KENNETH CITY, FL. State inspectors ordered Wok N Roll at 4725 66th Street North emergency-closed on April 21 after documenting both roach and rodent activity inside the restaurant, the second time in the facility's recorded history that inspectors have pulled it from service entirely.
The closure notice gave the restaurant until April 23 to vacate. It reopened that same afternoon at 2:06 p.m., after inspectors returned and determined the facility had addressed enough of the outstanding concerns to resume service.
What Inspectors Found
Wok N Roll: Recent Inspection Severity, 2024–2026
The April 21 inspection that triggered the closure also produced six high-severity violations and five intermediate violations. That is the highest single-visit count the restaurant has recorded in the past two years, but it was not an outlier in a facility that has struggled consistently.
The violations documented across the two days after the closure are notable on their own. Inspectors cited food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. Those three citations each carried high-severity designations and were still present on the April 23 re-inspection, the visit that cleared the restaurant to reopen.
On the intermediate level, inspectors documented improper sanitizing solution or procedures, inadequate cooling and cold-holding equipment, single-use items being improperly reused, and inadequate ventilation and lighting. All four remained on the books when the restaurant was allowed to resume service.
What These Violations Mean
The closure itself was triggered by roach and rodent activity, and that finding alone is enough under Florida law to warrant an emergency shutdown. Roaches carry salmonella, E. coli, and other pathogens on their bodies and in their droppings. Rodent activity introduces similar contamination risks and raises the possibility of droppings in food storage areas or on food contact surfaces. Neither can be adequately controlled by cleaning alone once activity is documented inside a kitchen.
The high-severity violations that persisted through reopening compound that picture. Food contact surfaces that are not properly cleaned and sanitized are a direct transfer route for bacteria from one food to the next. A cutting board or prep surface that carries contamination from raw protein can pass it to anything prepared on the same surface afterward.
Toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled near food present a different category of risk entirely. Mislabeled or misplaced chemicals can cause acute poisoning if they contaminate food or are mistaken for food-safe products during preparation.
The missing consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods is a disclosure failure rather than an immediate contamination hazard, but it matters for specific customers. Elderly diners, pregnant women, young children, and anyone with a compromised immune system are at elevated risk from undercooked proteins, and the advisory exists precisely to let those customers make an informed choice. Without it, they have no way of knowing the risk.
The Longer Record
The April closure was not the first time the state has ordered Wok N Roll shut down. The facility has one prior emergency closure on record, meaning this month's action is the second forced shutdown in its documented inspection history.
Across 24 total inspections, the restaurant has accumulated 284 violations. That volume reflects a facility that has been cited repeatedly and consistently, not one that had a bad week.
The November 2025 inspections are worth examining closely. On November 7, inspectors documented nine high-severity violations and five intermediate violations in a single visit, the most severe single-inspection result in the recent record. A follow-up five days later, on November 12, still showed two high-severity and two intermediate violations. The pattern of a severe primary inspection followed by a follow-up that still carries significant citations has repeated itself across multiple inspection cycles at this location.
The August 2024 visits followed the same arc. An August 22 inspection produced eight high-severity violations and three intermediate violations. A follow-up on August 30 still showed six high-severity and one intermediate violation. A facility that exits a follow-up inspection with six high-severity violations remaining has not resolved the underlying conditions, it has addressed the minimum necessary to stay open.
Where Things Stand
The restaurant reopened the afternoon of April 23, but the inspection record from that day still listed three high-severity violations and four intermediate violations as unresolved. Florida's inspection process allows a facility to reopen once it has met the state's threshold for safe operation, even if citations remain on the books.
Those remaining citations, food contact surfaces, toxic chemical storage, the missing consumer advisory, inadequate sanitizing procedures, failing cold-holding equipment, reused single-use items, and ventilation deficiencies, were all documented after the pest activity that triggered the closure had been addressed to the inspector's satisfaction.
Whether those seven remaining violations have since been corrected is not reflected in the available records.