FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. State inspectors ordered P.F. Chang's China Bistro at 2418 E. Sunrise Blvd shut down on June 23, 2026, citing roach activity inside the restaurant, records from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation show.
The closure order was issued the same day inspectors arrived. The restaurant was allowed to reopen later that afternoon, at 2:27 p.m., after a follow-up inspection found no remaining high-priority violations.
What Inspectors Found
The roach activity that triggered the closure was the sole basis for the emergency order. The state can shut down a food service facility immediately when inspectors determine that conditions pose an imminent public health hazard, and live roach activity in an operating restaurant meets that threshold.
The same inspection also produced one high-priority violation and three intermediate violations. The high-priority citation was for failing to post a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, a requirement for any menu that includes items like sushi, rare beef, or undercooked eggs. The three intermediate violations covered improper sewage or wastewater disposal, the reuse of single-use items, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
The follow-up inspection, also conducted June 23, recorded zero high-severity and zero intermediate violations. The restaurant was cleared to reopen.
What These Violations Mean
Roach activity in a food service kitchen is not a paperwork violation. Live roaches carry pathogens including Salmonella, E. coli, and Staphylococcus, and they deposit those contaminants on food-contact surfaces, cookware, and food itself as they move through a kitchen. A customer eating at P.F. Chang's before inspectors arrived on June 23 had no way of knowing the condition of the kitchen.
The sewage and wastewater disposal violation compounds that concern. Improper sewage disposal introduces fecal contamination risk throughout a facility, and when combined with pest activity, the routes by which bacteria can reach a plate multiply quickly. Inspectors documented both conditions in the same visit.
The reuse of single-use items, including gloves, cups, or foil containers, creates a separate contamination pathway. Items designed for one use accumulate bacteria and residue when reused, and they can transfer that contamination to food or food-contact surfaces. The missing consumer advisory is a narrower but legally required disclosure: without it, customers who are elderly, pregnant, immunocompromised, or very young cannot make an informed choice about the risk of undercooked proteins on the menu.
The Longer Record
P.F. Chang's, 2418 E. Sunrise Blvd: Inspection History
June 23 was not the first time this location has been ordered closed. State records show one prior emergency closure on record at 2418 E. Sunrise Blvd, making the June shutdown the second in the facility's documented history. Across 27 inspections on record, inspectors have cited the restaurant for 107 total violations.
The inspection record from the past year shows a facility that has repeatedly drawn high-priority citations. On August 13, 2025, inspectors documented six high-severity violations and two intermediate violations in a single visit. A follow-up the next day cleared those findings. Then, on August 26, four more high-priority violations appeared, just two days after that clearance.
February 2025 brought another four high-priority violations. That pattern, four or more high-priority violations in February, six in August, four again the following day, and now a roach-triggered emergency closure in June 2026, spans at least four separate inspection events in roughly sixteen months.
The follow-up inspection on June 23 cleared the roach finding and all other violations before the restaurant reopened that afternoon. Whether the intermediate violations from the closure inspection, including the sewage disposal and single-use item citations, were fully corrected or simply not re-cited in the abbreviated follow-up is not specified in the available records.
