4 South Florida Restaurants Shut

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More than 50 rodent droppings and ice machines “soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime” were found in two different kitchens by state inspectors. The restaurants were among the four in total — three in Palm Beach County and one in Broward — that faced temporary closures last week because of violations.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for “high-priority violations,” such as improper food temperatures or dead cockroaches.

Any restaurant that fails a state inspection must stay closed until it passes a follow-up. If you spot a possible violation and wish to file a complaint, contact Florida DBPR. (But please don’t contact us: The Sun Sentinel doesn’t inspect restaurants.)

BROWARD COUNTY

Matchbox
1860 Sawgrass Mills Circle, #5100, Sunrise

Ordered shut: June 19

Why: 15 violations (11 high-priority), including:

• About 48 live flies “in upstairs bar/prep kitchen area landing on walls and bar counter,” “in the downstairs dishwashing/prep/ storage area landing on clean dishes and single-service containers,” “in downstairs dry storage area landing on boxes of single- service items and boxes of food,” “at downstairs cook line area landing on cook line counter” and “at downstairs dining room bar landing on open/in-use liquor bottles and bar counter.”
• Stop sale ordered on vodka sauce, ribs, sliced cheese, diced tomatoes, deviled eggs, chimichurri, and oil and garlic for temperature abuse.
• “At cook line area, employee handled raw beef then changed their gloves and started plating food for order without washing their hands.”
• “At dishwashing station, employee touched their face then proceeded to handle clean plates without washing their hands.”
• Temperature abuse on raw shell eggs and chicken wings.

Status: Remained closed on June 20 after a follow-up inspection found two high-priority violations. Reopened later that day after a third visit found no violations.

PALM BEACH COUNTY

Winston On The Greens
6101 Winston Trails Blvd., Lake Worth

Ordered shut: June 19

Why: 18 violations (seven high-priority), including:

• About 57 rodent droppings in kitchen areas such as “on server expo counter next to clean and sanitized coffee cups” and “on floor behind reach-in cooler next to dry storage area,” at the bar “under soda dispenser,” “under cabinets by cigar box” and “under bar top on floor,” at the golf cart shack “on floor in food preparation area under sink and dry storage shelves” and “next to back door on ground.”
• Two live flies “landing on food preparation tables.”
• Two dead insects “on floor in front of reach-in cooler next to back door” in the kitchen.
• One dead roach “in golf cart food shack in cabinets under hot dog hot-holding unit.”
• Stop sale ordered on six “portioned commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package” in the walk-in cooler.
• Temperature abuse on chili.
• “At fish washing area, squirt bottle of dish detergent stored with clean and sanitized dishes on speed rack.”
• “Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.”
• “Employee handled visibly soiled dishes and without washing hands, employee handled clean and sanitized plates.”

Status: Reopened June 20 after a second visit found one intermediate violation that required a follow-up inspection.

Amigos Mexican Spanish Restaurant
4720 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach

Ordered shut: June 16

Why: Six violations (five high-priority), including:

• About 58 rodent droppings in the kitchen “on dry storage area shelves/boxes,” “on floor in dry storage area” and “on floor in prep/dish machine area.”
• Temperature abuse on cooked onions and cooked plantains.
• “Visibly soiled dry wiping cloth in use on cutting board at cook line.”

Status: Reopened June 17 after a follow-up inspection found no violations.

Jersey Mike’s Subs
455-A NE Fifth Ave., Delray Beach

Ordered shut: June 16

Why: 12 violations (five high-priority), including:

• 13 live flies in kitchen areas such as “on the wall at hand sink in kitchen,” “under hand sink landing on drain pipe” and “on soap dispenser of hand sink,” at the front counter “on to-go paper bags,” “on loaf of bread on speed rack,” “on wall next to speed rack with bread,” “on register” and “on the slicer blade at front counter.”
• Stop sale issued on two loaves of bread with two live flies on them.
• Temperature abuse on sliced tomatoes.
• Ice chute on self-service soda machine “soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.”

Status: Reopened June 17 after a next-day visit found two basic violations.

Originally Published: June 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM EDT

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