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About Dirty Dining

For the past five years, ABC Action News anchor Wendy Ryan has been uncovering what's really happening inside some of your favorite restaurant kitchens around the bay area. She has combed through hundreds of health inspection reports and told you about safety and sanitation issues you need to know about.

See how restaurants stack up on their health inspections. Search our interactive restaurant inspections database to check inspection and disciplinary history of any local restaurant from 2007 to present. Search by name, zip code, city or county to see what's really going on "Behind The Kitchen Door."

 

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Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation Division of Hotels and Restaurants
http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr/index.html

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Dirty Dining
Dirty Dining: Ruby Thai Kitchen
This restaurant at the Westfield Countryside Mall food court was recently closed down due to roach infestation, among other violations. Video Watch Video  |  Document Westfield Countryside Mall Response (9.0KB)
Dirty Dining: Jumbo Buffet
This Tampa restaurant was shut down after inspectors found more than 80 roaches in the kitchen, employees using their bare hands on ready to eat food, and slime in the ice machine. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
This well-known pancake house accumulated 77 critical violations over the past year, including five gallons of milk that had to be thrown out for temperature issues. Video Watch Video  |  Document Response from Perkins (6.0KB)
Dirty Dining: Steak 'n Shake
Steak 'n Shake in Tampa had 34 critical violations and two stop sales because food was at improper temperatures - enough to make our Dirty Dining list. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Primo's Pasta and Ribs
This Clearwater Italian eatery had 100 critical violations documented over the last year. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Village Inn Pancake House
This popular breakfast spot had 41 violations in just one report in August, and inspectors ordered a stop sale of 8 pounds of food in April. Video Watch Video  |  Document Village Inn Response (20.4KB)
Dirty Dining: Sophia's Restaurant and Pizza
This family pizzeria is trying to turn things around despite having roaches and rats over the last few years and 92 critical violations in the last year. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: La Bamba III Mexican Restaurant
This local Mexican restaurant has been open almost a year and has already accumulated 39 critical violations. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Europa Restaurant
This popular breakfast and lunch spot was recently shut down for a severe roach infestation. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Cody's Original Roadhouse
Cody's was shut down by state inspectors for a rat infestation and was ordered to throw out soup and key lime pie that were at dangerous temperatures. Video Watch Video  |  Document Response from Cody's Original Roadhouse (9.6KB)
Dirty Dining: Dunkin Donuts Baskin Robbins
State inspectors found 49 critical violations and products at hazardous temperatures at this Oldsmar business, which made our Dirty Dining list. Video Watch Video  |  Document Dunkin' Donuts response (8.6KB)
Dirty Dining: Sneaky's Sports Bar and Grill
This Bay area restaurant had 95 violations in one year, 57 critical issues, over 50 live and dead roaches, and 55 ounces of sauce at hazardous temperatures. Video Watch Video  |  Document Response from Sneaky's Sports Bar and Grill (280.0KB)
Dirty Dining: El Zarape
This popular mexican restaurant had roach and rodent problems three years in a row and inspectors recently ordered the owner to throw out food. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Feola's Pasta Factory
Over the last year, state inspectors spotted roaches three times and documented 204 violations at this Bay area restaurant. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: S & D Country Kitchen
State inspectors shut the restaurant down three times in three years because of problems with roaches. Just this last year, they found 112 violations. Video Watch Video
How does your favorite restaurant score?
If you ever wanted to know how your favorite restaurant scores with inspectors, we now have the state's inspection report database just a click away on our website! Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Imperial Garden
A local restaurant has accumulated 80 violations in just two months and inspectors shut the business down for two days for a roach infestation. Video Watch Video
Fish or foul?
In a special investigation, we tested grouper from several different Bay area restaurants and our results may leave a bad taste in your mouth. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Banana Factory
The Banana Factory was shut down for two days several months ago because of roach and rodent activity. The restaurant has accumulated 58 violations in the last year. Video Watch Video
Dirty Dining: Maine-ly New England Restaurant
A Zephyrhills restaurant often visited by snowbirds is known for it's seafood, but inspectors shut the place down last October after finding rodent droppings in the kitchen. Video Watch Video

 

 

 

 

 

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