FORT MYERS, FL. Inspectors visiting Las Hermanas Pizzeria 2 on Colonial Boulevard this week found food from unapproved sources, no allergen awareness among staff, no employee health policy, and evidence that parasite-destruction procedures for fish were not being followed, all in a single visit that produced six high-severity violations.
That tied the week's worst total with Italian 2 Go LLC on Corporate Court, which drew its own six high-severity citations. Inspectors there found food sourced from unapproved suppliers, improper handwashing technique, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, unclean food contact surfaces, no allergen awareness, and no employee health policy. They also noted inadequate cold-holding equipment, a finding that puts food in the temperature range where bacteria multiply fastest.
Fifteen Fort Myers restaurants generated high-severity violations during the week of September 9 through September 15, 2026.
What Inspectors Found
Wok Cuisine Chinese Restaurant on Boy Scout Drive generated five high-severity violations, including toxic substances improperly stored or used alongside food operations, no allergen awareness, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, and improper handwashing technique. Inspectors also cited inadequate toilet facilities, a finding that connects directly to whether employees can practice basic hygiene.
Resurgence Brewing Company on Exchange Lane drew five high-severity citations of its own. Among them: food not cooked to required minimum temperature, food from unapproved sources, and inadequate shell stock identification records. Without those shellfish tags, there is no way to trace where oysters or clams came from if a customer gets sick. Inspectors also found toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
Sidelines Sports Bar and Grill on Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard produced five high-severity violations anchored by the most operationally significant finding of the week: the person in charge was not present or not performing duties. Inspectors also cited inadequate handwashing facilities, improper handwashing technique, unclean food contact surfaces, and time as a public health control not being properly used, meaning food sat in the danger zone without the documentation required to justify that practice.
Oar and Iron on Dani Drive drew four high-severity violations. Inspectors found food not cooked to required minimum temperature, food from an unapproved source, toxic substances improperly identified or stored, and improper handwashing technique. An intermediate citation for improper sewage or wastewater disposal was also recorded.
J&C Crab Seafood Restaurant on Six Mile Cypress Parkway received four high-severity violations, including food from unapproved sources, improper handwashing technique, toxic substances improperly stored, and no employee health policy. The intermediate citation for inadequate cooling equipment compounds the sourcing concern: food of unknown origin stored in equipment that cannot hold safe temperatures.
The Pattern Across Eight More Facilities
Mr. Tequila on Summerlin Road was cited for an employee not reporting symptoms of illness, food from unapproved sources, and inadequate shell stock identification records. The illness-reporting violation is among the most direct routes to a multi-victim outbreak.
Banh Mi and Tea Inc. on Six Mile Cypress Parkway drew three high-severity violations: improper handwashing technique, unclean food contact surfaces, and no allergen awareness. It shares a parkway address with J&C Crab, both in the same commercial complex.
Grand Court on College Parkway was cited for food from unapproved sources, inadequate shell stock identification records, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. The facility serves a senior living population, a demographic inspectors specifically identify as high-risk for severe outcomes from foodborne illness.
Snappers Comedy Club on College Parkway received citations for time as a public health control not properly used, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled. Inspectors also cited inadequate ventilation and dirty multi-use utensils.
Beaches Boardwalk Cafe at Southwest Florida International Airport drew three high-severity violations: time as a public health control not properly used, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and no allergen awareness. The airport location processes high daily customer volume.
Ceviches by Divino on Dani Drive was cited for no employee health policy, unclean food contact surfaces, and no consumer advisory. Inspectors also found improper sewage or wastewater disposal, an intermediate violation that points to infrastructure problems beyond the kitchen.
Keke's Breakfast Cafe on Dani Drive received three high-severity violations with no intermediate citations at all. Inspectors found an employee not reporting symptoms of illness, food not cooked to required minimum temperature, and toxic substances improperly identified or stored.
Paris Banh Mi on Dani Drive drew one high-severity violation: required procedures for specialized processes not followed. That citation applies to methods like curing, smoking, or reduced-oxygen packaging, processes that carry specific pathogen risks when steps are skipped.
What These Violations Mean
The food-from-unapproved-sources citation appeared at six facilities this week: Las Hermanas Pizzeria 2, Italian 2 Go, Resurgence Brewing Company, Oar and Iron, J&C Crab Seafood Restaurant, Grand Court, and Mr. Tequila. That violation matters because food purchased outside licensed and inspected suppliers cannot be traced. If a customer becomes ill, investigators have no supply chain to follow, no lot numbers to pull, no way to determine whether other people bought the same contaminated product.
The shellfish traceability violation at Resurgence Brewing, Mr. Tequila, and Grand Court compounds that sourcing problem. Oysters and clams are filter feeders consumed raw or minimally cooked, which means any Vibrio, norovirus, or hepatitis A in the water where they were harvested goes directly to the customer. Shell stock tags are the only mechanism that makes a recall possible.
No employee health policy was cited at five facilities: Las Hermanas Pizzeria 2, Italian 2 Go, Wok Cuisine, J&C Crab, and Ceviches by Divino. At Mr. Tequila and Keke's Breakfast Cafe, the violation went further: employees were not reporting symptoms of illness at all. These are distinct but related failures. A missing policy means sick workers have no formal instruction to stay home. Workers not reporting symptoms means the policy, written or not, has broken down entirely.
The absence of a person in charge at Sidelines Sports Bar and Grill is the violation that tends to predict everything else. CDC data cited in the inspection records shows establishments without active managerial control accumulate critical violations at three times the rate of supervised operations. Every other high-severity finding at Sidelines, including the handwashing failures and time-temperature abuse, is consistent with that baseline.
The Longer Record
Italian 2 Go has accumulated 38 prior inspections on record, the most of any facility cited this week. Six high-severity violations at a location with that inspection history is not a first encounter with state oversight. The same is true of Sidelines Sports Bar and Grill, which carries 33 prior inspections, and Wok Cuisine Chinese Restaurant, with 30. A facility reaching 30 or more inspections has been visited, cited, and cleared repeatedly. Violations in foundational categories like handwashing technique and toxic substance storage at that stage of the inspection record represent persistent, not incidental, failures.
Beaches Boardwalk Cafe has 29 prior inspections. Snappers Comedy Club has 26. Grand Court, which serves a senior living community, has 24. None of those totals suggest facilities unfamiliar with what inspectors look for.
Las Hermanas Pizzeria 2, Resurgence Brewing Company, and Mr. Tequila each have only 2 prior inspections on record. All three are among the highest violation totals of the week. Las Hermanas drew 6 high-severity citations in what appears to be an early inspection. Resurgence drew 5, including shellfish traceability and undercooking violations that suggest food safety procedures were not established before the facility opened to the public.
Ceviches by Divino carries 17 prior inspections and was still cited this week for no employee health policy and improper sewage disposal. The sewage citation at a restaurant named for raw fish preparations remains unresolved in this week's record.
