DAVIE, FL. State inspectors ordered Subway 604 at 4002 SW 64th Ave closed on September 3, 2026, after finding evidence of rodent activity inside the restaurant, records from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation show.
The closure order required the restaurant to vacate the same day it was issued. The location was cleared to reopen at 4:39 p.m. that afternoon, following a follow-up inspection that found zero high-severity or intermediate violations.
What Inspectors Found
The September 3 inspection that triggered the closure produced two high-severity violations and one intermediate violation. Inspectors cited the restaurant for having no person in charge present or performing duties, and for employees failing to report symptoms of illness. A third violation documented the improper reuse of single-use items.
The rodent activity finding was the direct basis for the emergency closure order, separate from the three coded violations. Rodent evidence inside a food service establishment triggers an automatic emergency shutdown under state law, regardless of the other violations present.
The follow-up inspection, also conducted September 3, found the restaurant had corrected all violations. The slate came back clean.
What These Violations Mean
Rodent activity in a food preparation area is one of the most serious conditions state inspectors can document. Rodents contaminate surfaces, equipment, and food directly, and they do so continuously, not just at the moment an inspector happens to observe them. A single rodent moving through a sandwich prep area can deposit bacteria, including salmonella, across surfaces that contact food customers will eat within minutes.
The absence of a person in charge compounds every other risk in the building. CDC data cited in the inspection record indicates that establishments without active managerial control have three times more critical violations than those with a responsible party on site. At Subway 604 on September 3, there was no one performing that oversight role.
The illness reporting violation is a direct transmission risk. Food workers who do not report symptoms of illness are the documented primary cause of multi-victim outbreaks, particularly norovirus. A sick employee making sandwiches, handling bread, or operating the register can infect dozens of customers before a single complaint is filed.
The reuse of single-use items, the intermediate violation, adds a contamination pathway that is easy to overlook. Items like gloves, portion cups, and foil are designed for a single contact cycle. When reused, they carry bacteria from one food or surface to the next.
The Longer Record
Subway 604: Inspection Pattern, 2022-2026
This was not the first time Subway 604 was emergency-closed. State records show the location has one prior emergency closure on record, meaning the September 3 shutdown was the second in the facility's documented inspection history.
Across 18 total inspections on record, the restaurant has accumulated 43 violations. High-severity violations appeared in six of the eight most recent inspections listed in state records, dating back to November 2022. The only two inspections in recent history that came back without a high-severity or intermediate violation were the April 2026 routine visit and the September 3 follow-up conducted after the closure.
February 2026 produced two high-severity violations and one intermediate, the same profile as the closure inspection seven months later. June 2026 added another high-severity and intermediate pair. The pattern across those three inspections in 2026 alone, each with multiple serious violations, preceded the September closure.
The April 2026 inspection, sandwiched between the February and June visits, found no violations at all. That kind of variance, clean one visit and multiple serious violations the next, is consistent with conditions that fluctuate based on who is working, who is supervising, and what protocols are being followed on any given day. The September 3 violation for no person in charge performing duties fits that picture directly.
The restaurant has been operating as a permanent food service establishment and holds a valid license. Whether the rodent activity documented September 3 represents a new infestation or a recurring condition the prior inspections did not catch is not answered by the records available.
What the records do show is that a Subway in Davie with a prior emergency closure, 43 violations across 18 inspections, and three consecutive inspection periods in 2026 each producing high-severity findings was emergency-closed for rodent activity on September 3, cleared by 4:39 p.m., and is currently operating without a public accounting of what specific rodent evidence inspectors found inside.
