RIVIERA BEACH, FL. State inspectors ordered Two Drunken Goats on Ocean Avenue closed on July 8 after documenting simultaneous rodent, roach and fly activity inside the bar, a combination serious enough to trigger an emergency shutdown and a vacate order effective the following morning.
The bar reopened at 8:59 a.m. on July 9, roughly a day after inspectors arrived.
What Inspectors Found
Two Drunken Goats: Recent Inspection Pattern
The July 8 inspection produced two high-severity violations and three intermediate violations. The high-severity citations included toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, a violation that carries its own acute risk independent of the pest activity that triggered the shutdown.
The follow-up inspection on July 9 found one high-severity violation and one intermediate violation still on the books, meaning the bar reopened with unresolved citations.
The intermediate violation cited on both July 8 and the follow-up involved inadequate ventilation and lighting inside the facility.
The Violations
The pest activity that forced the closure, rodents, roaches and flies documented together in a single inspection, is among the most serious combinations inspectors can record. Each pest category on its own is sufficient grounds for an emergency shutdown in Florida. All three appearing simultaneously indicates an infestation that is not incidental.
The chemical storage violation found alongside the pest activity compounds the picture. Inspectors cited toxic chemicals as improperly stored or labeled, meaning cleaning agents or other hazardous materials were positioned or identified in a way that created a contamination risk to food or food-contact surfaces.
That violation remained unresolved at the time the bar was permitted to reopen.
What These Violations Mean
Rodent, roach and fly activity in a food service facility is not a housekeeping problem. Each pest type represents a direct contamination pathway. Rodents deposit urine and droppings on food-contact surfaces, often invisibly and overnight. Cockroaches carry bacteria including salmonella and E. coli on their bodies and deposit it wherever they travel, including prep surfaces, utensils and stored food. Flies land on waste and food interchangeably, transferring pathogens between the two in seconds. When all three are present at once, every surface in the facility is a potential exposure point.
The chemical storage violation adds a separate and more immediate risk. Improperly stored or mislabeled toxic chemicals near food can cause acute poisoning if a chemical contaminates an ingredient or is mistaken for a food-safe product. Unlike bacterial contamination, chemical poisoning does not require time or temperature to develop. Exposure can be immediate and severe.
Inadequate ventilation, cited on both inspection dates, allows grease-laden vapors, carbon monoxide and smoke to accumulate in kitchen and prep areas, creating both a health risk for workers and conditions that accelerate the kind of surface buildup that attracts pests.
The Longer Record
The July 8 closure was not the first time the state forced Two Drunken Goats to shut its doors. Records show one prior emergency closure on the facility's history, making this the second forced shutdown the bar has faced.
Across 38 inspections on record, Two Drunken Goats has accumulated 295 total violations. That volume, across fewer than four dozen inspections, reflects a facility that has cycled through serious citations repeatedly without resolving the underlying conditions that generate them.
The pattern in the recent inspection record is consistent. On June 4, 2025, inspectors cited seven high-severity violations in a single visit. A follow-up the next day still found three high-severity violations. On November 17, 2025, inspectors returned and found four high-severity violations and three intermediate ones. The February 2026 inspection produced five high-severity violations.
Each of those visits preceded the July 8 closure by months. The pest activity that ultimately forced the shutdown was not a sudden development in a facility with an otherwise clean record. It was the next citation in a sequence that stretches back years.
The bar reopened July 9 with at least one high-severity violation still documented on the follow-up inspection report.
