COCOA, FL. State inspectors ordered Troy's at 926 Fay Blvd shut down on July 23, 2026, after finding rodent activity inside the restaurant, triggering an emergency closure that required the facility to vacate by July 24.
It was not the first time.
Records show this is the second emergency closure in Troy's documented inspection history, which spans 27 inspections and 228 total violations. The restaurant was allowed to reopen after a follow-up inspection the morning of July 24, clearing the immediate rodent concern.
What Inspectors Found
Troy's Inspection Severity: Recent History
The July 23 inspection produced three high-severity violations and four intermediate violations. The specific trigger for the emergency order was rodent activity, the kind of finding that inspectors treat as an immediate threat requiring closure rather than a scheduled correction.
The follow-up inspection on July 24 found one high-severity violation and one intermediate violation still on the books. The high-severity citation was for failing to post a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. The intermediate violation involved inadequate ventilation and lighting.
The restaurant cleared state standards and reopened at 9:13 a.m. on July 24.
What These Violations Mean
Rodent activity inside a food service facility is one of the conditions that state law treats as grounds for immediate closure. Rodents move through a kitchen without restriction, contaminating food surfaces, equipment, and stored ingredients with droppings, urine, and fur. Unlike a temperature violation or a missing label, rodent activity cannot be corrected while customers are still being served. The risk is direct and immediate.
The consumer advisory violation that remained after reopening carries its own significance. When a restaurant serves raw or undercooked proteins, including beef, seafood, or eggs, without notifying customers in writing, diners with compromised immune systems, elderly customers, pregnant women, and young children have no way to make an informed choice about what they are eating. A missing advisory does not mean the food is unsafe, but it removes the warning that allows vulnerable customers to protect themselves.
Inadequate ventilation, the intermediate violation that also carried over to the July 24 inspection, allows grease-laden vapors, smoke, and carbon monoxide to accumulate in kitchen spaces. It is a secondary concern compared to rodent activity, but it signals that basic maintenance standards were not being met at the time of the closure inspection.
The Longer Record
Troy's 27 inspections on record have produced 228 total violations, a figure that places this week's closure in a specific context. This was not a restaurant with a clean history that stumbled into a single bad inspection.
The September 2025 inspection was the most severe in recent years, producing seven high-severity violations and one intermediate. Five months later, in February 2026, inspectors returned and cited five high-severity violations and three intermediate violations. The restaurant entered the summer of 2026 with an unbroken run of high-severity findings stretching back more than two years.
The July 23 closure was the second emergency shutdown in the facility's documented history. The records do not specify what triggered the prior closure, but the pattern of inspections in the years surrounding it shows a facility that has cycled through serious violations without sustained improvement. Six of the eight most recent inspections produced at least three high-severity violations.
The January 2025 inspection stands as an outlier, the only visit in recent years to produce zero high-severity violations. That result did not hold. By September 2025, the facility was back to seven high-severity citations in a single visit.
Where Things Stand
Troy's reopened the morning after the closure, and the immediate rodent finding was resolved to the state's satisfaction. Two violations remained on the books as of the July 24 follow-up, including the consumer advisory citation that carries direct implications for customers eating there.
Whether those remaining violations have since been corrected is not reflected in the data available at the time of publication.
What the record does show clearly is that the July 23 closure was the second time the state determined conditions at 926 Fay Blvd posed enough of a public health risk to order customers and staff out of the building. The facility has now accumulated 228 violations across 27 inspections, and the two most recent inspection cycles before this closure each produced five or more high-severity findings.
The consumer advisory violation was still cited as unresolved on the morning Troy's was cleared to reopen.
