KISSIMMEE, FL. A Kissimmee restaurant serving food from an unapproved or unknown source, with no allergen awareness demonstrated and toxic substances improperly stored, drew six high-severity citations in a single inspection during the week of April 18, 2026, the most of any facility reviewed that week. That restaurant was Socio at 6000 W Osceola Pkwy, and it was not alone.
Eight other Kissimmee restaurants collected high-severity violations during the same seven-day stretch, state inspection records show. Together, the nine facilities generated 29 high-severity citations.
What Inspectors Found
Socio's six high-severity violations covered nearly every category of acute food safety concern. Inspectors cited the restaurant for food from an unapproved or unknown source, inadequate shell stock identification records, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, toxic substances improperly identified or stored, no allergen awareness demonstrated, and improper handwashing technique. The two intermediate violations included improper use of wiping cloths and inadequate toilet facilities.
Two doors down, effectively, Green Room at the same 6000 W Osceola Pkwy address drew five high-severity citations of its own. Inspectors documented inadequate handwashing by food employees, improper handwashing technique, parasite destruction procedures not followed, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and time as a public health control not properly used.
Moor, also at 6000 W Osceola Pkwy, collected four high-severity violations. The inspector cited the restaurant for having no person in charge present or performing duties, improper handwashing technique, inadequate shell stock identification records, and toxic substances improperly identified or stored.
Wreckers Sports Bar / IRD, at 6000 W Osceola Pkwy, drew three high-severity violations: improper handwashing technique, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and time as a public health control not properly used. Inspectors also flagged multi-use utensils not properly cleaned and inadequate toilet facilities as intermediate violations.
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant #1005 at 5021 W Irlo Bronson Hwy drew three high-severity violations, including food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, time as a public health control not properly used, and toxic substances improperly identified or stored. Inspectors also cited the restaurant for reusing single-use items, an intermediate violation.
Cold Stone Creamery at 6000 W Osceola Pkwy drew two high-severity violations, one of which was inadequate shell stock identification records. The other was time as a public health control not properly used. Inspectors also cited improperly cleaned multi-use utensils.
Villa de Flora at 6000 W Osceola Pkwy was cited for improper handwashing technique and toxic substances improperly identified or stored, along with improperly cleaned multi-use utensils as an intermediate violation.
Sandbar, also at 6000 W Osceola Pkwy, drew two high-severity citations: no employee health policy or an inadequate policy, and inadequate shell stock identification records.
Old Hickory at 6000 W Osceola Pkwy was cited for no person in charge present or performing duties, and time as a public health control not properly used.
What These Violations Mean
The food from unapproved source citation at Socio is among the most serious violation types inspectors can document. When a restaurant cannot identify where its food came from, there is no traceability if a customer gets sick. USDA and FDA inspection systems exist to catch contamination before food reaches a kitchen; bypassing them means that safety net is gone entirely. Pathogens including Listeria and Salmonella have no visible markers, and a restaurant that cannot name its supplier cannot help investigators trace an outbreak.
Shellfish traceability failures appeared at four facilities this week: Socio, Moor, Cold Stone Creamery, and Sandbar. Oysters, clams, and mussels are frequently eaten raw or lightly cooked, which means cooking alone does not eliminate the risk. State rules require restaurants to keep shellfish tags on file so that, if a customer develops Vibrio or norovirus after eating raw shellfish, the source harvest bed can be identified and closed. Without those records, that chain breaks entirely.
Handwashing technique failures, cited at Socio, Green Room, Moor, Wreckers Sports Bar, and Villa de Flora, are distinct from simply not washing hands. Inspectors document this violation when an employee makes a handwashing attempt but does so incorrectly, often too briefly or without adequate soap contact time, leaving pathogens on the hands despite the effort. The distinction matters because the employee and the manager may believe handwashing is happening when the protective effect is largely absent.
The time as a public health control violations at Green Room, Wreckers Sports Bar, Olive Garden, Cold Stone Creamery, and Old Hickory involve a specific and documented gamble. When a kitchen opts to use time rather than temperature to keep food safe, the food is intentionally allowed to sit in the bacterial growth range, between 41 and 135 degrees Fahrenheit, for a defined window before being discarded. That system requires strict recordkeeping and discipline. When inspectors flag it as not properly used, it means food was in that danger zone for an untracked or excessive period, and the safeguard the restaurant was relying on had already failed.
The Longer Record
Seven of the nine facilities flagged this week operate at the same address, 6000 W Osceola Pkwy, which corresponds to the Gaylord Palms Resort complex. Wreckers Sports Bar has the longest inspection history of any facility in this week's roundup, with 25 prior inspections on record, and still drew three high-severity violations including handwashing technique and unsanitized food contact surfaces. Green Room, with 24 prior inspections, collected five high-severity citations this week, including parasite destruction failures and improperly used time controls.
Sandbar has 23 prior inspections on record and was cited this week for having no employee health policy. That violation means the restaurant had no written system in place to prevent sick workers from handling food, a foundational gap that inspectors flag as a direct transmission risk for norovirus and other pathogens. Twenty-three inspections is a long record to carry without that policy in place.
Olive Garden on Irlo Bronson Highway has 22 prior inspections and drew toxic substances improperly stored as one of its three high-severity violations this week. Villa de Flora has 21 prior inspections and was also cited for improper toxic substance storage. Moor, with 19 prior inspections, drew a citation for having no person in charge present, a violation that CDC data associates with three times as many critical violations during an inspection, because no one on the floor is accountable for correcting problems as they occur. Old Hickory, with 20 prior inspections, drew the same no-person-in-charge citation.
Socio, with 15 prior inspections, drew the most high-severity violations of any facility this week, six in total, including the food from unapproved source citation that no other facility matched. Cold Stone Creamery had only three prior inspections on record, making it the newest facility in the group, and it was already drawing high-severity citations for shellfish traceability and time control failures.
The Pattern
Six of the nine facilities were cited for toxic substance storage or handwashing failures, and four were cited for shellfish traceability gaps. That degree of overlap across separate kitchens at the same resort address, inspected in the same week, points to systemic gaps rather than isolated incidents.
The shellfish traceability violation at Cold Stone Creamery stands as the week's most unexpected citation. Shellfish tag recordkeeping is a requirement tied to raw or lightly cooked bivalves, foods not associated with an ice cream concept. The inspection record does not explain what shellfish product triggered the citation.