MIAMI, FL. Inspectors visiting Maman at 98 SE 8th Street this week documented 10 high-severity violations in a single inspection, including food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, failure to follow parasite destruction procedures for fish, inadequate shellfish traceability records, food cooked below required minimum temperatures, and improperly cleaned food contact surfaces. The Brickell-area café led all 15 Miami facilities flagged for high-severity violations during the week of May 18, 2026.
The Worst of the Week
Maman's 10 high-severity findings are notable for their breadth. Beyond the sourcing and parasite concerns, inspectors also cited employees for both failing to wash hands adequately and using improper washing technique, two separate violations that together describe a kitchen where handwashing was being done wrong on multiple levels simultaneously.
Vice City Pizza at 2615 SW 147th Avenue recorded nine high-severity violations, the second-highest total of the week. Those included no written employee health policy, improper handwashing on two separate counts, food in poor condition, food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled alongside food preparation areas.
Moon Thai and Japanese at 16311 SW 88th Street drew eight high-severity violations. Inspectors cited employees for failing to report illness symptoms and for improper handwashing technique. The restaurant also lacked consumer advisories for raw or undercooked foods, a notable gap for a menu that includes Japanese dishes commonly served raw, and was cited for two separate chemical storage violations covering both improper labeling and improper use of toxic substances.
Bahamas Fish Market and Restaurant No. 2 at 13399 SW 42nd Street drew seven high-severity violations, including no employee health policy, food in poor condition, improper use of time as a public health control, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked items, and two separate chemical storage violations. Inspectors also noted improper sanitizing solution or procedures, meaning the facility lacked both a functional illness reporting structure and adequate surface disinfection.
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El Bagel at 3015 Grand Avenue in Coconut Grove recorded six high-severity violations. Among them: food from unapproved or unknown sources, failure to follow parasite destruction procedures, employees not reporting illness symptoms, and toxic substances improperly identified or stored. A bagel shop serving fish products without documented parasite destruction protocols is a direct risk for customers eating lox or other minimally processed fish.
Chateau ZZ's at 1500 Brickell Avenue also drew six high-severity violations. Inspectors found no employee health policy, food from unapproved sources, parasite destruction failures, food not cooked to required temperatures, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked items, and toxic substances improperly identified or stored. An intermediate violation for improper sewage or wastewater disposal added to the picture.
Two Snappers locations were cited this week. Snappers Fish and Chicken at 18312 NW 7th Avenue drew two high-severity violations, including inadequate handwashing and improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, along with a citation for reusing single-use items. The second location, Snappers Fish and Chicken at 6700 NW 7th Avenue, recorded five high-severity violations: improper handwashing technique, inadequate shellfish identification records, no consumer advisory for raw items, improperly stored chemicals, and no demonstrated allergen awareness, a violation that carries direct risk for the 32 million Americans with diagnosed food allergies.
DC Pie Co. at 1010 Brickell Avenue received five high-severity violations. Inspectors noted that no person in charge was present or performing duties, no employee health policy existed, employees were not reporting illness symptoms, handwashing technique was inadequate, and food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized. Three of those five violations involve illness transmission, which is a pattern inspectors and public health officials treat as a marker for systemic management failure.
Naruto 88 Bistro at 18514 NW 67th Avenue was also cited for no person in charge present or performing duties, alongside food from unapproved sources, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, improperly stored chemicals, and employees not reporting illness symptoms. Springhill Suites Miami Arts/Health District at 1311 NW 10th Avenue drew five high-severity violations as well, including inadequate handwashing, improper technique, food in poor condition, food not cooked to required temperatures, and toxic substances improperly identified or stored, along with an intermediate citation for improper sewage or wastewater disposal.
China Town at 649 NW 62nd Street was cited for improper handwashing technique, inadequate shellfish traceability records, failure to follow parasite destruction procedures, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, and improperly stored chemicals. Napoli 1800 Cucina and Pizzeria at 11510 SW 147th Avenue drew the same total of five high-severity violations, including food from unapproved sources, shellfish traceability failures, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, improperly stored chemicals, and improper handwashing technique.
The Spa Cafe at 1 Quay Boulevard rounded out the list with five high-severity violations: improper handwashing technique, food from unapproved sources, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, food not cooked to required temperatures, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked items. Dona Paulina I at 8263 SW 40th Street drew the fewest high-severity citations this week, two, covering improperly cleaned food contact surfaces and improperly stored chemicals.
What These Violations Mean
The food-from-unapproved-sources violation cited at Maman, El Bagel, Chateau ZZ's, Naruto 88 Bistro, Napoli 1800, and The Spa Cafe is more than a paperwork problem. When food enters a kitchen from an uninspected or unregistered supplier, there is no traceability chain. If a customer becomes ill, investigators cannot trace the product back to its origin, identify other affected customers, or issue a recall. It is the violation that makes outbreaks impossible to contain.
Parasite destruction failures at Maman, El Bagel, Chateau ZZ's, and China Town carry a specific and underappreciated risk. Fish served raw or lightly cured, including sushi, sashimi, gravlax, and ceviche, must be frozen to specific temperatures for specific durations before service to kill parasites including Anisakis, a worm that can embed in the stomach lining and cause severe abdominal pain requiring surgical removal. Skipping that step does not change how the dish looks or tastes.
The handwashing violations documented across more than half the facilities cited this week represent the single most direct contamination pathway from kitchen worker to customer. Inspectors at Maman documented both inadequate handwashing and improper technique as separate violations, meaning that in at least one case a worker attempted to wash hands but did so incorrectly. That is a training failure, not an oversight.
At Vice City Pizza and DC Pie Co., the combination of no employee health policy, no illness reporting, and inadequate handwashing describes a kitchen where a sick worker has no formal obligation to stay home, no reminder that they should, and no consistent hygiene barrier even when they do come in. That combination is what public health investigators most commonly find in the background of multi-victim outbreaks.
The Longer Record
The Snappers location at 18312 NW 7th Avenue has 52 prior inspections on record, the highest total among all facilities cited this week. That volume of inspections over a facility's lifespan is not unusual for an older establishment, but it does mean inspectors have visited repeatedly. The NW 7th Avenue location at 6700 has 42 prior inspections. Both locations drew handwashing and shellfish-related violations this week, categories that recur across seafood-focused operations.
Moon Thai and Japanese has 31 prior inspections on record and drew eight high-severity violations this week, including illness reporting failures and two chemical storage citations. China Town, with 33 prior inspections, and Dona Paulina I, with 30, both have extended histories with the inspection program and were cited again this week in overlapping categories.
Maman, by contrast, has only three prior inspections on record. A facility that new accumulating 10 high-severity violations in a single visit, across categories as serious as unapproved food sourcing and parasite destruction failures, is a different kind of concern than a longtime establishment still struggling with the same recurring issues. It suggests the foundational food safety practices were not in place from the start.
Chateau ZZ's has five prior inspections on record, and DC Pie Co. has 24. Both are relatively newer entrants to the inspection record and both drew five or more high-severity violations this week, including management-level failures around illness policies and employee oversight. Whether either facility has addressed those violations since the inspections were conducted this week has not been confirmed in state records.