ORLANDO, FL. Food from unapproved or unknown sources was on the line at Bachata Breeze Restaurant on Curry Ford Road when state inspectors arrived on April 30, one of eight high-severity violations documented during that single visit. The restaurant was not closed.
The inspection, conducted at 5773 Curry Ford Road, turned up a list of violations that inspectors classify at the highest level of public health risk. Despite that finding, the facility remained open to customers.
What Inspectors Found
The food sourcing violation is among the most serious on the list. Food obtained from unapproved or unknown suppliers has bypassed the federal inspection chain, meaning there is no traceability if a customer becomes ill. No lot number, no supplier record, no way to trace an outbreak back to its origin.
Inspectors also cited the restaurant for having no written employee health policy and for employees failing to report symptoms of illness. Those two violations together describe a kitchen where there is no formal system for keeping sick workers away from food, and no documentation that workers are required to report when they are ill.
Toxic chemicals were found improperly stored or labeled. That violation puts cleaning compounds and food in proximity without adequate separation or identification, a condition that can result in chemical contamination of food or surfaces.
The restaurant was also cited for food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, for food in poor condition or adulterated, and for inadequate handwashing by food employees. The one intermediate violation involved multi-use utensils not properly cleaned.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of no employee illness policy and employees not reporting symptoms is not a paperwork problem. Food workers are the primary transmission route for Norovirus, which causes roughly 20 million illnesses in the United States each year. A written policy is the mechanism that gives a sick worker a documented reason to stay home. Without it, there is no formal barrier between a worker with symptoms and the food they are handling.
The food sourcing violation carries a different kind of risk. When food enters a kitchen from an unapproved source, it has not been inspected for pathogens including Listeria and Salmonella. If a customer becomes ill, investigators have no supply chain to trace. The outbreak investigation starts and ends at the restaurant door.
Improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, combined with multi-use utensils that are not properly cleaned, create conditions where bacterial biofilms develop. Those biofilms are resistant to standard cleaning and can transfer bacteria to food prepared on the same surface hours or days later.
The consumer advisory violation affects a specific population directly. Customers who are elderly, pregnant, or immunocompromised rely on menu disclosures to make informed decisions about raw or undercooked items. Without that advisory, they have no way to know the risk.
The Longer Record
The April 30 inspection was not an anomaly. The day before, on April 29, inspectors had already documented 10 high-severity violations and 2 intermediate violations at the same address. That means Bachata Breeze accumulated 18 high-severity violations across two consecutive inspection days.
The pattern extends well beyond last week. State records show 32 inspections on file for this location and 515 total violations on record. High-severity violations appeared in every inspection dating back through the available history, with the sole exception of a clean inspection on October 23, 2025.
In December 2024, inspectors found 5 high-severity and 4 intermediate violations. In May 2024, there were two inspections within five days of each other: one with 6 high-severity violations, and one with 8 high-severity violations. The 8-violation count from May 3, 2024 matches exactly what inspectors found again on April 30, 2026.
The restaurant has never been emergency-closed in its inspection history on record.
Still Open
The violations documented on April 30 include conditions that, in other Florida inspections, have triggered emergency closures: food from unapproved sources, chemical storage hazards, and the absence of any system to keep sick workers out of the kitchen.
Bachata Breeze was not closed after the April 29 inspection, which produced 10 high-severity violations. It was not closed after the April 30 inspection either.
As of the date of that inspection, the restaurant at 5773 Curry Ford Road remained open.