Three Orlando Restaurants Temporarily Closed After Health Inspections Uncover Priority Violations

Rodent droppings on the front service counter. Live roaches at the pizza station. Coleslaw sitting in a cooler for more than seven days. State health inspectors hit three Central Florida restaurants with emergency closure orders during the week of Dec. 3-9, citing priority violations serious enough to warrant shutting their doors on the spot, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Caney Restaurant at 4636 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee was the first to go down, closed on Dec. 6 after officials documented 16 violations, three of them high priority. Those included food and ice received from an unapproved source, raw food stored alongside ready-to-eat items, and evidence of rodent activity. Inspectors returned the next day and found six remaining violations, none rated high priority. The restaurant was allowed to reopen, though a follow-up inspection is still required.

Mr. Quick Restaurant at 5615 W. Colonial Dr. in Orlando shut down on Dec. 7 after inspectors turned up 10 violations, four of them high priority. The list included rodent droppings on the front service counter, coleslaw that had been prepared more than seven days before the inspection, and a dish machine with chlorine sanitizer below the required minimum strength. Inspectors came back the same day and still counted nine violations, but granted time extensions on the high-priority items after determining the establishment met inspection standards, allowing it to reopen.

Bakewell Food Court at 6427 Old Winter Garden Road Unit 103 in Orlando shut down Dec. 8 carrying the heaviest violation load of the three: 17 total, with three flagged as high priority. Inspectors found live roaches at the pizza station, chemical cleaning products stored improperly, and raw shell eggs and raw fish kept above unwashed vegetables in the walk-in cooler. That last violation, cross-contamination risk in cold storage, is the kind of finding that concerns food safety officials most because it can transfer pathogens directly onto produce that never gets cooked. As of the reporting date, Bakewell remained closed pending a follow-up inspection.

The pattern across all three locations reflects what health inspectors across Central Florida have been cataloguing repeatedly: rodent activity, improper food storage, and sanitation equipment failures. State records show that closures in the region are common but often short-lived. Most restaurants that receive emergency closure orders are allowed to reopen within a day or two once they can demonstrate corrected conditions to inspectors.

For kitchen workers at any of these establishments, an emergency closure means lost shifts with little notice, no paid leave protections under Florida law, and the reputational damage that follows a public inspection failure. The DBPR posts inspection records publicly, meaning the findings are visible to anyone searching a restaurant's address before their next shift or their next meal.