Rodents and unsafe food are causing three restaurants in the Sawgrass Mills shopping center to be closed for inspection

Rodent droppings and food that had to be thrown away caused a state inspector to close three food businesses in the Sawgrass Mills shopping center on Friday.

The inspection hat trick across the street from the Florida Panthers arena failed two weeks after rodent problems closed eight restaurants in a food court at a Palm Beach County shopping center. Sunrise’s trio also involved a Sbarro.

All three Sawgrass Mills restaurants passed re-inspection the next day, which doesn’t necessarily mean the rodents left or were exterminated. It means that the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspector did not view the rodent droppings as evidence of the presence of rodents.

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Currito Burrito

The rodents left: “About a dozen rodent feces in front cabinets, on a shelf with tortillas and cases of water.”

Waste food: Raw chicken in a walk-in cooler was down to 110 degrees from the day before. For safe storage, the temperature should be at or below 41 degrees. Stop selling the raw chicken.

Japanese cafe

The rodents left: “About 30 rodent feces in a bin near the dry storage area in the food store.”

Waste food: Stop Sales sent 53-degree boiled eggs from a built-in cooler into the trash.

Sbarro

The rodents left: “About 30 rodent droppings under a shelf across from a prep table in the food prep area.”

Waste food: Stop Sales served lasagna (120 degrees), meatballs, pasta and cheese sauce, spaghetti, shredded mozzarella and breaded chicken (all 110 degrees), all of which had been in a walk-in cooler at least the day before.