MIAMI, FL. An employee at the 94th Aero Squadron on NW 57th Avenue had not reported symptoms of illness to management, according to state inspection records from April 30, 2026. That single violation, which inspectors classify as an outbreak enabler, was one of seven high-severity citations issued that day. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The April 30 inspection produced 12 violations in total: 7 high-severity and 5 intermediate. Among the high-severity findings: food sourced from an unapproved or unknown supplier, food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, and food contact surfaces that had not been properly cleaned or sanitized.
Inspectors also cited employees for improper handwashing technique and documented that toxic substances were improperly identified, stored, or used somewhere in the facility. A missing consumer advisory for raw or undercooked menu items rounded out the high-severity list.
The five intermediate violations included improper sewage or wastewater disposal, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, inadequate cooling and cold-holding equipment, inadequate ventilation and lighting, and equipment in poor repair.
What These Violations Mean
The illness-reporting failure is the violation that carries the most immediate risk for customers who ate at the 94th Aero Squadron on or around April 30. When a food worker does not report symptoms of illness, including vomiting, diarrhea, or jaundice, they can continue handling food and directly transmit norovirus or other pathogens to every plate they touch. State and federal food codes treat this as a primary outbreak driver precisely because one sick employee working a single shift can expose dozens of diners.
The food-from-unapproved-source citation compounds that risk. When a restaurant purchases food outside the USDA or FDA-regulated supply chain, there is no inspection trail. If a customer becomes ill, investigators cannot trace the product back through a licensed distributor to identify a contamination point or issue a recall. Listeria and Salmonella are both documented hazards in uninspected food sources.
The undercooking violation adds a third layer. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. A kitchen already handling food from an unverified source and operating with improperly sanitized cutting surfaces and utensils is not a kitchen with margin for error on cook temperatures. These three violations together represent a compounding failure, not isolated incidents.
The improper sewage disposal citation is the most jarring of the intermediate findings. Raw sewage contains fecal coliform bacteria. An improper disposal pathway inside a food service facility creates a contamination risk that is difficult to contain and can affect surfaces far from the original source.
The Longer Record
The April 30 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show the 94th Aero Squadron has been inspected 29 times, accumulating 303 total violations across that history. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern of high-severity violations is consistent across recent years. On November 6, 2024, inspectors cited 11 high-severity and 5 intermediate violations. The very next day, November 7, 2024, inspectors returned and found 4 high-severity and 3 intermediate violations still present. On February 21, 2025, the count was 9 high-severity and 4 intermediate. The April 14, 2026 inspection, just 16 days before the April 30 visit, produced 3 high-severity and 1 intermediate violation.
The February 2025 inspection is worth holding alongside the April 2026 findings. Nine high-severity violations in a single inspection, followed 14 months later by 7 high-severity violations, with multiple inspections in between each documenting additional high-severity citations, is not a facility trending toward compliance.
No inspection in the eight most recent visits on record produced a clean bill of health. Every one of them found at least one high-severity violation.
Still Open
The 94th Aero Squadron is a well-known Miami landmark, built to resemble a World War I French farmhouse and positioned at the edge of Opa-locka Executive Airport. The setting draws tourists and locals for the runway views as much as the food.
State inspectors left on April 30, 2026 after documenting seven high-severity violations, including an employee not reporting illness symptoms, food from an unapproved source, and food not cooked to the required minimum temperature.
The restaurant remained open.