Porto Bella Italian Restaurant, Boynton Beach
9770 S. Military Trail Ordered shut:
March 7; reopened March 8
Why: 10 violations (four high-priority), including “25 live roaches inside of door jamb of left-side cook line flip-top cooler in kitchen” and “one dead roach on ground next to steam table in kitchen.”
An employee was seen “handling food with damaged gloves,” and “raw animal food” (chicken cutlet) was “stored above unwashed onions in walk-in cooler.”
Other violations: a soiled “metal stem-type thermometer,” an oven/microwave with “accumulation of black substance/grease/ food debris” and a reach-in cooler’s interior/shelves with “accumulation of soil residues.”
The state found two intermediate and basic violations during its March 8 inspection and let the restaurant reopen. Porto Bella previously was ordered shut four times in January.