NAPLES, FL. Inspectors cited 12 restaurants across Naples, Marco Island, and Bonita Springs for high-severity health violations during the week of July 6 through July 12, 2026, with a Pine Ridge Road sushi and ceviche restaurant accumulating seven high-severity findings in a single visit, the highest count in the corridor for the period.
Komoon Thai Sushi and Ceviche at 1575 Pine Ridge Road drew citations across nearly every layer of food safety oversight. Inspectors found no person in charge performing duties, no employee health policy, employees not reporting illness symptoms, inadequate handwashing, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, missing consumer advisories for raw and undercooked foods, and inadequate shell stock identification records, all in a single inspection.
That last finding matters in a restaurant serving raw shellfish and ceviche. Without proper shellfish tags and receiving records, there is no way to trace where oysters, clams, or mussels came from if a customer gets sick.
What Inspectors Found
Nunzio's Taste of Italy at 3375 Pine Ridge Road was cited for five high-severity violations, including food sourced from an unapproved or unknown supplier. No person in charge was performing duties, employees were not reporting illness symptoms, handwashing technique was cited as improper, and no consumer advisory was posted for raw or undercooked menu items.
Food from unapproved sources is among the most serious findings inspectors can document. It means the restaurant cannot demonstrate that its ingredients passed federal safety inspections, and if a customer becomes ill, public health officials have no supply chain to trace.
Red Rooster of Marco LLC at 1821 San Marco Road on Marco Island drew four high-severity citations, including food in poor condition or adulterated, inadequate shellfish identification records, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, and no consumer advisory for raw items. Two intermediate violations were also noted, for improperly cleaned multi-use utensils and improper use of wiping cloths.
Napoli on the Bay II at 4270 Tamiami Trail East was cited for four high-severity violations, including a failure to follow parasite destruction procedures for fish and a finding that food was not cooked to required minimum temperatures. Food contact surfaces were also cited as improperly cleaned, and no consumer advisory was posted.
The parasite destruction finding is specific: without proper freezing protocols, parasites including Anisakis in fish and Trichinella in pork can survive to the plate.
Brick Coffee and Bar at 531 5th Avenue South sits on one of Naples' most visited tourist strips. Inspectors found three high-severity violations there, including employees not reporting illness symptoms, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
Swan River Seafoods at 3741 Tamiami Trail North was cited for no person in charge performing duties, employees not reporting illness symptoms, and inadequate handwashing facilities. That third finding is infrastructure-level: when handwashing stations are inadequate, proper hand hygiene is not possible regardless of employee intent.
Alice Sweetwater's Bar N Grill at 1996 South Airport Road drew three high-severity citations, including no person in charge performing duties, improper handwashing technique, and improperly cleaned food contact surfaces. An intermediate violation for inadequate toilet facilities was also noted.
New York Pizza and Pasta at 8855 Immokalee Road was cited for two high-severity violations, including food from an unapproved or unknown source and improper handwashing technique. Inspectors also documented three intermediate violations, including improper sewage or wastewater disposal and inadequate toilet facilities.
Timbers Table Pool Bars at 3900 City Gate Boulevard North was cited for inadequate shellfish identification records and a failure to follow required procedures for specialized food processes. A companion facility at the same address, Fireside Freshwoods, drew two high-severity citations for employees not reporting illness symptoms and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled.
Tokyo Thai Sushi at 3743 Tamiami Trail East was cited for employees not reporting illness symptoms and improper handwashing technique.
Szechuan Chinese Restaurant at 3753 Tamiami Trail East drew one high-severity citation, for toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled.
What These Violations Mean
The cluster of employee illness reporting failures at Komoon, Nunzio's, Brick Coffee and Bar, Swan River Seafoods, Tokyo Thai Sushi, and Fireside Freshwoods carries a specific risk for tourists. Visitors who eat at multiple restaurants over a short trip, then return home to other states, are unlikely to connect a later illness to a specific Naples meal. That makes the reporting gap harder to close. Norovirus, the most common foodborne illness in the United States, spreads directly from infected food workers who handle ready-to-eat foods without barriers.
The handwashing violations documented at Komoon, Nunzio's, Alice Sweetwater's, New York Pizza and Pasta, and Tokyo Thai Sushi are not all the same finding. Komoon was cited for inadequate handwashing, meaning the practice itself was insufficient. Nunzio's, Alice Sweetwater's, New York Pizza and Pasta, and Tokyo Thai Sushi were cited for improper technique, meaning workers attempted to wash hands but did so incorrectly. Studies show improper technique leaves as many pathogens on hands as no washing at all.
The shellfish traceability violations at Komoon, Red Rooster of Marco, and Timbers Table Pool Bars are acutely relevant during summer tourist season. Shellfish, including oysters and clams, are consumed raw or lightly cooked and are a documented vector for Vibrio and Norovirus. When shell stock tags and receiving records are absent or incomplete, public health officials cannot identify the harvest location or date if an outbreak occurs. That traceability gap is the entire point of the tag requirement.
The food from unapproved source findings at Nunzio's and New York Pizza and Pasta represent a different category of risk entirely. Approved suppliers are required to operate under USDA or FDA oversight. Ingredients from outside that system may have bypassed pathogen testing for Listeria, Salmonella, and E. coli entirely.
The Longer Record
The data does not include prior inspection counts for these facilities, so it is not possible to characterize whether this week's findings represent a departure from established patterns or a continuation of documented problems. What the record does show is the scope of the current week: 12 facilities cited, 38 high-severity violations total across the corridor, and findings that span food sourcing, employee health, handwashing infrastructure, shellfish traceability, and chemical storage.
Several of the addresses involved are not newcomers to the Naples dining scene. Komoon Thai Sushi and Ceviche, Szechuan Chinese Restaurant, and Tokyo Thai Sushi all operate within a short stretch of Tamiami Trail, a corridor that sees heavy local and visitor traffic. Red Rooster of Marco operates on Marco Island's primary commercial road, where summer tourist traffic remains steady despite the off-peak season.
Brick Coffee and Bar's location on 5th Avenue South places it among the highest-foot-traffic restaurant blocks in Naples, a strip that draws visitors specifically during summer evening hours. The three high-severity violations documented there during this inspection period, including the employee illness reporting failure, were recorded against that backdrop.
New York Pizza and Pasta's combination of food from an unapproved source and improper sewage disposal, documented in the same inspection, remains on the record without a noted follow-up outcome in the data provided.
