Roach infestations plagued two Boca Raton restaurants and one in Wellington, leading the state to temporarily close them last week.

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

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Sun Sentinel readers can browse full Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade county reports through our state inspection map, updated weekly (usually Mondays) with fresh data pulled from the Florida DBPR website.

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

Ordered shut: Sept. 1; reopened Sept. 2

Why: A single high-priority violation was all it took to close Stoner’s, after inspectors found a live cockroach crawling “on floor at cook line” and another three roaches “on floor under [the pizza preparation] table.” The eatery’s reinspection on Sept. 2 revealed no further issues, and the restaurant was cleared to reopen.

Ordered shut: Aug. 30; reopened Aug. 31

Why: Inspectors reported four violations (three high-priority), led by three live cockroaches under the “hand sink at the fryer station on the cookline.” Inspectors also found blue cheese-stuffed olives not refrigerated at their required temperature, and the restaurant operator moved the olives “to cooler to chill.” The state’s second inspection on Aug. 31 found zero new problems, and the restaurant reopened.

Ordered shut: Aug. 30, reopened Aug. 31

Why: The state inspection found 13 violations (seven high-priority), including six live cockroaches crawling by the kitchen sink, “by paper-towel dispenser and bottom of wall next to it,” as well as underneath the prep table slicer. An employee was seen “eating behind cook line then engaged in food preparation” without washing hands first. The cafe also was ordered to stop selling and trash its cooked pasta, chicken stock, white sauce, cooked beef, butter, cooked sausage, cheese, diced tomatoes, cooked onions, pizza sauce, cooked eggplant and raw shrimp “due to temperature abuse.” No issues were discovered during the reinspection on Aug. 31, and the state green-lit the cafe’s reopening.