MIAMI, FL. Food was not cooked to the required minimum temperature at CMX Brickell Stone Sports Bar on August 6, according to state inspection records, and employees were not reporting symptoms of illness. The bar at 701 S. Miami Ave., tucked inside the CMX Brickell movie complex, logged six high-severity violations and one intermediate violation that day. Inspectors left without closing it.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooked food violation sits at the top of the list because of what it means in practice. Cooking temperatures are not guidelines, they are kill steps. Poultry must reach 165 degrees Fahrenheit to eliminate salmonella. When food doesn't reach those thresholds, whatever pathogens were present going into the heat survive coming out of it.
Compounding that finding: employees were not reporting symptoms of illness. That means a worker who was sick had no documented mechanism in place to flag the problem before handling food.
Inspectors also cited improper handwashing technique. The violation is distinct from simply not washing hands. It means an employee went through the motion of washing and still left pathogens on their hands because the technique was wrong. Paired with improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, the August 6 inspection documents at least four separate pathways by which contamination could reach a customer's plate.
No consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods was posted, meaning customers with compromised immune systems, elderly diners, pregnant women, and children had no notice that any item on the menu carried elevated risk.
The person in charge was either not present or not performing supervisory duties. All six high-severity violations occurred in that context.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of undercooked food and unreported employee illness is among the most dangerous pairings a food inspector can document. Norovirus, the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, spreads directly from sick food workers to customers. The reporting requirement exists precisely because an employee who feels ill but says nothing can contaminate food before any symptom becomes obvious to a manager.
Improper handwashing technique is not a paperwork violation. Studies show that incorrect technique, insufficient time, or skipping soap leaves enough bacterial load on hands to transfer to the next surface touched. At CMX Brickell on August 6, that violation existed alongside food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned or sanitized, meaning the surfaces themselves were already carrying contamination risk before any hand touched them.
The missing consumer advisory matters most for the people least equipped to absorb a foodborne illness. Florida law requires that any menu item served raw or undercooked carry a written disclosure. Without it, a diner ordering a burger cooked to medium, or a dish with raw components, has no way to make an informed choice about their own health risk.
CDC data cited in the inspection records indicates that establishments without active managerial control have three times as many critical violations as those with a person in charge actively performing supervisory duties. On August 6, CMX Brickell had no such control in place.
The Longer Record
August 6 was not an aberration. State records show CMX Brickell Stone Sports Bar has been inspected 32 times and has accumulated 196 total violations across its history.
The bar was emergency-closed twice in the three months before this inspection. In May 2026, inspectors shut it down for rodent activity. It reopened the following day. In July 2026, inspectors shut it down again, this time for rodent and fly activity, and again it reopened within 24 hours.
The July 14 closure came after an inspection that found seven high-severity and six intermediate violations, the worst single-day count in the recent record. One day later, on July 15, a follow-up inspection still found one high and one intermediate violation remaining. Three weeks after that, on August 6, the facility was back to six high-severity violations.
The pattern across 2025 and 2026 is consistent. The November 2025 inspection found six high-severity and two intermediate violations. The December 2025 inspection found three high and two intermediate. Each of the three inspection clusters in May 2026 found high-severity violations, including the closure. The July cluster followed the same arc: closure, partial correction, continued violations weeks later.
Thirty-two inspections. Two emergency closures. One hundred ninety-six total violations on record. And after six high-severity violations on August 6, the bar remained open for business.
