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Jul 07, 2023

Central Florida restaurant inspections: Wings restaurant, 2 mobile food vendors shut down

Buffalo Wild Wings near the UCF and two mobile food vendors in Central Florida

Buffalo Wild Wings near the UCF and two mobile food vendors in Central Florida were temporarily shut down after restaurant inspections in the week of May 28-June 3, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Buffalo Wild Wings 546 at 11400 University Blvd. in Orlando shut down on May 30.

Inspectors found seven violations, two of which were high priority. Those included 17 live roaches found in places such as the expo line, server station and near the sauces on the cook line among other locations. Inspectors also noted 22 live flying insects making their way out of the drain on the server station, out of the dump sink near the main bar, around the ice well and other locations.

Inspectors returned on May 31 but kept the establishment closed after still finding 12 live roaches and six flying insects as high priority issues.

The restaurant was allowed to reopen after a third visit on June 1 during which inspectors found no violations.

Purple Ocean Acai Bowls registered to 1322 25th St. in Orlando had one of its mobile food service vehicles shut down on May 30. The company has a silver trailer parked in the Mills 50 area as well as operating in Waterford Lakes, the Hourglass District off Primrose Drive and UCF.

Inspectors found 12 violations including two marked high priority. Those included an employee who began working with food and handling clean equipment with gloves on, but without first washing their hands. Inspectors also found the venue was operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.

Inspectors returned on May 31, finding seven violations including not yet signing off on the high-priority, hand-washing issue. The food truck was allowed to reopen, though, after a third visit on June 1 during which inspectors found no violations.

Taste the Wave operating out of 655 Arnau Dr. in New Smyrna Beach is a mobile food vehicle that often operates on the beach. It was shut down for three days after an inspection on June 2.

Inspectors found eight violations including four that were deemed high priority. Those were employees failing to wash their hands before putting on gloves for food prep, an employee using bare hands to spring cinnamon and sugar onto a churro, the trailer operating without potable running water, and time and temperature issues for food that had been in and out of the freezers and coolers during food prep such as hot dogs, ham, feta cheese, tzaziki and hummus.

Inspectors returned on June 5 and found no violations.

Orange County had the top spot for most warnings and other complaints in Central Florida with 69.

Volusia had 23, Osceola had 17, Brevard had 15, Lake had 15 and Seminole had 14. Warnings given with required follow-up inspections could lead to a business being shut down if problems remain.

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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