ORLANDO, FL. An inspector visiting Hangry Joe's Hot Chicken and Wings at 275 S. Chickasaw Trail on June 15 found food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, a violation that means no one can trace where that chicken came from if a customer gets sick.

The restaurant was not closed.

What Inspectors Found

1HIGHFood from unapproved or unknown sourceNo traceability
2HIGHParasite destruction procedures not followedSurvival risk
3HIGHEmployee not reporting illness symptomsOutbreak risk
4HIGHFood contact surfaces not properly sanitizedCross-contamination
5HIGHFood in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulteratedQuality hazard
6HIGHNo consumer advisory for raw/undercooked foodsUninformed diners
7HIGHInadequate shell stock identification/recordsNo shellfish trace
8HIGHPerson in charge not present or performing dutiesManagement failure
9HIGHImproper hand and arm washing techniquePathogen transfer

The June 15 inspection produced nine high-severity violations and three intermediate ones. Beyond the unapproved food sourcing, inspectors cited the restaurant for failing to follow parasite destruction procedures, a violation that applies when fish, pork, or other parasite-risk proteins are not properly frozen or cooked before serving.

Inspectors also found that employees were not reporting symptoms of illness, that food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned and sanitized, and that food on the premises was in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated. A consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods was absent, and shellfish identification records were inadequate, meaning there was no way to trace the origin of any shellfish served that day.

The person in charge was either not present or not performing required duties. Employees were observed using improper handwashing technique.

On the intermediate side, inspectors cited the facility for improper sewage or wastewater disposal, reuse of single-use items, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.

What These Violations Mean

Food from unapproved sources is not a paperwork problem. When a restaurant cannot document where its food came from, there is no way to issue a targeted recall or trace an illness back to a supplier if customers start getting sick. USDA and FDA inspections exist precisely to screen for Listeria, Salmonella, and other pathogens before product reaches a kitchen. Food that bypasses that chain carries unknown risk.

The parasite destruction failure compounds that concern directly at Hangry Joe's, a restaurant built around chicken and wings. Parasites including Anisakis in fish and Trichinella in pork survive if food is not frozen to required temperatures or cooked thoroughly. Customers who ordered anything in those categories on June 15 had no way of knowing that protocol had not been followed.

The illness-reporting failure is the violation that most directly turns a kitchen into an outbreak source. A food worker who is sick with norovirus and does not report it can contaminate dozens of meals before anyone notices. Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, and it spreads through exactly this pathway. Improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, also cited here, give any pathogen already in the kitchen a reliable route onto the next plate.

The absence of a person in charge is not incidental to the rest of this list. CDC data links facilities without active managerial control to three times more critical violations. Every other failure on this inspection is easier to understand when no one with authority was present to stop it.

The Longer Record

Hangry Joe's Inspection History, Selected Visits

June 20269 high-severity, 3 intermediate violations. Food from unapproved sources, parasite failures, no manager on duty.
July 20249 high-severity, 3 intermediate violations. Matched the severity of the most recent inspection exactly.
January 20257 high-severity, 3 intermediate violations across a two-day inspection sequence.
August 20256 high-severity, 3 intermediate violations.
28 total inspections on record269 total violations accumulated across the facility's history.

The June inspection was not an outlier. State records show Hangry Joe's has been inspected 28 times and has accumulated 269 total violations. The restaurant has never been emergency-closed.

In July 2024, inspectors found the exact same tally: 9 high-severity violations and 3 intermediate ones. That inspection did not produce a closure either. The pattern continued through January 2025, when a two-day inspection sequence yielded 7 high-severity violations, and through August 2025, when inspectors found 6 high-severity violations.

Two inspections in that same window, in March 2025 and September 2024, produced zero high-severity violations. The record shows a facility capable of passing cleanly and equally capable of producing some of the most serious violation lists in its inspection category, sometimes within months of each other.

Still Open

Florida's emergency closure authority applies when an inspector determines that continued operation poses an immediate threat to public health. Nine high-severity violations at Hangry Joe's on June 15, including food from unverifiable sources and parasites that may not have been destroyed, did not meet that threshold.

The restaurant remained open after the inspection.