HOLLYWOOD, FL. A state inspector walked into K Roasters on Stirling Road on September 29, 2026, and left with six high-severity violations on the books, including food that had not been cooked to the required minimum temperature. The facility was not closed.
The six high-severity findings place this inspection among the most serious in the facility's documented history. State records show the Hollywood location at 6790-6792 Stirling Road has accumulated 99 total violations across 23 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooking violation is the most direct threat to anyone who ate there. Pathogens like Salmonella survive in poultry that has not reached 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and inspectors documented that K Roasters was not meeting required minimum temperatures on September 29.
Alongside that, inspectors cited food in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated, a finding that covers everything from spoiled product to items that cannot be accurately identified. And the facility had no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked menu items, meaning customers had no written notice that they were eating food that carried elevated risk.
The shellfish violation adds another layer. Inspectors found inadequate shell stock identification or records, meaning that if a customer became ill after eating oysters, clams, or mussels, there would be no documentation to trace where the shellfish came from or when it was harvested.
No person in charge was present or performing duties during the inspection. State records consistently link that condition to higher rates of critical violations across a facility, because without active oversight, the failures tend to compound.
What These Violations Mean
The undercooking violation is not a paperwork problem. Salmonella, Campylobacter, and other pathogens that live in poultry and ground meat are destroyed by heat, and the required minimum temperatures exist because scientists have measured exactly where those organisms die. Food served below that threshold can carry a live pathogen to the table.
The illness-reporting failure is a separate and acute risk. When food workers do not report symptoms, they can transmit norovirus and other illnesses directly to food during preparation. Norovirus in particular is extraordinarily contagious, and a single symptomatic worker handling food can trigger an outbreak affecting dozens of customers.
The shellfish traceability failure matters most after the fact. Shellfish are filter feeders that concentrate bacteria and viruses from the water they live in. When there are no records identifying the harvest location and date, public health officials investigating a cluster of illnesses cannot pull the product or warn other consumers. The paper trail is the only tool available once someone gets sick.
The absence of a person in charge during the inspection is significant not just as a standalone violation but as a condition that allows the others to exist. CDC data shows establishments without active managerial control accumulate critical violations at three times the rate of those with engaged oversight. At K Roasters on September 29, the management failure and the food safety failures arrived together.
The Longer Record
Twenty-three inspections on record is a substantial history, and the pattern across those visits shows this was not an isolated bad day. Going back to November 2023, K Roasters has never had a clean inspection in the records provided. Every visit has produced at least one high-severity citation.
The most recent inspections before September 29 each produced one high-severity violation, on September 30, 2026, and on June 15, 2026. But the September 29 inspection stands apart. Six high-severity violations in a single visit is the highest single-day count in the facility's documented history.
Prior visits in 2025 produced four high-severity violations each, across inspections in January, July, and November of that year. The 2024 inspections produced two and three high-severity findings respectively. The trajectory from 2023 to late 2026 does not show a facility correcting course.
K Roasters has never been emergency-closed, according to state records. That 23-inspection record, spanning 99 total violations, has not once resulted in a closure order.
Open for Business
After an inspector documented food cooked below required minimum temperatures, shellfish with no traceability records, employees not reporting illness symptoms, food in poor condition, no consumer advisory for raw items, and no person in charge, K Roasters remained open on Stirling Road.
The follow-up inspection the next day, September 30, produced one high-severity violation.
