MIAMI, FL. A restaurant on NW 7th Avenue in Miami drew 12 high-severity violations in a single inspection during the week of July 27, 2026, the highest single-facility count among 15 flagged restaurants across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties that week.
The Worst of the Week
Morgans at 2800 NW 7th Ave accumulated 12 high-severity violations and 5 intermediate violations in a single visit. Inspectors cited the facility for having no person in charge present, no employee health policy, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, improper handwashing technique, food from an unapproved or unknown source, food in poor condition, inadequate shell stock identification, and improperly cleaned food contact surfaces.
The food-from-unapproved-source citation is among the most serious on the list. It means at least some of what was being served that week arrived outside the regulated supply chain, with no USDA or FDA inspection trail.
Seabra Bakery and Cafe at 465-475 NE Spanish River Blvd in Boca Raton matched Morgans' management breakdown almost point for point. Inspectors found no person in charge, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, inadequate handwashing, improper handwashing technique, food from an unapproved source, inadequate shell stock records, unclean food contact surfaces, and food not cooked to the required minimum temperature. That last violation, combined with the sourcing citation, creates a compounding risk: food of uncertain origin, cooked to uncertain temperatures.
Banquet at 100 Chopin Plaza in Miami, located at the downtown Chopin Plaza address, recorded 10 high-severity violations. Among them: no employee health policy, inadequate handwashing, improper handwashing technique, food in poor condition, inadequate shell stock identification, parasite destruction procedures not followed, unclean food contact surfaces, and time as a public health control not properly used. The parasite destruction citation is notable at a downtown Miami address where raw fish preparations are common.
Across the Tri-County Area
Koume Japanese Restaurant at 11905 W Sunrise Blvd in Plantation drew 9 high-severity violations, including food from an unapproved source, food in poor condition, inadequate shell stock records, unclean food contact surfaces, time as a public health control not properly used, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. For a Japanese restaurant where raw fish is a menu staple, the absence of a consumer advisory means customers eating sushi or sashimi had no posted warning about the risks of raw consumption.
Sano Food Hialeah at 3300 West 84th St in Hialeah also reached 9 high-severity violations. The inspection documented no person in charge, no employee health policy, an employee not reporting illness symptoms, inadequate handwashing, inadequate handwashing facilities, inadequate shell stock records, unclean food contact surfaces, and food not cooked to the required minimum temperature. Inadequate handwashing facilities means the infrastructure for basic hygiene was itself deficient, not just the practice.
Atelier Bea at 5451 NW 72nd Ave in Miami recorded 9 high-severity violations including a food contaminated by chemical, physical, or biological hazards citation alongside the management and handwashing failures seen elsewhere this week. That citation indicates inspectors found food that had already come into contact with a contaminant, not merely a procedural risk.
Little Hen at 3451 NE 1st Ave in Miami also reached 9 high-severity violations. Inspectors cited inadequate handwashing facilities, improper handwashing technique, inadequate shell stock records, food not cooked to required minimum temperature, time as a public health control not properly used, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled. Eight high-severity violations and two intermediate violations were recorded at Burgers Smash and Fries at 47 NE 2nd Ave in Miami, where inspectors found no person in charge, no employee health policy, an employee not reporting symptoms, inadequate handwashing, inadequate handwashing facilities, improper handwashing technique, unclean food contact surfaces, and food not cooked to required minimum temperature.
Sang's Chinese Food at 1925 NE 163rd St in North Miami Beach drew 6 high-severity violations including an employee not reporting illness symptoms, improper handwashing technique, unclean food contact surfaces, food not cooked to required minimum temperature, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled.
Le Genie Restaurant at 178 NE 167th St in North Miami Beach recorded 5 high-severity violations, among them food not cooked to required minimum temperature and dual handwashing citations: both inadequate handwashing by employees and improper handwashing technique were cited in the same inspection.
Dumpling King at 1221 N University Dr in Coral Springs drew 2 high-severity violations, both related to undercooked food and the absence of a consumer advisory, a pairing that means customers were not warned about food the inspector found was not reaching required cooking temperatures.
Rocca Trattoria Italian at 2014 E Sample Rd in Lighthouse Point and Ichimi at 12310 SW 127th Ave in Miami each recorded 2 high-severity violations, both for improperly cleaned food contact surfaces and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled. Good Chef Restaurant at 11459 SW 40th St in Miami drew 3 high-severity violations including unclean food contact surfaces, food not cooked to required minimum temperature, and improperly stored chemicals. Nova Fresh Kitchen at 625 NE Spanish River Blvd in Boca Raton recorded a single high-severity violation for no employee health policy.
What These Violations Mean
The most prevalent high-severity violation across this week's 15 facilities was improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, cited at Morgans, Le Genie, Sang's Chinese Food, Sano Food Hialeah, Koume Japanese Restaurant, Banquet, Atelier Bea, Little Hen, Burgers Smash and Fries, Good Chef Restaurant, Rocca Trattoria Italian, and Ichimi. Cutting boards, prep tables, and slicers that are not properly sanitized become direct transfer points for bacteria between raw and ready-to-eat foods. A contaminated cutting board used for raw poultry and then for salad greens is a Salmonella delivery mechanism.
The cluster of employee illness reporting failures at Morgans, Seabra Bakery, Sano Food Hialeah, Sang's Chinese Food, Atelier Bea, and Burgers Smash and Fries represents a distinct category of risk. Norovirus, the most common cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in restaurant settings, spreads most efficiently when a symptomatic employee continues handling food. A single infected worker can contaminate hundreds of meals before any customer becomes ill.
The food-from-unapproved-source citations at Morgans, Seabra Bakery, and Koume Japanese Restaurant are significant because they remove the traceability that makes outbreak investigation possible. When a licensed supplier provides food, there is a documented chain of custody. When food enters a kitchen from an unknown or unapproved source, and someone gets sick, investigators have nowhere to start.
Banquet's parasite destruction citation and Koume's combined raw-fish citations, no consumer advisory alongside unapproved sourcing, are particularly acute at facilities where raw or lightly cooked seafood is central to the menu. Proper freezing at specific temperatures for specific durations is the only reliable method for killing parasites like Anisakis in fish. Without documented procedures, there is no way to verify that step happened.
The Longer Record
The data does not include prior inspection counts for every facility on this week's list, but the volume of high-severity violations at several addresses tells its own story. Morgans, Banquet, and Atelier Bea all appear under Miami-Dade license numbers in the SEA23 range, suggesting relatively recent licensing activity, yet each accumulated between 9 and 12 high-severity violations in a single visit. That combination, new or recently licensed, high violation counts, and systemic failures across management, hygiene, and food sourcing, indicates problems that developed quickly or were present from the start.
Koume Japanese Restaurant in Plantation carries a Broward County license number in the SEA16 range, which typically corresponds to an older operating history than the SEA23-series Miami-Dade facilities. Its 9 high-severity violations this week, including food from unapproved sources and missing consumer advisories at a raw-fish restaurant, are harder to attribute to inexperience.
Seabra Bakery and Cafe in Boca Raton and Nova Fresh Kitchen, also in Boca Raton, represent Palm Beach County's contribution to the week's list. Seabra's 10 high-severity violations make it the worst performer in the county this week by a wide margin. Nova Fresh Kitchen's single violation, no employee health policy, is the lowest severity finding on the entire list, but it is worth noting that a written health policy is one of the most basic administrative requirements in food service.
Little Hen on NE 1st Ave in Miami recorded 9 high-severity violations including inadequate handwashing facilities, meaning the physical infrastructure for hand hygiene was deficient. That is a different kind of failure than a procedural lapse: it means even an employee who wanted to wash their hands properly could not.
