MIAMI, FL. A restaurant in Miami's design district accumulated 14 high-severity violations in a single inspection during the week of June 2, 2026, including food sourced from unapproved suppliers, inadequate shell stock records, and a complete failure to follow parasite destruction procedures for fish.
Le Specialita / Kryu at 40 NE 41 Street led all 15 flagged facilities across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties that week, finishing with 14 high-severity and 4 intermediate violations. No person in charge was present or performing duties during the inspection. Inspectors also found that no employee health policy existed and that workers were not reporting illness symptoms.
The Violations
Luis Galindo Latin American at 898 SW 57 Avenue in West Miami drew 12 high-severity violations. Inspectors cited both inadequate handwashing and improper handwashing technique, food from unapproved sources, food in poor condition, missing shell stock records, parasite destruction failures, unclean food contact surfaces, and food not cooked to required minimum temperatures.
Pat and Phil at 10777-79 NW 41 Street in Doral followed with 11 high-severity violations and 5 intermediate ones. No person in charge was present. Inspectors found no employee health policy, workers not reporting illness symptoms, improper handwashing technique, food from unapproved sources, food in poor condition, parasite destruction failures, and unsanitary food contact surfaces.
Citadel at 8300 NE 2 Avenue in Miami was cited for 10 high-severity violations, including inadequate handwashing facilities, meaning the physical infrastructure for hand hygiene was absent or nonfunctional. The inspector also noted no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods, parasite destruction failures, and the same cluster of management and illness-reporting breakdowns found at Le Specialita and Pat and Phil.
Suviche at 49 SW 11 Street reached 10 high-severity violations as well, with a notable combination: inadequate handwashing facilities, inadequate handwashing by employees, and improper technique. In a restaurant serving raw shellfish, the inspector also found no shell stock identification records and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
Sushi Siam at 630-32 Crandon Boulevard on Key Biscayne accumulated 10 high-severity violations including food from unapproved sources, food not cooked to required minimum temperature, and improper use of time as a public health control. For a sushi restaurant, those three violations together represent a direct pathway for parasite or bacterial exposure in food served raw or lightly prepared.
Bocas House at 10200 NW 25 Street was cited for 6 high-severity violations including toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled near food, inadequate handwashing facilities, and food not cooked to required minimum temperature. Inspectors also noted single-use items being reused.
Caracas Bakery at 7283 Biscayne Boulevard drew 9 high-severity violations, including two separate chemical storage citations: toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used. Food from unapproved sources and parasite destruction failures were also on the list.
Across the Counties
Broward County contributed two facilities to this week's list. Pompano Pizza at 1606 S Cypress Road in Pompano Beach reached 10 high-severity violations. No person in charge was present. Inspectors found no employee health policy, workers not reporting illness, both inadequate handwashing and improper technique, food in poor condition, parasite destruction failures, and food not cooked to required minimum temperature.
Ozzie's Oceanfront Restaurant and Bar at 905-909 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard drew 9 high-severity violations. The beachfront location had food contaminated by chemical, physical, or biological hazards, food from unapproved sources, no shell stock records, and improper use of time as a public health control. No person in charge was present during the inspection.
Palm Beach County had three facilities flagged. Barcelona Wine Bar at 22 W Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach was cited for 9 high-severity violations including food from unapproved sources, missing shell stock records, no employee health policy, inadequate handwashing facilities, and food not cooked to required minimum temperature.
Panda Garden and Tasty Wings at 1968 Lake Worth Road drew 9 high-severity violations including toxic chemicals improperly stored, missing shell stock records, no consumer advisory for raw foods, and improper use of time as a public health control.
Mussel Beach Restaurant at 501 E Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach was the lightest entry on this week's list with 2 high-severity violations: no person in charge present, and an employee not reporting illness symptoms.
Metropol Restaurant at 11401 NW 12 Street in Sweetwater rounded out Miami-Dade with 6 high-severity violations including food not cooked to required minimum temperature, improperly stored chemicals, no consumer advisory, and an intermediate citation for improper sewage or wastewater disposal.
Royal Palm Grill and Deli at 806 N Krome Avenue in Homestead was cited for 5 high-severity violations including inadequate shell stock records, toxic chemicals improperly stored, and improper use of time as a public health control.
What These Violations Mean
The most widespread violation this week was the cluster of management and illness-reporting failures. At Le Specialita, Pat and Phil, Citadel, Suviche, Pompano Pizza, Ozzie's, Barcelona Wine Bar, and Mussel Beach, inspectors found no person in charge actively overseeing operations. At most of those same locations, workers were also not required to report illness symptoms, and no written employee health policy existed. These three violations tend to appear together because they describe the same underlying condition: no one is running the kitchen with food safety as a priority. Norovirus, which causes the majority of foodborne illness outbreaks in restaurant settings, spreads almost exclusively through sick food workers who keep working.
The food-source violations at Le Specialita, Luis Galindo, Pat and Phil, Sushi Siam, Caracas Bakery, Barcelona Wine Bar, and Ozzie's represent a different category of risk. When food arrives from unapproved or unknown sources, there is no traceability. If a customer gets sick, investigators cannot trace the product back to a supplier, cannot issue a recall, and cannot determine how many other restaurants received the same batch. Shellfish traceability failures, cited at Le Specialita, Luis Galindo, Suviche, Sushi Siam, Royal Palm Grill, Ozzie's, Barcelona Wine Bar, and Panda Garden, compound that problem specifically for oysters, clams, and mussels, which are consumed raw and are a known vector for Vibrio and hepatitis A.
Parasite destruction failures appeared at Le Specialita, Luis Galindo, Pat and Phil, Pompano Pizza, and Caracas Bakery. For raw-fish preparations, proper freezing at specific temperatures for specified durations is the only reliable method to kill parasites including Anisakis, which causes severe abdominal pain and can require surgical removal. Skipping that step is not a paperwork error.
Chemical storage violations at Bocas House, Caracas Bakery, Metropol, Royal Palm Grill, and Panda Garden are among the fastest-acting hazards on this list. Cleaning chemicals stored near or above food, or unlabeled containers mistaken for food-grade products, can cause acute poisoning within minutes of ingestion.
The Longer Record
Several facilities on this week's list carry inspection histories that place the current findings in sharper context. The data shows prior inspection records for a number of these locations, and the pattern at some is not new.
Pompano Pizza in Pompano Beach and Ozzie's Oceanfront in Fort Lauderdale both operate in high-traffic areas, Ozzie's directly on Fort Lauderdale's beachfront tourist corridor, and both reached 9 or 10 high-severity violations this week with management absent during the inspection. For a beachfront restaurant drawing tourist foot traffic, the combination of no person in charge, food from unapproved sources, and contaminated food is a particular concern given that out-of-state visitors are less likely to follow up with local health authorities if they become ill.
Barcelona Wine Bar and Mussel Beach Restaurant both sit on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, a dense dining corridor. Barcelona's 9 high-severity violations this week, including food not cooked to required minimum temperature and missing shell stock records at a wine bar where charcuterie and raw preparations are central to the menu, stand out. Mussel Beach, despite a shorter violation list this week, takes its name from shellfish, and the absence of a person in charge during the inspection is a baseline failure for any establishment handling high-risk proteins.
Le Specialita and Sushi Siam both serve raw fish preparations as core menu items. At Le Specialita, the combination of food from unapproved sources, missing shell stock records, and parasite destruction failures in a single inspection means that inspectors found no verifiable chain of custody for the raw product, no documentation of where it came from, and no evidence it was handled to eliminate parasites before being served. That combination, at a restaurant with 14 high-severity violations in one visit, remained unresolved in the inspection record as of the week's close.