MIAMI BEACH, FL. Food was not cooked to the required minimum temperature at Redhead Sub-N-Pizza, Burgers & Ice Cream on Ocean Drive when state inspectors arrived on June 4, 2026, a violation that means pathogens like Salmonella in undercooked poultry can survive and reach a customer's plate. That was one of six high-severity violations documented at the restaurant that day. Inspectors left without closing it.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooked food violation was not the only finding tied directly to what reaches a customer's mouth. Inspectors also cited food contact surfaces, including cutting boards and prep equipment, as not properly cleaned or sanitized, a condition that creates a direct transfer route for bacteria between raw and ready-to-eat foods.
The restaurant also lacked a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked items on its menu. That notice is the only mechanism that alerts customers with compromised immune systems, pregnant women, the elderly, and young children that certain dishes carry elevated risk.
Inspectors found that shellfish on the premises lacked adequate identification records. Without that documentation, there is no way to trace the origin of oysters, clams, or mussels if a customer becomes ill. The shell stock traceability system exists precisely because shellfish are frequently consumed raw or barely cooked, and contaminated batches have caused multi-state outbreaks.
Two violations pointed to the people preparing the food, not just the food itself. Employees were not properly reporting illness symptoms, and handwashing technique was cited as inadequate. An employee who washes hands incorrectly leaves the same pathogens on their hands as an employee who skips the sink entirely.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of undercooked food and improperly sanitized food contact surfaces is not a paperwork problem. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. If a cutting board used on raw chicken is not sanitized before a sandwich is assembled on it, the cooking step never happened for that sandwich.
The illness-reporting violation is the one that turns a single sick worker into a multi-victim outbreak. Norovirus spreads through food handled by an infected employee, and it takes only a small viral load to sicken a customer. The reporting requirement exists so that employees with symptoms are removed from food handling before that transfer occurs. At Redhead Sub-N-Pizza, inspectors found that system was not functioning.
Multi-use utensils that are not properly cleaned develop bacterial biofilms within 24 hours. Those biofilms resist standard rinsing and can protect bacteria through routine sanitation steps. Combined with the food contact surface violation cited the same day, the June 4 inspection documented a kitchen where contamination pathways were open at multiple points simultaneously.
The missing consumer advisory for raw and undercooked foods is a specific harm to a specific population. A person undergoing chemotherapy, a pregnant woman, or a 70-year-old customer has no way to make an informed choice about the risk on their plate if the menu does not tell them the risk exists.
The Longer Record
The June 4 inspection was the 22nd on record for this Ocean Drive location. Across those 22 inspections, state records show 161 total violations. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
This was not the worst single inspection in that history. In March 2025, inspectors documented eight high-severity violations and two intermediate violations in one visit, the highest single-day count in the available record. The June 2026 inspection, with six high-severity findings, was the second-highest.
The pattern between those two dates is notable. After the March 2025 inspection, follow-up visits in July 2025 showed the numbers drop to one or three high-severity violations per visit. Then, eleven months later, the count climbed back to six. A single clean inspection in July 2024, with zero violations recorded, stands as the only blemish-free visit in the recent history.
High-severity violations have appeared in every inspection year in the available record, including 2024 and 2025. The categories rotate, but the severity level does not. This was not a new low for the restaurant. It was a return to one.
Still Open
State inspectors have the authority to order an emergency closure when conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Six high-severity violations at a single inspection, including undercooked food, untracked shellfish, unreported employee illness, and unsanitized food contact surfaces, did not meet that threshold on June 4, 2026.
Redhead Sub-N-Pizza, Burgers & Ice Cream at 1144 Ocean Drive was not closed. It remained open to customers.