MIAMI, FL. Food from unapproved or unknown sources was among seven high-severity violations documented at Mr and Mrs Bun on SW 72nd Street during a state inspection on April 28, 2026, and the restaurant was not closed.

The facility at 15572 SW 72nd Street drew 14 violations total that day, split evenly between seven high-severity and seven intermediate citations. State inspectors found toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled near food, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, and no written employee health policy on the premises.

Inspectors also cited improper hand and arm washing technique and the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. Together, the seven high-severity violations span nearly every major pathway through which a restaurant can sicken a customer.

What Inspectors Found

1HIGHFood from unapproved or unknown sourceHigh severity
2HIGHFood not cooked to required minimum temperatureHigh severity
3HIGHToxic chemicals improperly stored or labeledHigh severity
4HIGHFood contact surfaces not properly cleaned/sanitizedHigh severity
5HIGHNo employee health policyHigh severity
6HIGHImproper hand and arm washing techniqueHigh severity
7HIGHNo consumer advisory for raw/undercooked foodsHigh severity
8INTImproper sewage or waste water disposalIntermediate
9INTInadequate cooling/cold holding equipmentIntermediate
10INTSingle-use items improperly reusedIntermediate

The unapproved food source violation is among the most difficult for customers to assess on their own. Food purchased outside of USDA and FDA-regulated supply chains carries no traceability. If someone gets sick, there is no lot number, no distributor record, no recall pathway.

The undercooking violation compounds that risk directly. A burger patty from an unknown source, cooked below the required minimum temperature, presents a layered hazard that inspectors are trained to treat as a priority.

Toxic chemicals stored improperly near food represent a separate and acute danger. Inspectors also cited inadequate cooling and cold holding equipment, meaning the facility lacked the mechanical capacity to keep food out of the temperature range where bacteria multiply fastest.

The sewage and wastewater disposal violation rounds out the picture. Improper sewage handling introduces fecal contamination risk throughout the facility, affecting every surface, every utensil, and every food item prepared in the space.

What These Violations Mean

The food from unapproved source citation means inspectors could not verify where at least some of the food at Mr and Mrs Bun originated. Approved sources are licensed, inspected, and traceable. Without that chain, there is no mechanism to identify contaminated product if customers begin reporting illness.

The cooking temperature violation is a direct survival pathway for pathogens. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. When food arrives from an unverified source and is then undercooked, the two violations interact in a way that neither alone fully captures.

No written employee health policy means there is no formal system requiring sick workers to stay out of the kitchen. Norovirus, one of the most common causes of foodborne illness outbreaks in restaurant settings, spreads readily through food handled by an infected employee. The absence of a policy does not guarantee a sick worker was present, but it removes the one structural safeguard designed to prevent it.

Improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, reused single-use items, and multi-use utensils not properly cleaned all point to the same underlying breakdown: surfaces that should be sanitary are not, and the contamination can transfer to every plate that leaves the kitchen.

The Longer Record

Mr and Mrs Bun: Recent Inspection Pattern

2024-01-12: Emergency closureClosed by state order for roach activity.
2025-11-06 through 11-08: Three inspections in three days4 to 6 high-severity violations documented across all three visits.
2026-01-15 and 01-21: Two inspections in one week3 high-severity violations each visit, 4 intermediate each time.
2026-04-28: 7 high, 7 intermediate violationsHighest single-inspection severity count in the recent record. Facility remained open.
2026-04-30: 6 high, 5 intermediate violationsSecond high-severity inspection within two days of the April 28 visit.

The April 28 inspection was not an isolated event. State records show 37 inspections on file for Mr and Mrs Bun, with 518 total violations documented across that history.

The facility was emergency-closed on January 12, 2024, for roach activity. In November 2025, inspectors visited three days in a row, finding between four and six high-severity violations on each visit. In January 2026, two inspections six days apart each produced three high-severity citations.

The April 28 inspection, with seven high-severity violations, was the steepest single-day count in the recent record. Two days later, on April 30, inspectors returned and found six high-severity and five intermediate violations.

That is 13 high-severity violations across two consecutive inspections, at a facility with one prior emergency closure and 518 violations in its full history.

After the April 28 inspection, Mr and Mrs Bun remained open.