LAKE COUNTY, FL. A Chinese restaurant on South Kirkman Road with six previous emergency closures on record was shut down again in early July, this time for roach and rodent activity, making it the most documented repeat offender among three Orlando-area restaurants closed during a two-week stretch that also turned up raw sewage backing into a wing restaurant and a triple-pest infestation at a Corrine Drive eatery.
The Closures
China Lee at 2338 S Kirkman Rd was ordered closed on July 7 after inspectors documented roach and rodent activity on the premises. The restaurant reopened the same day at 2:34 p.m., roughly hours after the closure order was issued.
That fast turnaround is notable given the facility's history. State records show six prior emergency closures at this address before July 7, meaning this shutdown was the seventh time inspectors have found conditions serious enough to pull the restaurant from service.
A&T Buffalo Wings LLC at 4474-4477 N Pinehills Rd was closed on July 9 for a sewage backup. The closure is the third on record for this location, and the restaurant was allowed to reopen at 8:51 a.m., suggesting the backup was contained quickly enough for inspectors to clear the facility within the same morning.
Sewage in a food preparation or service environment is among the most serious conditions an inspector can document. It contaminates surfaces, equipment, and food contact areas with pathogens that are not visible to staff or customers.
Grazie at 3101 Corrine Dr was shut down on July 9 for what state records describe as rodent, roach, and fly activity. That combination, three distinct pest types documented in a single inspection, triggered an emergency closure order. The restaurant was cleared to reopen at 12:30 p.m. that same day.
No prior closures appear on record for Grazie at this address, making this the first emergency closure in the facility's documented history.
What These Violations Mean
Roach and rodent activity, the citation that triggered two of the three closures this period, is not a housekeeping citation. Both pests are capable of transmitting bacteria including Salmonella and E. coli to food, food contact surfaces, and preparation equipment through direct contact and droppings. A roach moving from a drain or garbage area to a prep counter carries pathogens on its legs and body. Rodent droppings contain concentrated levels of bacteria and can contaminate anything they contact, including dry goods stored on shelves.
The triple-pest finding at Grazie compounds the concern. Flies are a separate transmission vector, capable of depositing bacteria from decaying matter onto exposed food within seconds of landing. When inspectors document all three pest types in a single visit, it points to conditions that allowed infestations to develop across multiple entry points and harborage areas simultaneously.
The sewage backup at A&T Buffalo Wings LLC carries a different but equally serious risk. Raw sewage contains fecal coliform bacteria, norovirus, and other pathogens that can survive on surfaces for hours or days without proper disinfection. Any food, utensil, or surface that came into contact with backed-up sewage before the closure was ordered would need to be treated as contaminated.
For anyone who ate at any of these three locations in the days before the closures, the risk is not theoretical. Pest activity and sewage contamination do not appear overnight. Inspectors document the conditions they observe on the day of the visit. The conditions that led to closure on July 7 and July 9 were present in those kitchens before the inspector walked through the door.
The Longer Record
China Lee's history stands apart from the other two closures this period. Six emergency closures before July 7 represents a documented pattern across years of state oversight, not a single lapse. Each closure on record required inspectors to find conditions serious enough to remove the public from risk, and each reopening required the facility to demonstrate it had corrected those conditions. The fact that the seventh closure involved roach and rodent activity, the same category of violation that typically drives pest-related shutdowns, raises questions about whether corrections made after prior closures held over time.
A&T Buffalo Wings LLC has now accumulated three closures on record. Two prior closures before the July 9 sewage backup means this location has been through the emergency closure and reopening process at least twice before. The nature of this week's closure, a sewage backup rather than pest activity, suggests the facility's problems have not been limited to a single category of violation across its history.
Grazie's first closure is harder to contextualize without prior inspection data in the record. A first emergency closure does not carry the same evidentiary weight as a seventh, but a closure for three simultaneous pest types suggests the conditions inspectors found were not minor or isolated. A first closure can reflect a facility that was operating without adequate pest control infrastructure, not simply a facility that had a bad week.
Where Things Stand
All three restaurants are listed as having reopened on the same day they were closed. China Lee cleared inspectors by 2:34 p.m. on July 7. A&T Buffalo Wings LLC reopened by 8:51 a.m. on July 9. Grazie was back open by 12:30 p.m. on July 9.
Same-day reopenings are common when a facility can demonstrate to a follow-up inspector that the immediate hazard has been corrected. For pest violations, that can mean a licensed pest control operator treating the facility and documenting the treatment. For a sewage backup, it can mean clearing the line and sanitizing affected surfaces. What same-day reopenings do not resolve is the underlying question of why conditions deteriorated to the point of closure in the first place.
China Lee has answered that question six times before, and as of July 7, 2026, the state's records show it was asked to answer it a seventh time.
