When we were going to town this week I noticed Checkers was all shut down and had orange signs posted everywhere. So I had Tim pull in to read the signs because I figured it was the health department. Since I have eaten there many a times I wanted to know what was going on. Well the signs just indicated that they were shut down by the health department but didn't give any indication why. The very next day when we drove by they were back open so I figured it must have been something small -- no big deal.
Well, I found this article in the paper today and it doesn't seem small to me!!!! This is disgusting!!! Will make it real easy to avoid the "It's fresh because we just made it place"!!!! You might be getting more protein than you bargained for.........................
Here is a cut and paste from the local Chronicle
Vermin infestations and other critical violations of state sanitation and safety laws determined by inspectors at an Inverness fast food restaurant Monday prompted the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation to temporarily close it.
Checkers, located at 510 W. Main St., Inverness, was closed June 27 for having 19 critical violations that included insect activity. The eatery passed a follow-up inspection Tuesday and reopened.
But Monday, a health and safety inspector found 136 live roaches in the kitchen: 10 on a bread rack and 40 behind it, 15 in the corner of dish room; seven on the wall in the mop sink; a baby found on the wall in the prep area and two on the office wall, as well as 30 underneath a soda machine on a shelf, on a box of dessert bags, underneath a soda machine in the drive-thru area, near the walk-in freezer and on a box of buns in the cooking area.
There also were more than four dozen dead roaches in a trap underneath a second soda machine. The inspector also observed food debris accumulated in floor drains under three compartment sinks; holes in the walls adjacent to the mop sink and various other places. The backdoor threshold also had a gap which could make it easy for vermin or rodents to enter the building.
The inspector also observed food not maintained frozen in a freezer — chicken strips and fish patties soft to the touch and a thermometer reading 45 degrees in the upright freezer in the drive-thru. A man identified as a manager at the Checkers would not comment, but gave a reporter a phone number to the company’s offices in Brooksville. Calls to that number were not returned by press time.
To check out a restaurant’s inspection record, visit myfloridalicense.com.
Ewwwww!
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