Nineteen Florida restaurants were emergency-closed the week of March 30, a lighter week by volume than the one before it but one that contained a Boynton Beach restaurant earning its fourth shutdown, two well-known chain locations padlocked for pest activity, and a beachfront Delray Beach restaurant closed for the full combination of rodent, roach, and fly infestations simultaneously.
- Sabor Latino in Boynton Beach was shut down March 31 for roach activity, its fourth emergency closure across 30 inspections and 168 total violations on record.
- 4 Rivers Smokehouse in Orange Park and Subway #31891 in Jacksonville were both closed for pest activity, marking two chain-brand locations shut within six days of each other.
- Caffe Luna Rosa on South Ocean Boulevard in Delray Beach and Peking One in Miami were each found with rodents, roaches, and flies simultaneously. The Miami closure held four days before a callback inspection.
- Iron Axe Bar & Grill in South Daytona received its third closure, carrying 364 violations across 48 inspections. Boteco Do Manolo on International Drive in Orlando, shut for rodent activity, leads all facilities this week with 373 total violations on record.
FLORIDA. On the same week Florida health inspectors shut down a Subway franchise in Jacksonville for rodents and padlocked a 4 Rivers Smokehouse in Orange Park for fly activity, a Latin restaurant in Boynton Beach was collecting its fourth emergency closure notice in its state inspection history.
The week of March 30 through April 5, 2026 produced 19 emergency closure orders across 15 Florida cities. Lighter by count than the 37 recorded the prior week, but more concentrated in terms of chronic violators: six of the 19 facilities shut down this week had been closed before, including one that was collecting its fourth shutdown and two others on their third. Two restaurants were found with all three major pest categories present at once. A Brazilian restaurant in the heart of Orlando's tourist district, shut for rodents, carries 373 total violations across just 30 inspections.
The chains first. 4 Rivers Smokehouse operates a string of barbecue restaurants across Florida, the brand built on competition-style smoked meats and a regional following that traces back to a single Winter Park location opened in 2009. The Orange Park restaurant at 220 Park Avenue was shut down March 30 for fly activity. State records show 177 total violations across 27 inspections and one prior closure on record. It was cleared the following day, March 31. Fly activity as a closure trigger typically indicates inspectors found a significant enough fly presence around food contact surfaces or preparation areas to constitute an immediate public health threat, not a matter of a single insect near an open door.
Then on April 1, Subway #31891 on Lem Turner Road in Jacksonville was closed for rodent activity. The franchise location carries 156 total violations across 23 inspections. It was not the first time this particular location had been shut down. Inspectors cleared it April 2.
Two chain-brand restaurants, shuttered within six days of each other.
The week's repeat offender anchor was Sabor Latino at 1500 Gateway Boulevard in Boynton Beach, closed March 31 for roach activity. State records show this was the restaurant's fourth emergency closure. It has accumulated 168 violations across 30 inspections, averaging more than five violations per visit over the life of its inspection record. The Palm Beach County restaurant was cleared April 1, one day after inspectors arrived. A callback inspection that quick suggests the immediate threat was corrected, but a facility with four closures in 30 inspections carries a history that a single fast callback does not erase.
No other restaurant in this week's data has been shut down as many times.
Iron Axe Bar & Grill in South Daytona comes closest, with three closures in 48 inspections. The bar at 2842 S Ridgewood Avenue was shut April 2 for rodent activity and carries 364 total violations across those 48 visits. Across that inspection history, that works out to an average of more than seven violations per inspection visit. The callback came April 3. Iron Axe has now been closed three times, and its violation total places it among the most-cited independent restaurants in Volusia County's active inspection record.
The third closure for a bar that averages more than seven violations per visit.
On the same day Iron Axe was shut in South Daytona, inspectors closed Caffe Luna Rosa in Delray Beach for a simultaneous finding of rodent, roach, and fly activity. The restaurant sits at 34 S Ocean Boulevard, a beachfront block on Atlantic Avenue that sees heavy foot traffic from both locals and winter visitors year-round. When inspectors find all three pest categories at once, it indicates conditions that have deteriorated beyond a single point failure. State records show Caffe Luna Rosa has accumulated 233 total violations across 38 inspections. It was the restaurant's first recorded closure. The callback inspection was conducted April 3.
Only one other restaurant in this week's data shared that triple-pest finding: Peking One at 16229 SW 88th Street in Miami, also shut March 30. Peking One does not have a full inspection profile in state records, but the closure stood for four days before a callback on April 3. That was the longest any restaurant in this week's data remained shuttered before a follow-up visit. Triple-pest findings tend to produce longer closures because there is more to correct before inspectors will sign off on a reopening.
Fort Pierce contributed two closures to the week's total, four days apart, and both for the same reason. Pot Belli Deli at 101 N 4th Street was shut April 1 for rodent activity. The deli carries 159 total violations across 27 inspections. It was its first closure. Inspectors cleared it the next day.
Then on April 3, Pickled Restaurant & Bar at 201 N 2nd Street was shut for rodent activity as well. Pickled carries 250 total violations across 29 inspections and this was its second closure. Two St. Lucie County restaurants found with rodents, four days apart, in the same downtown corridor.
The Pickled callback was conducted the same day, April 3. Whether the inspection cleared the facility immediately or required follow-up work before reopening is not reflected in the closure record alone.
Orlando added three closures in three days, each for a different violation category. Boteco Do Manolo, a Brazilian restaurant on International Drive at 7653 International Dr Suite 105, was shut March 31 for rodent activity. International Drive is one of the most heavily trafficked tourist corridors in the state, hosting millions of visitors annually from the Walt Disney World and Universal resort areas. State records show Boteco Do Manolo has accumulated 373 total violations across 30 inspections, the highest violation total of any fully profiled facility in this week's data. It was the restaurant's second recorded closure. Inspectors cleared it April 1.
Three hundred and seventy-three violations in 30 inspections. An average of more than 12 per visit.
Fritanga La Nueva at 1 S Semoran Boulevard was closed March 30 for fly activity, carrying 148 violations across 22 inspections in its first recorded closure. Its callback cleared it April 1. The same morning, Dill-icious Hot Dogs at 1020 W Michigan Street was shut for having no potable water on the premises, one of two no-water closures in this week's data. That closure held through March 31 before inspectors cleared it the next morning.
The Palm Beach County corridor produced four of the week's 19 closures, spread across four different cities between March 30 and April 2. Mr Gyros Greek & Mediterranean at 10901 N Military Trail in Palm Beach Gardens was shut March 30 for roach activity, carrying 110 violations across 30 inspections, and cleared the following day. Mofongo Candela at 3095 S Military Trail in Lake Worth was closed March 31, also for roach activity, with 124 violations across 34 inspections. Mofongo Candela was cleared April 1.
Running between those two, in Boynton Beach, was Sabor Latino. Fourth closure, roaches, March 31.
Caffe Luna Rosa in Delray Beach completed the corridor run on April 2 with the triple-pest closure. Four Palm Beach County area restaurants shut across a 70-mile stretch of South Florida in four days.
Tequilas Mexican Restaurant on Baymeadows Road in Jacksonville was closed March 31 for combined roach and fly activity. The restaurant carries 371 total violations across 42 inspections, placing it second only to Boteco Do Manolo among fully profiled facilities in this week's data. Tequilas remained shut through April 3, one of the longer closures in the week's record, before a callback inspection cleared it. It was the restaurant's first recorded closure.
Three hundred and seventy-one violations across 42 inspections, and only now a first closure. That is a violation rate that inspectors had apparently not previously found severe enough to trigger an emergency order, until this visit.
A second Jacksonville closure followed two days later: Subway #31891 on Lem Turner Road, April 1. Jacksonville posted two of the week's 19 total closures, matching Orlando and placing both cities above every other market in the state for the period.
Elsewhere across the state, Gateway Golf at 12091 Gateway Greens Drive in Fort Myers was closed and cleared the same day, March 30, for rodent activity. The golf course food operation carries 130 violations across 25 inspections. A same-day closure and clearance is unusual and suggests the violation was quickly corrected to inspectors' satisfaction on the spot, or that a callback visit happened to fall on the same calendar date.
La Vita E Bella in Surfside was shut March 30 for roach activity, with 160 violations across 22 inspections, in its first recorded closure. The Miami-Dade County restaurant was cleared two days later on April 1. Pho Que 91 at 713 S Orange Blossom Trail in Apopka was shut April 1 for roach activity, 161 violations across 23 inspections, and cleared the same day. Like Gateway Golf, a same-day clearance on a roach closure is notable.
3 Nelsons Burgers & Wraps LLC at 102 E Ash Street in Perry was closed April 2 for rodent activity, with 196 violations across 28 inspections, and cleared April 3. La Pasadita on Blue Star Highway in Midway was also closed April 2 for having no potable water, the second such closure in the week's data, and cleared the following day.
Rodent activity was the dominant closure reason for the week, accounting for seven of the 19 shutdowns. Roach activity drove five more. Two restaurants were closed for the triple-pest combination. Two others had no water. Fly activity alone accounted for two closures, and one facility was shut for combined roach and fly activity. Across the full week, not a single closure was issued for unlicensed activity, sewage issues, or warewashing failures, the categories that showed up repeatedly in the week prior.