NAPLES, FL. State inspectors ordered Steamers of Naples on Airport Road closed on October 1 after finding roach activity inside the restaurant, triggering the facility's third emergency shutdown since 2018.
The closure order required the restaurant to vacate by October 2. Inspectors returned that morning and cleared the facility to reopen at 9:16 a.m., following a follow-up inspection that found one remaining high-severity violation, this time for toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled.
What Inspectors Found
Steamers of Naples: Emergency Closure History
The October 1 inspection that triggered the closure cited one high-severity violation for roach activity and two intermediate violations. The roach finding alone was sufficient under state rules to order the restaurant vacated.
The follow-up inspection on October 2 found the roach problem resolved. But inspectors documented a new high-severity violation: toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled near food.
What This Means
Roach activity is one of a narrow set of conditions that Florida inspectors are authorized to use as the sole basis for an emergency closure, without waiting for a pattern to develop or a threshold count to be reached. The finding indicates live roaches were present in an active food service environment, where they can contaminate surfaces, equipment, and food directly.
The chemical storage violation found during the October 2 follow-up carries its own acute risk. Improperly stored or mislabeled chemicals kept near food create a direct contamination pathway. If a chemical is stored in an unlabeled container or placed adjacent to food prep surfaces, a staff member can mistake it for a food-safe product, or cross-contamination can occur without anyone realizing it. The health consequence is acute poisoning.
That a new high-severity violation appeared on the same morning inspectors cleared the restaurant to reopen is notable. The roaches were gone. The chemical hazard was not.
The Pattern
The October closure did not arrive without warning. The inspection record at this address stretches back across 38 visits and 190 total violations, and the recent history shows high-severity citations appearing at nearly every inspection.
In the twelve months before October 1, inspectors found high-severity violations on four separate visits. The May 18, 2026 inspection produced three high-severity violations and two intermediate ones, the densest single-visit finding in the recent record. Inspections in December 2025, May 2025, and March 2025 each produced two high-severity violations.
There was no inspection in the recent record that came back clean.
The Longer Record
The October 2026 closure is the third time the state has ordered this restaurant to stop serving customers and vacate the premises. The first came in August 2018, when inspectors found rodent activity and shut the restaurant down. It reopened the following day.
The second closure came in June 2023, nearly five years later, this time for both rodent and fly activity. That closure also lasted one day.
Each of the three emergency closures at this location has involved pest activity, either rodents, flies, or roaches. The 2018 closure was for rodents. The 2023 closure was for rodents and flies. The 2026 closure was for roaches. The pest category shifts, but the underlying finding does not.
Across 38 inspections and 190 total violations on record, the facility has accumulated a high-severity violation at nearly every recent visit. The September 2024 inspection found one high-severity and two intermediate violations. The pattern of high-severity citations has continued without interruption through 2025 and into 2026.
Three emergency closures over eight years, all pest-related, at a permanent food service location licensed to operate, is a fact the inspection record states plainly. What the record does not show is a stretch of consecutive clean inspections at any point in the recent history.
The restaurant was cleared to reopen on the morning of October 2. The chemical storage violation documented during that clearance inspection remained on the record as of that visit.
