KISSIMMEE, FL. Food that had not reached the minimum required cooking temperature was among seven high-severity violations documented at WingHouse Bar and Grill on West Vine Street during a May 27 inspection, state records show. The restaurant was not emergency-closed.
Inspectors also found that the facility had no written employee health policy, that handwashing technique was improper, that shellfish traceability records were inadequate, that parasite destruction procedures for fish were not being followed, that food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized, and that no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods was posted. That is seven high-severity violations in a single visit.
Four intermediate violations accompanied them: improper sewage or wastewater disposal, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, inadequate cooling and cold holding equipment, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooked food violation is the most direct threat to anyone who ate at WingHouse on or before May 27. WingHouse is a bar-and-grill concept built around chicken wings. Poultry must reach 165 degrees Fahrenheit to kill Salmonella. When it does not, the pathogen survives and reaches the plate.
The parasite destruction violation compounds that concern. Restaurants serving fish that is raw, undercooked, or marinated must freeze it first at temperatures and durations sufficient to kill parasites including Anisakis and tapeworm. Without documentation that the procedure was followed, there is no way to know whether it was.
The shellfish traceability violation adds a third layer. Oysters, clams, and mussels are consumed raw or lightly cooked, and the tag records that accompany each shipment are the only way to trace an illness outbreak back to a harvest source. The records were inadequate.
What These Violations Mean
The absence of a written employee health policy is not a paperwork technicality. It means there is no formal system requiring workers who are sick with Norovirus, Salmonella, or Hepatitis A to report their illness or stay home. Norovirus is transmitted through food handled by infected workers and causes an estimated 20 million illnesses in the United States each year. A policy does not guarantee compliance, but the absence of one removes the mechanism entirely.
Improper handwashing technique means that even when an employee attempts to wash their hands, pathogens can remain. Studies show that most people do not wash long enough, do not scrub all surfaces, or rinse improperly. Combined with food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned or sanitized, the pathway for bacterial transfer from worker to cutting board to food to customer is direct.
The sewage disposal violation, listed as intermediate, is not minor in context. Improper wastewater handling introduces fecal contamination risk throughout a facility. Combined with inadequate cooling equipment, which cannot hold food below the 41-degree threshold that slows bacterial growth, the conditions documented on May 27 represent multiple simultaneous failure points in a system designed to keep food safe.
The Longer Record
The May 27 inspection did not occur in isolation. State records show WingHouse on West Vine Street has accumulated 226 violations across 30 inspections on record, and has been emergency-closed three times.
All three closures happened within a ten-week window in 2026. Inspectors ordered the restaurant shut on March 24 for rodent activity, and it reopened the same day. On April 23, it was closed again for roach and rodent activity, reopening April 24. On May 7, it was closed a third time for roach and rodent activity and reopened May 8.
The inspection on May 8, the day after the third closure, found zero high-severity violations and zero intermediate violations. The inspection on May 27, nineteen days later, found seven high-severity violations and four intermediate ones.
March 24 inspections, conducted on the same day as the third emergency closure in that sequence, documented five high-severity and five intermediate violations in one visit, and three high and four intermediate in a second. A February 17 inspection found two high and three intermediate violations.
The pattern is not a facility trending toward compliance. It is a facility that clears enough violations to reopen and then accumulates serious citations again within weeks.
Still Open
The three prior emergency closures each required the facility to correct the conditions that triggered the order before being allowed to reopen. The May 27 inspection found seven high-severity violations, including food not cooked to temperature and no mechanism to keep sick employees out of the kitchen.
No emergency closure order was issued.
WingHouse Bar and Grill on West Vine Street in Kissimmee was open for business after the May 27 inspection.