FORT MYERS, FL. Kumo Six Mile at 7950 Dani Drive drew 10 high-severity violations during the week of July 23, 2026, the highest single-facility count among 15 Fort Myers restaurants cited for serious food safety failures in state inspection records.
The violations at Kumo Six Mile covered nearly every layer of restaurant food safety. Inspectors cited the facility for food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, inadequate shell stock identification records, food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, inadequate handwashing facilities, improper handwashing technique, an employee failing to report illness symptoms, and no person in charge present or performing duties.
That last citation matters more than it might appear. A facility where no one is actively managing food safety is a facility where all the other violations become more likely.
The Week's Worst Findings
Lenny's Grill and Subs at 11801 S. Cleveland Avenue was not far behind, with 9 high-severity violations. Inspectors cited the sandwich chain location for parasite destruction procedures not followed, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, inadequate shell stock records, no employee health policy, improper handwashing technique, and no person in charge on duty.
The parasite destruction citation is notable at a sandwich shop. Proper parasite destruction requires fish to be frozen to specific temperatures for specific durations before being served raw or undercooked. Without documentation that the process occurred, there is no way to verify it did.
Banh Mi and Tea at 8595 College Parkway drew 7 high-severity violations, including improper sewage or wastewater disposal, toxic substances improperly stored or used, no allergen awareness demonstrated, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, inadequate shell stock records, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, and no written employee health policy.
Sewage disposal failures appeared at three facilities this week. Cadeau Cafe at 10650 Metro Parkway was also cited for improper sewage or wastewater disposal, alongside food from unapproved sources, parasite destruction procedures not followed, food in poor condition, improper handwashing technique, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, and food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized. Wendy's #12397 at 7977 Dani Drive received the same sewage citation along with food not cooked to required minimum temperature and an employee not reporting illness symptoms.
Panda Express #1656 at 9330 Ben C. Pratt Six Mile Cypress Parkway accumulated 5 high-severity violations, including food not cooked to required minimum temperature, toxic substances improperly stored or used, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, food in poor condition, and improper handwashing technique. Inspectors also cited inadequate cooling and cold holding equipment as an intermediate violation, which compounds the cooking temperature concern: food that cannot be properly cooled is food that cannot be safely stored.
India's Grill at 4724 S. Cleveland Avenue drew 4 high-severity violations, including no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, improper handwashing technique, and no employee health policy. Inspectors also noted inadequate cooling and cold holding equipment.
Wendy's at 3783 Cleveland Avenue received 4 high-severity violations: food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and no allergen awareness demonstrated.
Hot Pot and Korean BBQ at 9345 Six Mile Cypress Parkway was cited for 4 high-severity violations including no person in charge present, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, improper handwashing technique, and food contact surfaces not properly cleaned.
Keke's Breakfast Cafe at 6891 Daniels Parkway drew 4 high-severity violations: inadequate shell stock records, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, and no allergen awareness demonstrated. All four are high-severity with no intermediate violations recorded, a pattern that suggests the facility's most basic safety documentation is missing rather than its equipment failing.
Token Ramen at 8001 Dani Drive was cited for 3 high-severity violations: an employee not reporting illness symptoms, food in poor condition or adulterated, and toxic substances improperly stored or used. Inspectors also noted improper sewage or wastewater disposal as an intermediate violation.
San Carlos Golf Club at 7420 Constitution Boulevard drew 3 high-severity violations: an employee not reporting illness symptoms, improper handwashing technique, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
Tacos 239 at 17597 Rockefeller Circle was cited for no employee health policy, improper handwashing technique, and inadequate shell stock records, all at the high-severity level.
Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant at 13671 Olympic Court received 3 high-severity violations: no person in charge present or performing duties, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, and food from unapproved or unknown sources.
Market Place Grill at 4135 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard drew 3 high-severity violations, including food contact surfaces not properly cleaned, no allergen awareness demonstrated, and required procedures for specialized processes not followed. That last citation covers techniques like smoking, curing, fermenting, and reduced-oxygen packaging, processes that require precise controls because they create conditions where dangerous bacteria can thrive if the procedures are wrong.
What These Violations Mean
The most common high-severity violation across this week's inspections was food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, cited at nine of the fifteen facilities including Kumo Six Mile, Lenny's Grill, Banh Mi and Tea, Cadeau Cafe, Panda Express, India's Grill, Wendy's on Cleveland Avenue, Hot Pot and Korean BBQ, and Keke's Breakfast Cafe. Cutting boards, prep tables, and slicers that are not properly sanitized between uses become direct transfer points for bacteria. A surface that touched raw chicken and is not sanitized before it touches ready-to-eat food is a contamination event waiting to happen.
The cluster of employee illness reporting failures is equally serious. Inspectors cited employees not reporting illness symptoms at Kumo Six Mile, Token Ramen, Banh Mi and Tea, Cadeau Cafe, Hot Pot and Korean BBQ, Wendy's on Dani Drive, San Carlos Golf Club, and Cooper's Hawk. Norovirus, which causes the majority of foodborne illness outbreaks in restaurant settings, spreads through a single sick food worker who continues handling food. A written health policy is the mechanism that gives employees both the obligation and the protection to stay home when sick.
Three facilities, Banh Mi and Tea, Cadeau Cafe, and Wendy's on Dani Drive, were cited for improper sewage or wastewater disposal. Raw sewage contains fecal pathogens including E. coli, Salmonella, and Hepatitis A. When wastewater is not properly contained and disposed of, those pathogens can reach food preparation surfaces, equipment, and food itself.
The unapproved food source citations at Kumo Six Mile, Cadeau Cafe, and Cooper's Hawk represent a traceability problem as much as a safety problem. When food enters a restaurant through channels that bypass USDA or FDA inspection, there is no paper trail. If a customer gets sick and investigators need to trace the source, the trail ends at the restaurant's back door.
The Longer Record
Kumo Six Mile's 10 high-severity violations this week come against a backdrop of 37 prior inspections on record, the highest count among facilities cited this week. That volume of inspections reflects years of regulatory contact, and this week's findings, spanning food sourcing, cooking temperatures, handwashing infrastructure, and management presence, suggest the facility has not resolved its most fundamental compliance gaps.
Panda Express #1656 has 29 prior inspections on record. India's Grill has 31. Both are facilities with long regulatory histories that were still drawing multiple high-severity violations this week, including cooking temperature failures at Panda Express and cooling equipment deficiencies at both locations. At some point, the inspection count stops being context and starts being the story.
Banh Mi and Tea College Pkwy, with only 5 prior inspections on record, is among the newest facilities in this week's data. It drew 7 high-severity violations, including sewage disposal failures, toxic substance storage problems, and no allergen awareness training. A facility that accumulates that citation load in its first handful of inspections is establishing a pattern early.
Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant, also with 10 prior inspections, drew a food from unapproved sources citation alongside no person in charge present. That combination, no oversight and unverified food supply, is one inspectors flag as particularly difficult to correct because neither problem is visible to the customer. Keke's Breakfast Cafe, with 20 prior inspections, still had no allergen awareness documentation on record when inspectors visited this week.
