MIAMI, FL. State inspectors ordered Mr and Mrs Bun at 15572 SW 72nd Street closed on April 28 after finding roach activity inside the Miami-Dade restaurant, the third emergency closure at the address in roughly two years.
The closure order required the restaurant to vacate by April 30. It reopened the same day, at 9:18 a.m., after inspectors returned and conducted a follow-up inspection.
What Inspectors Found
Mr and Mrs Bun: Recent Inspection Pattern
The April 28 inspection documented 7 high-severity and 7 intermediate violations. The roach activity that triggered the closure was accompanied by a cascade of other serious findings.
Inspectors cited food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, a violation that means customers may have eaten undercooked meat. They also documented food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, improper handwashing technique, and no employee health policy.
The chemicals citation placed improperly stored or labeled toxic substances near food. The handwashing citation is distinct from a missing sink or missing soap: it means employees were making handwashing attempts but doing so incorrectly, leaving pathogens on their hands before handling food.
No consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods was also cited, meaning customers had no written notice that certain items carried elevated risk.
On the intermediate side, inspectors found improper sewage or wastewater disposal, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, inadequate cooling and cold-holding equipment, inadequate ventilation and lighting, and improper waste disposal.
The Follow-Up Did Not Clear the Record
When inspectors returned on April 30 and allowed the restaurant to reopen, six high-severity violations and five intermediate violations remained on the books for that visit. The roach activity was resolved enough to permit reopening. The broader list of serious violations was not fully cleared.
The follow-up inspection still showed food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, food not cooked to required minimum temperature, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled among the high-severity findings.
What These Violations Mean
Roach activity alone is sufficient grounds for an emergency closure under Florida law because cockroaches are direct disease vectors. They carry Salmonella, E. coli, and other pathogens on their bodies and legs, and they move freely between sewage, garbage, and food preparation surfaces. A single roach observed on a food prep surface represents a contamination pathway, not a cosmetic problem.
The cooking temperature violation compounds that risk significantly. When food is not cooked to the required minimum internal temperature, pathogens including Salmonella in poultry survive and reach the customer's plate. At Mr and Mrs Bun, inspectors documented that violation on the same day they found roach activity, meaning two independent contamination pathways existed simultaneously.
Improperly stored toxic chemicals near food can cause acute poisoning through direct contamination or mislabeling. The risk is not theoretical: chemicals stored near or above food preparation areas can drip, spill, or be mistaken for food-safe products by staff. Combined with an absent employee health policy, which means no written protocol exists to keep sick workers away from food, the April 28 inspection documented a facility with multiple simultaneous systems failures.
The sewage disposal citation carries its own acute risk. Improper wastewater handling introduces fecal contamination into the facility environment, and in a kitchen where food contact surfaces were already cited as improperly sanitized, that contamination has a direct route to food.
The Longer Record
Mr and Mrs Bun has 37 inspections on record and 518 total violations documented at the address. This closure was not an isolated event.
The most recent prior emergency closure was January 12, 2024, also for roach activity. State records do not confirm that the restaurant ever formally reopened following that closure.
The inspection pattern in the months before April 28 shows no sustained improvement. In November 2025, inspectors visited on three consecutive days, November 6, 7, and 8, and found 4 high-severity violations on each visit. January 2026 brought two inspections within six days, both showing 3 high-severity violations. The April 30 closure inspection itself, the visit that allowed reopening, still carried 6 high-severity violations.
That April 30 follow-up is the most recent inspection on record. Six high-severity violations remained documented at the time the restaurant was permitted to resume serving customers.