OSCEOLA COUNTY, FL. A Chinese restaurant on South Kirkman Road in Orlando has now been emergency-closed by state inspectors seven times, the latest on July 7 for roach and rodent activity, making it the most documented repeat offender in a two-week stretch that saw six restaurants shuttered across Tampa and Orlando between June 29 and July 12, 2026.
The Most Alarming Case
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 was allowed to reopen later that same day at 2:34 p.m., but the speed of that turnaround does little to soften the record behind it.
Six prior emergency closures at the same address. This is the seventh.
The closure-and-reopen cycle at China Lee fits a pattern that state inspection records make visible over time: a facility gets shut, clears the minimum threshold to reopen, and then accumulates conditions that trigger another closure. Six previous shutdowns is not a string of bad luck. It is a documented history.
Pests Drove Half the Closures
Three of the six closures during this period were triggered by pest activity, and all three were in Orlando.
Grazie at 3101 Corrine Dr was closed on July 9 after inspectors found rodent, roach, and fly activity. That is three separate pest categories documented in a single inspection. The restaurant was cleared to reopen the same day at 12:30 p.m.
Minano Ramen at 11909 Sheldon Rd in Tampa was closed on July 7 for roach activity and reopened that afternoon at 2:55 p.m.
Three restaurants, three pest-related closures, all reopened within hours. The speed of those corrections is worth noting, but so is the fact that conditions serious enough to trigger an emergency closure existed in the first place.
Sewage, Water, and a Missing Sink
Not every closure this period involved insects or rodents. Three facilities were shut for infrastructure and sanitation failures that cut just as directly to public health.
A&T Buffalo Wings LLC at 4474-4477 N Pinehills Rd in Orlando was closed on July 9 after inspectors documented a sewage backup on the premises. The restaurant cleared inspection and reopened the following morning at 8:51 a.m. It was the third emergency closure at that address.
La Ceibena at 8806 W Flora St in Tampa was shut on July 8 for having no potable water. Inspectors cleared the restaurant to reopen at 1:15 p.m. that same day.
Twins Delicious Seafood and Soul Food at 5102 N 40 St in Tampa was closed on July 10 for the absence of a handwashing sink. As of the data available for this report, its status remains unknown. It is the only facility from this two-week period that has not been confirmed as reopened.
What These Violations Mean
Roach and rodent activity is not simply an aesthetic problem. Cockroaches carry pathogens including Salmonella and E. coli on their bodies and in their droppings, and they move between sewage, garbage, and food preparation surfaces. When inspectors document roach activity in a kitchen, they are documenting a direct contamination pathway to the food being served to customers. At China Lee, Grazie, and Minano Ramen, that pathway was confirmed by state inspectors and serious enough to trigger an emergency closure in each case.
A sewage backup, as documented at A&T Buffalo Wings LLC, introduces raw sewage into a food preparation environment. The contamination risk is immediate and broad: surfaces, equipment, food, and water supplies can all be affected. Sewage carries a range of pathogens, and a facility cannot safely prepare food while a backup is active.
The absence of potable water at La Ceibena means the restaurant was operating without a safe water supply for handwashing, food preparation, and equipment cleaning. Every food safety protocol that depends on clean water collapses when the water itself is not safe to use.
The missing handwashing sink at Twins Delicious Seafood and Soul Food is not a minor paperwork issue. Handwashing is the single most basic barrier between employees and the food they handle. No sink means no reliable way for staff to remove contamination from their hands before touching food, and state inspectors treat its absence as a condition that requires immediate closure.
The Longer Record
China Lee's seven total emergency closures make it the most historically troubled facility in this two-week roundup, and one of the more documented repeat offenders in the Orlando area. Each closure represents a moment when inspectors determined conditions were unsafe enough that customers could not be allowed inside. Six of those moments preceded this one, and the pattern of pest-related findings suggests the underlying conditions have not been durably resolved between closures.
A&T Buffalo Wings LLC has now been emergency-closed three times at its North Pinehills Road location. The July 9 sewage backup closure was the third on record. Two prior closures at the same address before this one means inspectors have been called back to that location more than once for conditions serious enough to require an emergency shutdown.
Grazie on Corrine Drive and Minano Ramen on Sheldon Road do not carry the same documented histories as China Lee or A&T Buffalo Wings. For both of those restaurants, the records available for this report do not show prior emergency closures, which places their July findings in a different context: these were not the culmination of a long pattern, but they were serious enough to shut the doors.
La Ceibena on West Flora Street similarly has no prior closure flagged in the data for this period. The July 8 closure for no potable water appears to be a first, and the restaurant resolved it within hours.
Twins Delicious Seafood and Soul Food on North 40th Street is the one facility from this stretch without a confirmed resolution. The July 10 closure for no handwashing sink has no recorded reopen time in the available data, leaving its current operating status unconfirmed.
