FLORIDA. A Tampa Irish pub drew state inspectors twelve times in a single 90-day window this summer, more than any other restaurant on a statewide list of repeat violators compiled from records covering July 30 through August 29, 2026.
Molly Malone's Irish Pub at 304 E Davis Blvd in Tampa logged its first inspection of the period on August 12 and its most recent on August 29. Across those visits, inspectors cited the pub for a high-severity violation involving the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, along with two intermediate violations: single-use items being improperly reused and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
Twelve inspections in seventeen days is not routine oversight. It signals an escalating enforcement sequence, one that typically follows an initial finding that inspectors did not consider resolved on follow-up.
The Violations
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen at 6310 103rd St in Jacksonville was inspected five times between August 4 and August 21. Inspectors cited the location for improperly stored or mislabeled toxic chemicals, a high-severity violation, along with three intermediate violations: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, single-use items improperly reused, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
Toxic chemicals stored near food is not a paperwork problem. It is a direct contamination pathway.
AC Sports Bar at 504 N Alafaya Trail in Orlando drew five inspections between August 7 and August 26. The high-severity finding there was food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized. Inspectors also documented improper sewage or wastewater disposal, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, single-use items improperly reused, and inadequate ventilation and lighting, a total of five violations across four severity categories.
The sewage finding at AC Sports Bar stands apart from the others on this list. Improper wastewater disposal introduces fecal contamination risk that can spread well beyond the point of origin inside a kitchen.
Shady Oak Restaurant and Tavern at 2984 W Old New York Ave in DeLand was inspected five times between August 18 and August 27. The high-severity violation there matched AC Sports Bar: food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized. Inspectors also cited inadequate ventilation and lighting.
A Pattern Across the State
Three violations appeared at multiple facilities on this list simultaneously: improperly cleaned multi-use utensils, improperly reused single-use items, and inadequate ventilation. That repetition across unrelated restaurants in Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando, and Riverview points to a category of failure that is not facility-specific. These are management-level decisions, or the absence of them.
Rotis Indian Restaurant at 13025 US Hwy 301 S in Riverview was inspected seven times between August 4 and August 27. Both of its outstanding violations were intermediate: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned and single-use items improperly reused. No high-severity findings, but seven inspections in 23 days is not a facility moving quickly toward compliance.
Subway #28696 at 6010 CR 579 in Seffner was inspected six times between August 17 and August 25. The single intermediate violation on record was single-use items improperly reused. Eight days, six visits.
Several facilities on this list drew repeated inspector attention and showed no violations in the most recent data snapshot. Abe and Louie's at 2200 W Glades Rd in Boca Raton was inspected five times between August 3 and August 25 and carries no current high-severity or intermediate violations. The same is true for Romano's Pizzeria and Restaurant at 4010 US 1 South in Saint Augustine, inspected seven times between August 18 and August 21, and Siri's Gourmet Burgers and Pizza at 2813 Beach Blvd in Gulf Port, also inspected seven times in the final days of August.
Cooper at 4610 PGA Blvd in Palm Beach Gardens and Rocamar Restaurant at 850 S 21st Street in Fort Pierce each drew five inspections and show no current violations in the period. Taqueria La Calentana Dos at 604 E Moody Blvd in Bunnell logged eight inspections over four days in early August and also shows no current high-severity or intermediate violations.
The volume of inspections at facilities that ultimately cleared suggests that some of these repeated visits reflect rapid compliance cycles, not entrenched failure. The facilities that concern inspectors most are those where violations persist across many visits.
What These Violations Mean
The consumer advisory violation at Molly Malone's is not a technicality. Florida requires restaurants serving raw or undercooked proteins to post a written disclosure so customers can make an informed choice about their risk. Without it, elderly diners, pregnant women, young children, and anyone with a compromised immune system has no way to know they are eating something that could make them seriously ill. The advisory requirement exists precisely because the risk is real and because some customers have no visible way to assess it themselves.
The food contact surface violation cited at both AC Sports Bar and Shady Oak Restaurant and Tavern is among the most direct contamination pathways in a commercial kitchen. Cutting boards, prep surfaces, and slicers that are not properly cleaned and sanitized between uses transfer bacteria from one food to the next. Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria survive on surfaces and move onto whatever is prepared there next.
At Popeyes in Jacksonville, the toxic chemical finding is in a different category entirely. Cleaning chemicals stored near or above food, or chemicals placed in unlabeled containers, create the possibility of acute poisoning with no warning. A customer who ingests a chemical contaminant has no way to identify what they consumed, and kitchen staff may not recognize what happened until symptoms appear.
The sewage finding at AC Sports Bar carries the broadest contamination risk of any violation on this list. Raw sewage contains pathogens including norovirus, hepatitis A, and E. coli. Improper disposal allows those pathogens to move through a facility on surfaces, hands, and equipment, then into food.
The Longer Record
Twelve inspections in seventeen days, as documented at Molly Malone's, is the kind of enforcement sequence that typically indicates a facility has not corrected a cited violation to an inspector's satisfaction on follow-up. The high-severity consumer advisory violation was present at the first inspection on August 12 and remained in the record as of August 29. That is not an isolated incident. That is a pattern.
Popeyes on 103rd Street in Jacksonville and AC Sports Bar in Orlando each drew five inspections over roughly two and a half weeks. Both carry high-severity violations that remained unresolved across multiple visits. Shady Oak in DeLand logged five inspections in nine days, with a food contact surface violation still on record at the final visit on August 27.
Rotis Indian Restaurant in Riverview and Subway in Seffner together account for thirteen inspections in the period, with intermediate violations persisting across each sequence. Neither had a high-severity finding, but the inspection counts alone indicate that whatever corrections were attempted were not convincing inspectors that the problems had been fixed.
The facilities that cleared, including Abe and Louie's in Boca Raton, Romano's in Saint Augustine, and Siri's in Gulf Port, demonstrate that high inspection frequency does not automatically mean persistent failure. But at Molly Malone's, with twelve visits and a high-severity violation still on record at the close of the period, the record has not yet reached that resolution.
