last week after uncovering serious health code violations, ranging from roaches and rodents, to flies, spoiled food and unsafe temperatures.

Roaches to risky tuna! 5 South Florida restaurants were ordered shut

Several South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week by state inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation after health and safety violations were uncovered.

Dirty Dining: Roaches, Closures, and How You Can File a Complaint

A Local 10 viewer captured disturbing video behind Gogiya Korean BBQ in Davie that shows kitchen equipment crawling with roaches.

From mold in the tomato paste to roaches and rodents, multiple restaurants ordered shut!

Inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation were busy last week, ordering several South Florida restaurants and even a food truck shut after uncovering a range of troubling conditions.

Christine Lee’s, Checker’s, Subway, Kelly’s Cajun Grill & MORE! Roaches, rodents & mold shut down big-name restaurants

It was a tough week for restaurants across South Florida, with inspectors from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation finding troubling conditions at a string of high-profile establishments.

Lubin’s Classic Bakery hit with stop-use, stop-sale order over rodent infestation, food safety violations

A Dania Beach bakery in the spotlight after state inspectors found rodent droppings throughout food preparation and storage areas and a long list of other health and safety violations during two recent inspections.

Burger King, The Original Pancake House among 8 restaurants shut over rodents, roaches, flies

Eight South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week after state inspectors found serious health violations, many involving rodents and roaches.

A roach on the grape leaves, droppings on the dumplings: South Florida restaurants ordered shut

Several South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and a few have been down this road before.

6 South Florida restaurants with rodent issues last week ordered shut!

It was a busy week for state inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, as a wave of emergency restaurant closures stretched across South Florida.

Encuentran un roedor muerto en Papa John’s; Pizzería entre 14 cocinas cerradas

La semana pasada, los inspectores del estado de Florida ordenaron el cierre de 14 restaurantes del sur de la Florida por graves violaciones de salud, incluido el descubrimiento de cucarachas vivas y muertas, excrementos de roedores, infestaciones de moscas, almacenamiento inadecuado de alimentos y moho en máquinas de hielo.

Dead rodent found in Papa John’s; Pizzeria among 14 kitchens ordered shut!

Last week, Florida state inspectors ordered 14 South Florida restaurants shut for serious health violations, including the discovery of live and dead roaches, rodent droppings, fly infestations, improper food storage, and mold in ice machines.

Restaurant employee attacks Local 10’s Jeff Weinsier, photographer amid inspection questions

Local 10 Investigator Jeff Weinsier and Photographer Frank Debesa were physically attacked while trying to get answers at a South Florida restaurant with a long and troubling history of health code violations.

Moldy tuna, roaches and rodent droppings lead to restaurant closures

Last week, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation ordered the temporary closure of several restaurants across South Florida following emergency inspections that uncovered serious health and safety violations.

Clean Plate: South Florida restaurants with zero violations

During their most recent unannounced routine state inspections, these establishments were found to have zero violations, a rare and impressive accomplishment in the food service industry.

Roach issues lead to inspectors shutting 2 South Florida restaurants

Two South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week following consumer complaints.

May Fu Chinese remains closed after 3rd failed inspection following Local 10 Dirty Dining report

May Fu Chinese Restaurant remains shut down after state health inspectors returned for a third follow-up visit and, once again, found serious sanitary issues just feet from where food is prepared and served.

May Fu rat problem remains, China One shut for roaches again, roaches caught in cafeteria

Several South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Dirty Dining camera catches employee removing rats from local Chinese restaurant

Just days after being allowed to reopen following a state-ordered shutdown for rodent activity, May Fu Chinese Restaurant has been shut down once again, this time after a Local 10 Dirty Dining investigation caught employees on camera removing three dead rats from the kitchen.