SEBRING, FL. Back in February 2026, state inspectors walked into Solorzanos Pizzeria on US Highway 27 and found what it takes to shut a restaurant down on the spot: both roach and rodent activity inside the building.
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation ordered Solorzanos Pizzeria Sebring at 901 US Hwy 27 N, Suite 16, vacated by February 12, 2026. Inspectors had documented the closure-triggering violations the day before, on February 11. The restaurant was licensed to operate food service at the time of the closure.
What Inspectors Found
Inspectors documented both live roach activity and rodent activity inside Solorzanos Pizzeria on the same visit, triggering an immediate emergency closure order.
The closure was triggered by a dual pest finding. Inspectors documented roach activity and rodent activity at the same location during the same inspection visit. Either finding alone is enough to prompt an emergency shutdown under Florida food safety rules. Both together, at a pizza restaurant where dough, cheese, and toppings sit out during prep, represented an immediate threat to anyone eating there.
Rodent activity typically means inspectors found droppings, gnaw marks, or evidence of nesting. Roach activity, depending on what the record shows, can mean live insects spotted in food prep areas, behind equipment, or inside storage. The state's inspection record for this visit does not break down exact counts or precise locations beyond the closure reason itself.
The restaurant was ordered vacated by February 12. Records show it reopened at 9:36 a.m., though the date of that reopening is not specified in the available data.
What This Means
Roaches and rodents are not simply a cleanliness problem. They are direct vectors for disease transmission in a food preparation environment.
Cockroaches carry bacteria including Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria on their bodies and legs. They move between sewage, garbage, and food surfaces without distinction. In a pizza kitchen, where raw dough and uncooked toppings are handled at open prep stations, a roach crossing a cutting board or a container of shredded cheese creates a direct contamination pathway to a customer's plate.
Rodents carry their own set of risks. Rodent droppings contain pathogens including Salmonella and, in some cases, Hantavirus. Rodents urinate continuously as they move, leaving invisible contamination trails across any surface they cross. In a food service setting, that means counters, storage shelves, and the surfaces of food packaging.
The reason Florida law authorizes emergency closure for pest activity, without requiring a warning or a correction period, is that the risk is immediate. A customer eating a slice of pizza from a kitchen with active roach and rodent activity has no way of knowing what surfaces their food touched before it reached them.
The Longer Record
The state's inspection database shows zero prior inspections on record for Solorzanos Pizzeria Sebring at the time of this closure. No prior violations. No prior emergency closures.
That absence of history is worth noting carefully. It does not mean the restaurant had a clean record before February 2026. It means there is no documented inspection record available in the state database for this location.
For a facility with no inspection history on file, the February 2026 closure is the entire public record. There is no pattern to trace, no prior citations to compare, no earlier warnings that went unaddressed. The first documented contact between state inspectors and this location, based on available records, resulted in an emergency shutdown.
That is a different story than a restaurant that accumulated warnings over months before finally being closed. It is also a different story than a new location caught with a problem in its first weeks of operation. Without knowing when Solorzanos Pizzeria opened at this address, or how many inspection cycles may have passed without a visit being recorded, the closure stands alone as the only data point available.
After the Closure
The restaurant met state standards and was cleared to reopen, with records showing the reopening occurred at 9:36 a.m. The specific date of that reopening is not confirmed in the available inspection data.
To reopen after an emergency pest-related closure, a facility must pass a follow-up inspection showing the conditions that triggered the shutdown have been corrected. That typically means documented pest treatment, cleaning of affected areas, and an inspector signing off that the immediate threat has been resolved.
What it does not mean is that the underlying conditions that allowed roach and rodent activity to develop have been permanently addressed. Whether Solorzanos Pizzeria has been reinspected since its reopening, and what those inspections found, is not reflected in the records available for this report.
The only confirmed fact is that in February 2026, state inspectors found both roaches and rodents inside a Sebring pizzeria and ordered it closed. The restaurant reopened. What the inspection record looks like since then remains unconfirmed.
