MIAMI, FL. Inspectors visiting Toasted Bagelry & Deli on SW 22nd Terrace on June 2 found toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled near food, food that had not been cooked to required minimum temperatures, and employees failing to wash their hands adequately — seven high-severity violations in a single visit, at a restaurant that was not closed.
The facility at 3693 SW 22 Ter remained open despite the findings.
What Inspectors Found
The chemical violations were among the most acute findings. Inspectors cited two separate violations related to toxic substances: one for chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and a second for toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used. Both are high-severity citations because chemicals stored near or above food can contaminate it without any visible sign, and mislabeled containers mean employees cannot identify what they are handling.
Inspectors also found food that had not been cooked to the required minimum internal temperature. Undercooking is one of the most direct routes to foodborne illness, particularly with poultry, where pathogens like Salmonella survive below 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
The time-as-a-public-health-control violation adds another layer. When a facility uses time rather than temperature to manage food safety, the rules are strict: food must be tracked, labeled, and discarded at a set hour. Inspectors found that process was not being properly followed.
Shellfish traceability records were also inadequate. The deli serves a menu that includes items beyond bagels and standard deli fare, and without proper shell stock identification tags on file, there is no way to trace shellfish back to its harvest source if a customer becomes ill.
What These Violations Mean
The handwashing violation is not a paperwork problem. Inspectors documented inadequate handwashing by food employees, meaning workers preparing food were not cleaning their hands properly between tasks. Hands transfer bacteria, viruses, and chemical residue directly onto food. It is the single most common contamination pathway in a food service environment, and it is one of the violations that most directly connects an employee's actions to a customer's plate.
The dual chemical violations are worth reading carefully. Two separate high-severity citations for toxic substances suggest this was not a single misplaced bottle. Chemicals stored near food or stored in unlabeled containers create a risk of acute poisoning, not just long-term exposure. A customer would have no way of knowing.
The inadequate cold holding equipment citation, listed as intermediate, compounds the temperature picture. If the equipment itself cannot maintain safe temperatures, then food sitting in that equipment is drifting into the danger zone, between 41 and 135 degrees Fahrenheit, where bacteria multiply rapidly. That is the context in which the time-control violation occurred.
The wiping cloth violation rounds out the contamination picture. Cloths used to wipe surfaces and then left at room temperature or used across multiple surfaces carry bacteria from one area to another. Combined with the handwashing failure, the June 2 inspection describes a facility where multiple contamination pathways were active at the same time.
The Longer Record
The June 2 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show Toasted Bagelry & Deli has accumulated 317 violations across 31 inspections on file, a figure that works out to more than 10 violations per inspection on average.
The most recent visits tell a consistent story. The February 2026 inspection found 2 high-severity violations. The November 2025 visit found 2 high and 2 intermediate. July 2025 produced 1 high and 1 intermediate. The October 2024 inspection found 5 high and 6 intermediate violations. The pattern does not show a facility that corrects problems and holds the line.
The facility was emergency-closed once before, on August 27, 2024, for fly activity. Inspectors documented 8 high-severity and 6 intermediate violations that day. The deli met state standards and reopened the following day, August 28, with a clean inspection. Within two months, the October 2024 visit found 5 high-severity violations again.
The April 2024 inspection found 6 high and 7 intermediate violations, one of the heavier single-visit tallies in the record. The June 2 inspection, with 7 high-severity violations, now sits at the top of that range.
Still Open
State inspectors have the authority to order an emergency closure when conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Fly activity alone was enough to close this facility in August 2024.
On June 2, 2026, with toxic chemicals improperly stored near food, undercooked food leaving the kitchen, employees not washing their hands adequately, and cooling equipment that could not hold required temperatures, the deli was not closed.
It remained open.