ORLANDO, FL. Back in December 2025, state inspectors ordered Winghouse Bar and Grill on South Kirkman Road shut down after documenting rodent, roach and fly activity inside the restaurant, the second emergency closure at that location in less than two months.
The shutdown was ordered on December 18, 2025. It was not the first time inspectors had walked out of that building and posted a closure notice. It was not even close.
What Inspectors Found
Winghouse S. Kirkman Rd: Closure and Inspection Pattern
The December closure inspection documented eight high-severity violations and five intermediate violations. Among the high-severity findings: food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and required procedures for specialized processes not followed.
The intermediate violations included improper sewage or wastewater disposal, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, inadequate cooling and cold-holding equipment, single-use items improperly reused, inadequate ventilation and lighting, and improper waste disposal.
A second inspection on the same day, December 18, found six high-severity violations and four intermediate violations still on the books. The facility was allowed to reopen that afternoon, at 3:38 p.m.
What These Violations Mean
Rodent, roach and fly activity is among the most serious conditions inspectors can document in a food service facility. All three are direct disease vectors. Roaches carry salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens on their bodies and in their waste. Rodents contaminate surfaces and food with urine and droppings. Flies land on waste, then land on food. When all three are present simultaneously, inspectors have documented a facility where multiple transmission routes for foodborne illness exist at the same time.
The chemical storage violation compounds that risk. Toxic chemicals stored improperly near food can contaminate it through spillage or mislabeling, and the health consequences can be acute. This is not a paperwork violation. It is a direct pathway to customer harm.
Improper sewage disposal, also cited on the December closure inspection, is separately alarming. Raw sewage contains fecal bacteria. When wastewater is not properly disposed of, that contamination can spread across surfaces throughout a facility, including surfaces where food is prepared.
Inadequate cold-holding equipment means the restaurant lacked the mechanical capacity to keep food out of the temperature range where bacteria multiply fastest. That is a structural failure, not a lapse in procedure.
The Longer Record
The December closure did not arrive without warning. State records show 52 inspections on file for this location and 892 total violations documented over the life of the facility. That is an average of more than 17 violations per inspection visit.
The October closure, just 64 days before December 18, was triggered by the same category of violation: roach and fly activity. Inspectors found eight high-severity violations on October 15 when they ordered the first shutdown. Two follow-up inspections on October 16 each found four high-severity violations remaining. The facility was allowed to reopen on October 17 after three days closed.
The pattern between October and December is direct. The facility reopened from its first pest-related closure on October 17. By December 18, inspectors were back with a closure order citing rodents, roaches and flies again.
The October 15 inspection and the December 18 inspection share the same high-severity violation count: eight. That is not a coincidence in the data. That is the same level of documented risk, repeated.
The Pattern
Two emergency closures in 64 days, both for pest activity, at a location with 892 violations on record, is not a facility with an isolated bad week. The inspection history shows high-severity violations present at every documented visit in the fall of 2025.
On October 15, eight high-severity violations. On October 16, four. On October 17, three. On December 18, eight, then six on the same day's follow-up. On February 23, 2026, seven high-severity violations. On February 24, 2026, three high-severity violations.
There has not been a single inspection in this stretch of the record where the facility was free of high-severity findings.
The restaurant reopened on December 18, 2025, at 3:38 p.m., hours after the closure was ordered. State records show inspectors returned in February 2026 and documented seven high-severity violations on February 23, followed by three more on February 24.
