MIAMI, FL. State inspectors ordered CMX Brickell Stone Sports Bar at 701 S Miami Ave shut down on May 13, 2026, after finding evidence of rodent activity inside the Brickell restaurant.
The closure was not the facility's first. Records show this is the second emergency shutdown in the sports bar's history, and it comes after inspectors have documented 141 violations across 28 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Found
CMX Brickell: Recent Inspection Severity
The May 13 inspection produced three high-severity violations and three intermediate violations. Among them: inspectors cited the facility for inadequate shell stock identification and records, a violation that flags shellfish served without proper sourcing documentation.
The rodent activity finding was the trigger for the emergency closure order. Inspectors gave the restaurant until May 14 to vacate and address the conditions.
A follow-up inspection on May 14 found one remaining high-severity violation and no intermediate violations. The facility was cleared to reopen at 9:57 a.m. that day.
The Shellfish Citation
The inadequate shell stock identification violation is specific to oysters, clams, and mussels, shellfish that are typically consumed raw or lightly cooked. Inspectors flagged that the restaurant lacked the required records to trace where those shellfish came from.
That citation appeared alongside the rodent finding in the same inspection. It was not the closure trigger, but it was cited as a high-severity violation, meaning inspectors considered it an immediate risk to public health.
What These Violations Mean
Rodent activity in a food service facility is one of the conditions Florida regulators treat as grounds for immediate closure without warning. The concern is direct: rodents move through food storage, prep surfaces, and equipment, leaving behind droppings, urine, and the pathogens they carry. A customer eating food that has been in contact with a contaminated surface has no way of knowing it.
The shell stock traceability violation carries a different but serious risk. When shellfish arrive at a restaurant without the required shipping tags and harvest records, there is no chain of documentation connecting that food to a specific harvest location and date. If a customer gets sick, investigators have no way to trace the source, identify other affected customers, or determine whether the shellfish came from a water body under a health advisory. Florida requires these records to be kept on file for 90 days precisely because shellfish-related illnesses can take days or weeks to surface.
Together, the two high-severity violations on May 13 describe a facility where food safety controls in two distinct areas, pest management and supply chain documentation, were simultaneously inadequate.
The Longer Record
The May 2026 closure did not arrive without warning. CMX Brickell Stone Sports Bar has accumulated 141 violations across 28 inspections on record, a rate that works out to an average of more than five violations per visit.
The pattern of high-severity findings is consistent and recent. In October 2024, inspectors documented six high-severity violations and two intermediate violations. In November 2025, a separate inspection again produced six high-severity violations and two intermediate violations. The December 2025 visit found three high-severity violations. That is four inspections in a 14-month stretch, each producing multiple high-severity citations.
The February 2025 and April 2024 inspections each produced one and two high-severity violations respectively, the lowest counts in the recent record. But those lighter visits sit between heavier ones, and the overall trajectory shows no sustained period of clean inspections.
This is also not the facility's first emergency closure. Records show one prior emergency shutdown before the May 2026 event. The current closure is the second time the state has determined conditions at this address posed an immediate enough risk to order the doors closed.
The follow-up inspection on May 14 cleared the facility to reopen, with one high-severity violation still on record at the time inspectors signed off.