ORLANDO, FL. A state inspector walked into 14 Bis Pizzeria on Wilshire Drive on July 31 and found food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, a violation that means customers may have been served undercooked food carrying live Salmonella or Campylobacter. The restaurant was not closed.
That single violation was one of eight high-severity citations issued that day at the Suite 104 location in Orange County. Four additional intermediate violations brought the total to twelve.
What Inspectors Found
Beyond the cooking temperature failure, inspectors cited toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used. That means chemicals capable of contaminating food were somewhere in the kitchen without adequate controls.
No allergen awareness was documented at the facility. For the estimated 32 million Americans with food allergies, a restaurant where staff cannot identify allergens in dishes is a place where a single meal can trigger anaphylaxis.
Inspectors also found food in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated; food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized; no written employee health policy; no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked menu items; and required procedures for specialized food processes not followed. Intermediate violations included improper sewage or wastewater disposal, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, single-use items being reused, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
What These Violations Mean
The cooking temperature violation is among the most direct paths to a foodborne illness outbreak. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. At 14 Bis Pizzeria, inspectors documented that food was not reaching required minimums. Customers who ate there on or before July 31 had no way of knowing that.
The absence of an employee health policy compounds that risk. Without a written policy requiring sick workers to stay home, a single employee with Norovirus can infect dozens of customers through food handling. Norovirus accounts for nearly 20 million cases of foodborne illness in the United States each year.
Improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, combined with multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, create overlapping contamination pathways. Bacterial biofilms develop on inadequately sanitized surfaces within 24 hours and become progressively harder to remove. At 14 Bis Pizzeria on July 31, both problems were present simultaneously.
The improper sewage disposal citation carries a specific risk that is easy to underestimate. Raw sewage contains E. coli, Hepatitis A, and other pathogens. When wastewater is not properly disposed of inside a food preparation facility, fecal contamination of surfaces and food becomes a documented possibility, not a theoretical one.
The Longer Record
The July 31 inspection did not arrive without context. State records show 14 Bis Pizzeria has 39 inspections on record and has accumulated 481 total violations across its history at the Wilshire Drive address.
The week before the July 31 visit tells the sharpest part of the story. On July 23, inspectors cited 11 high-severity violations and 4 intermediate ones. On July 24, the count was 9 high-severity and 4 intermediate. Then came July 31, with 8 high-severity and 4 intermediate. Three inspections in nine days, and the high-severity violation count never dropped below 8.
The restaurant has been emergency-closed before. On July 17, 2017, inspectors shut it down for roach activity. It reopened three days later on July 20.
Looking further back, the pattern holds. In late July 2025, inspectors visited four times in a single week, finding between 6 and 7 high-severity violations on each visit. A December 2025 follow-up showed 2 high-severity violations, suggesting a brief improvement, but by July 2025 and again in July 2026 the numbers had climbed back into double digits.
Open for Business
Florida's emergency closure authority is triggered when an inspector determines that conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Eight high-severity violations, including undercooking, toxic substance mishandling, sewage disposal failures, and no allergen awareness, did not meet that threshold on July 31.
The record shows 481 violations across 39 inspections. The most recent three visits produced 28 high-severity citations combined.
14 Bis Pizzeria on Wilshire Drive was open when the inspector left.
