ORLANDO, FL. State inspectors ordered Leroy's Cuisine at 720 N Hastings St closed on April 20 after finding roach activity inside the Orange County restaurant, the second emergency closure the facility has accumulated across a documented inspection history stretching back more than two years.
The closure order required the restaurant to vacate by April 21. It reopened the same day, at 9:06 a.m., after a follow-up inspection.
What Inspectors Found
Leroy's Cuisine: Recent Inspection Severity
The roach activity documented on April 20 was the direct cause of the emergency order. The closure inspection also turned up four high-severity violations and four intermediate violations, a total of eight citations in a single visit.
The follow-up inspection the next morning cleared the restaurant to reopen but did not produce a clean record. Three high-severity violations and three intermediate violations remained after the overnight corrective period.
Among the violations documented in that follow-up: improper hand and arm washing technique, no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled. Intermediate violations included improper sewage or wastewater disposal, single-use items being improperly reused, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
What These Violations Mean
The roach activity that triggered the closure is the kind of finding inspectors treat as an immediate threat because pest contamination is not contained to a single surface or item. Roaches carry pathogens including Salmonella and E. coli on their bodies and in their waste, depositing them on food contact surfaces, prep areas, and stored ingredients. A live infestation means customers eating at the restaurant on April 20 were potentially exposed to food that had contact with those surfaces.
The toxic chemicals violation documented in the follow-up inspection carries a separate category of risk. Chemicals stored near food, or containers that are mislabeled, can cause acute poisoning with no warning to the customer who consumed the contaminated item. Unlike a temperature violation that might cause illness hours later, chemical contamination can produce immediate symptoms.
The improper sewage disposal citation is among the most serious intermediate violations inspectors document. Raw sewage contains fecal bacteria and creates the risk of contamination spreading across the facility, not just to a single prep station. That violation appeared on the follow-up inspection, meaning it was not fully resolved overnight.
Improper handwashing technique is distinct from a missing handwashing sink or a lack of soap. It means an employee made an attempt to wash their hands and still left pathogens on their skin. That distinction matters: the contamination route remains open even when the employee believes they have followed protocol.
The Longer Record
Twenty-two inspections. Two hundred and twenty-six total violations. Two emergency closures.
That is the documented record at Leroy's Cuisine as of April 21, 2026. The facility has been inspected at least eight times since November 2023 alone, and only one of those inspections, in February 2024, produced zero high-severity violations.
The pattern of high-severity findings has been consistent. The November 2023 inspection turned up five high-severity violations. February 2025 produced five more. November 2025 added four. The April 20 closure inspection added four, with the roach activity as the threshold violation that triggered the shutdown order.
The February 2024 inspection stands out against that backdrop. That visit produced no high-severity violations and only one intermediate citation. It is the only inspection in the recent record where the facility cleared high-severity findings entirely. Within months, the November 2025 inspection returned four high-severity violations.
This is the second time the state has issued an emergency closure order for the restaurant. The first prior closure is on record, and the April 20 order marks the second. The presence of a prior closure places this week's shutdown in a different context than a first-time finding at a newer facility. The record suggests the roach activity documented on April 20 was not an isolated event at a facility with an otherwise clean history.
Where Things Stand
Leroy's Cuisine was cleared to reopen on the morning of April 21. But the follow-up inspection that allowed the reopening still documented six violations, including three at the high-severity level. The sewage disposal citation, the chemicals storage issue, and the handwashing technique failure were all present after the overnight corrective period.
A facility can reopen once it meets the state's threshold for compliance, even if violations remain. The three high-severity citations that survived the follow-up inspection at Leroy's Cuisine are part of the reopened restaurant's current record.
The total violation count now stands at 226 across 22 inspections on file.