FLORIDA. A Jacksonville sushi restaurant was shut down Monday after state inspectors documented rodent activity, roach activity, and fly activity simultaneously, making Kazu Sushi Burrito at 117 W Adams St the only facility among this week's 16 closures to trigger all three pest categories at once.
The week of October 13 through October 19, 2026 produced the highest single-week closure count recorded in this column's recent tracking, with every one of the 16 emergency orders tied to pest activity. Fifteen of the sixteen were pest-related exclusively. One closure, at a Miami Gardens sandwich shop, was for temperature violations.
The Week's Closures
Kazu Sushi Burrito was closed at the start of the week and did not reopen until 11:11 a.m. Monday, nearly four hours after inspectors arrived. The combination of rodents, roaches, and live flies in an active food preparation environment represents the broadest infestation profile of any facility closed this week.
Two restaurants in Spring Hill were shut down on the same day, October 15. Crafted Dessert Co at 120 Commercial Way was closed for roach activity and cleared to reopen at 9:40 a.m. Breakfast Station at 8405 Northcliffe Blvd was also closed for roaches and reopened earlier that morning at 8:24 a.m.
Two Tampa restaurants were also ordered closed during the week. Riverview Fresh Cuisine at 9005 E Adamo Dr was shut down October 15 for both roach and fly activity, reopening at 9:16 a.m. Caribbean Sandwich Shop and Bakery at 8240 W Waters Ave was closed October 13 for roach activity alone, remaining shut until 2:49 p.m., the second-longest closure of the week.
Fort Myers produced two closures. Gomez Mexican Grill at 14561 Palm Beach Blvd was closed October 14 for roach activity and cleared at 9:20 a.m. Ice Spot at 13499 S Cleveland Ave was closed October 16 for fly activity and reopened at 9:07 a.m.
Jacksonville's second closure came at Fuji 3 at 11362 San Jose Blvd, shut down October 13 for roach activity. It did not reopen until 4:18 p.m., the longest single closure of the week by a significant margin.
Chains, Golf Courses, and a Diner
The week's most recognizable name was a national chain. Denny's Restaurant 9597 at 12100 W Sunrise Blvd in Plantation was closed October 14 for both roach and fly activity, reopening before 9 a.m. the same morning. It is the only national chain location among this week's 16 closures.
Cypress Creek Golf Club at 1011 Cypress Village Blvd in Sun City Center was closed October 14 for rodent activity. The club's kitchen did not clear reinspection until 1:02 p.m., one of the longer same-day closures in the week's data.
Wings and More at 2525 W Davie Blvd in Fort Lauderdale was closed October 14 for roach and fly activity, reopening at 10:36 a.m.
Parched Oak at 145 N Woodland Blvd in Deland was closed October 14 for rodent activity and cleared at 8:18 a.m. Broad St Diner at 125 Broad St in Titusville was also closed October 14 for rodent activity, reopening at 8:09 a.m., the fastest reinspection clearance of the week.
Joey's Pizza at 1312 Seven Springs Blvd in New Port Richey was closed October 13 for roach activity and reopened at 8:54 a.m.
Sub City at 19900 NW 2 Ave in Miami Gardens was the week's only non-pest closure, shut down October 15 for temperature violations in food storage and cleared before 9 a.m. No URL was available for this location.
Monkey Bar of Clearwater at 1681 Gulf to Bay Blvd was closed October 15 for roach activity. The state record does not show a confirmed reopening time for this location.
What These Violations Mean
Roach activity in a food-service kitchen is not a housekeeping citation. Cockroaches travel between sewage, garbage, and food preparation surfaces, depositing bacteria including salmonella and E. coli on every surface they cross. When inspectors document live roaches, they are documenting an active contamination pathway, not a historical one. Twelve of this week's 16 closures involved roaches, either alone or alongside other pests.
Rodent activity carries a separate and serious risk. Rodents shed hair, urine, and droppings continuously as they move through a space, and their presence in a kitchen means those materials are landing on food contact surfaces, in storage areas, and near equipment. Parched Oak in Deland, Cypress Creek Golf Club in Sun City Center, Broad St Diner in Titusville, and Kazu Sushi Burrito in Jacksonville were all closed this week for rodent activity.
Fly activity, documented at Ice Spot in Fort Myers, Riverview Fresh Cuisine in Tampa, Wings and More in Fort Lauderdale, the Plantation Denny's, and Kazu Sushi Burrito, matters because flies feed on decaying organic matter and transfer that material directly to food surfaces. When inspectors close a restaurant for fly activity, the finding typically reflects a volume of flies significant enough to constitute an imminent hazard, not a single insect near a door.
The Sub City temperature closure in Miami Gardens is a distinct category of risk. Improper cold storage allows bacterial populations in perishable food to multiply to dangerous levels without any visible sign of spoilage. A customer cannot see, smell, or taste the difference between properly stored food and food that has spent hours above safe holding temperature.
The Longer Record
Fuji 3 in Jacksonville closed for roaches on October 13 and did not reopen until 4:18 p.m., the longest closure of the week. That extended timeline suggests the remediation required more than a surface cleaning, and it is worth noting that the facility's state inspection record should be reviewed for prior citations in the same category.
Caribbean Sandwich Shop and Bakery in Tampa was also closed for an extended period, not clearing until 2:49 p.m. on October 13. Kazu Sushi Burrito, with its three simultaneous pest categories, took until mid-morning to resolve, and the breadth of its infestation profile raises questions about how long each pest type had been present before inspectors arrived.
Cypress Creek Golf Club in Sun City Center is an unusual location for a food-service closure. Golf club kitchens serve a narrower customer base than street-facing restaurants, but they operate under the same state standards, and the club's rodent finding on October 14 required a reinspection that stretched past 1 p.m.
The Plantation Denny's is the week's most prominent chain location. National chains operate standardized food safety protocols and corporate audit programs, which makes a dual roach-and-fly closure notable regardless of how quickly the location cleared reinspection. The franchise at 12100 W Sunrise Blvd reopened before 9 a.m. on October 14, but the record of the closure itself does not disappear with the reinspection.
Monkey Bar of Clearwater was closed October 15 for roach activity. As of the data available for this report, no confirmed reopening time appears in the state record for that location.
