WESTON, FL. A Weston pizzeria that serves raw and undercooked fish was cited in August for failing to follow parasite destruction procedures, meaning customers who ordered those dishes had no assurance the fish had been frozen or cooked to the temperatures required to kill Anisakis and tapeworm larvae.
State inspectors visited Mangia e Bevi Pizzeria Napoletana at 2378 Weston Rd on August 12, 2026, and documented eight high-severity violations and three intermediate violations. The restaurant was not emergency-closed.
What Inspectors Found
The parasite destruction citation is among the most serious on the list. A Neapolitan-style pizzeria that serves fish dishes is expected to either freeze fish to specific temperatures for specific durations or cook it to verified internal temperatures before serving. The inspection record does not indicate either requirement was being met.
The restaurant was also cited for food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, a separate violation that compounds the parasite concern. Together, those two citations describe a kitchen where undercooked protein was reaching customers without the safeguards designed to prevent it.
Inspectors also found that employees were not reporting illness symptoms, that handwashing facilities were inadequate, and that the hand and arm washing technique used by staff was improper. That is three distinct failures in the chain that is supposed to keep sick workers from transmitting pathogens directly to food.
Toxic substances were improperly identified, stored, or used. Food was found in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated. The restaurant had no consumer advisory posted to warn customers about the risks of raw or undercooked items, which is required precisely so that elderly diners, pregnant women, and people with compromised immune systems can make an informed choice before ordering.
What These Violations Mean
The parasite destruction failure is not a paperwork problem. Fish served without proper freezing or verified cooking temperatures can carry live Anisakis larvae, which burrow into the stomach lining and cause severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Tapeworm is also a documented risk in improperly handled fish. At a restaurant that serves Neapolitan-style food, where raw or lightly cooked fish preparations are common, this violation is directly tied to what lands on a customer's plate.
The illness reporting failure is the kind of violation that precedes outbreaks. Norovirus spreads most efficiently when a sick food worker handles ready-to-eat food, and it takes fewer than 20 viral particles to infect a person. A restaurant where employees are not required or trained to report symptoms has no mechanism to pull a sick worker off the line before that transmission happens.
The handwashing failures at Mangia e Bevi are layered. Inadequate facilities means the physical infrastructure for hand hygiene is compromised. Improper technique means that even when workers attempt to wash their hands, they are not doing it in a way that removes pathogens. Both violations at the same inspection means the kitchen had no reliable handwashing at all on August 12.
Improperly stored or unlabeled toxic substances create a direct chemical contamination risk. If a cleaning chemical is stored near or above food, or in an unmarked container that could be mistaken for a food ingredient, the consequences can be acute and immediate.
The Longer Record
Mangia e Bevi: Inspection History
This is not the first time Mangia e Bevi has accumulated a heavy violation count in a single inspection. State records show the restaurant has been inspected 11 times and has accumulated 65 total violations. It was emergency-closed once before, in July 2024, after inspectors found roach activity.
The pattern is consistent and it has not resolved. In January 2026, just seven months before the August inspection, the restaurant drew seven high-severity violations. The August inspection produced eight. The violation count is moving in the wrong direction.
Four of the last five substantive inspections, going back to July 2024, produced four or more high-severity violations each. The one exception was January 2025, when inspectors found zero high-severity violations. That result appears isolated against the broader record.
Open for Business
A follow-up inspection on August 13, the day after the eight-violation visit, found one remaining high-severity violation and no intermediate violations. The restaurant was not closed at any point during this inspection cycle.
Customers who ate at Mangia e Bevi on August 12 did so while the kitchen had no verified parasite controls for fish, no confirmed cooking temperatures for food, no functioning handwashing system, and no posted warning about the risks of raw or undercooked items.
The restaurant remained open.
