MIAMI LAKES, FL. State inspectors walked into Korner 67 on Main Street on September 3 and found food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, meaning there is no traceability if a customer gets sick and no guarantee the product ever passed a federal safety inspection.
That was one of nine high-severity violations documented that day. The restaurant remained open.
What Inspectors Found
Inspectors also cited the facility for inadequate shell stock identification records. Korner 67 serves shellfish, which are consumed raw or lightly cooked and carry a higher baseline risk for foodborne illness. Without proper tagging and harvest records, there is no way to trace a contaminated batch if customers fall ill.
Toxic chemicals were found improperly stored or labeled near food. That is a direct contamination risk, not a paperwork issue.
No person in charge was present or performing supervisory duties during the inspection. Inspectors also found that employees were not reporting symptoms of illness, that handwashing facilities were inadequate, and that employees who did attempt to wash their hands were not doing so correctly. Those four violations, together, describe a kitchen with no functioning hygiene oversight at any level.
The three intermediate violations included multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, improper use of wiping cloths, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
What These Violations Mean
The food sourcing violation is one of the most serious a facility can receive. Food from unapproved or unknown suppliers has not been inspected under USDA or FDA protocols. If a product is contaminated with Listeria, Salmonella, or E. coli, there is no paperwork linking it to a distributor or farm. An outbreak investigation has nowhere to start.
The illness reporting failure compounds that risk directly. Food workers who do not report symptoms of norovirus, hepatitis A, or Salmonella continue handling food while contagious. Norovirus in particular spreads from a single infected food handler to dozens of customers through contaminated surfaces and ready-to-eat food. This violation is consistently identified by the CDC as the leading cause of multi-victim restaurant outbreaks.
Inadequate handwashing facilities and improper technique are not duplicates of each other. The first means the physical infrastructure, the sink, the soap, the access, was not functional or available. The second means that even when a handwashing attempt was made, it was done incorrectly. Both were cited on the same day.
The shellfish records violation carries its own timeline risk. Oysters, clams, and mussels are filter feeders that concentrate bacteria and viruses from their growing waters. Harvest tags are required precisely because contamination events are not always visible. Without those records, Korner 67 cannot identify the source of any illness tied to shellfish it served.
The Longer Record
The September 3 inspection was not an aberration. State records show 30 inspections on file for Korner 67, with 201 total violations accumulated across that history.
The pattern of high-severity violations is consistent going back years. In September 2024, inspectors cited 6 high-severity and 2 intermediate violations. In December 2023, the count was 5 high-severity and 2 intermediate. In March 2025, inspectors found 5 high-severity violations and 1 intermediate. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The April 30, 2026 inspection produced zero violations of any severity. That clean inspection came roughly four months before the September visit that produced nine high-severity citations. The swing from zero to nine in a single inspection cycle is itself part of the record.
Still Open
Florida's emergency closure authority is triggered when inspectors determine that conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Nine high-severity violations at Korner 67 on September 3, including food from unknown sources, no illness reporting system, inadequate handwashing infrastructure, and toxic chemicals stored near food, did not meet that threshold.
The restaurant was not closed.
