MIAMI, FL. Food at Showgirls Inc on South Dixie Highway was not being cooked to required minimum temperatures when state inspectors arrived on August 17, a violation that means Salmonella, Campylobacter, and other pathogens can survive on a plate and reach a customer's table.
That was one of six high-severity violations inspectors documented that day. The facility was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooked food violation was not the only citation with a direct path from kitchen to customer. Inspectors also found that parasite destruction procedures were not being followed, a separate and serious failure for any establishment serving fish, pork, or wild game.
Parasite destruction requires either cooking to specific temperatures or freezing at prescribed times and temperatures. When neither happens, parasites including Anisakis in fish and Trichinella in pork can survive and infect anyone who eats the food.
Toxic substances were improperly identified, stored, or used. That citation sits in a different category from the biological hazards, because the risk is chemical, not microbial, and it is immediate rather than incubating.
Food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized. Inspectors also cited employees for improper handwashing technique, meaning staff were going through the motions of washing hands without the technique required to actually remove pathogens. A no consumer advisory violation rounded out the six high-severity citations, meaning customers with compromised immune systems, pregnant women, the elderly, and children were given no warning that raw or undercooked items were on the menu.
The four intermediate violations included improper sewage or wastewater disposal, improper sanitizer concentration or procedures, single-use items being reused, and inadequate ventilation and lighting. Ten violations in total. The restaurant stayed open.
What These Violations Mean
The undercooked food and parasite violations are connected but distinct threats. Undercooking is the more common path to foodborne illness, and Salmonella in poultry is among the most documented causes of outbreaks in Florida. The parasite violation adds a separate layer: parasites are not bacteria, and the standard defenses against bacterial illness, such as sanitizing surfaces or washing hands, do not eliminate them. Proper freezing or thorough cooking is the only control point, and inspectors found that control point was not being used at Showgirls Inc.
The improper handwashing technique citation is easy to underestimate. An employee who attempts to wash hands but uses incorrect technique, skipping the 20-second scrub, skipping between the fingers, rinsing without soap, transfers pathogens to every surface and every plate touched afterward. Combined with food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned or sanitized, the result is a kitchen where contamination can move freely from one surface to the next.
The sewage citation is the violation that most directly implicates the physical environment of the facility. Improper wastewater disposal creates fecal contamination risk throughout the space, not just at a single prep station. Raw sewage carries E. coli, Hepatitis A, and Norovirus. That violation, classified as intermediate rather than high-severity, was one of four in that tier found during the same inspection.
The missing consumer advisory matters specifically for the most vulnerable customers. Florida law requires that menus or table notices warn diners when raw or undercooked animal products are served. Without that notice, someone undergoing chemotherapy, a pregnant woman, or an elderly diner has no information to make a safer choice.
The Longer Record
The August 17 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show 23 inspections on file for Showgirls Inc, with 170 total violations documented across that history.
Every single inspection in the available prior history produced high-severity violations. The February 2026 visit, six months before this one, resulted in five high-severity and four intermediate violations. The two inspections in October 2025 produced three high-severity and four high-severity citations respectively. Going back further, a May 2025 inspection found five high-severity and one intermediate violation. A January 2025 inspection found four high-severity violations. There is no inspection in the available record that came back clean.
The facility has never been emergency-closed in 23 inspections. That is a fact the record contains.
The pattern across years is consistent: high-severity violations appear at every visit, the counts fluctuate between two and six, and the facility continues operating. The August 17 inspection produced the highest single-visit high-severity count in the available history, six, and matched the intermediate count from February.
Showgirls Inc on South Dixie Highway had 170 violations across 23 inspections, six of them high-severity on the most recent visit, and as of August 17, 2026, it remained open for business.
