​Last week, three local Broward restaurants were issued emergency closure orders by the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation during routine inspections. All three restaurants were found to have roaches. 

On March 5, 2012 Joe's Coffee Shop, located at 2 NE Third St. in Pompano Beach, was found to have eight critical violations, including:

• Observed dead roaches on premises. 5 under the 3 compartment sink, 1 next to the deep fat fryer, 6 in the mop sink in the kitchen, 1 juvenile on the counter behind the front counter, 15 adults in a unused reach-in cooler behind the front counter. Repeat Violation. This violation must be corrected by : 3/6/12.

• Observed roach activity as evidenced by live roaches found, 1 adult & 1 juvenile running across the kitchen floor, 1 adult in the mopsink in the kitchen, 1 inside storage cabinet with dry beans, At least 100 adult & juveniles on the side of small oven in the kitchen. This violation must be corrected by : 3/6/12.

• Observed the accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. 4 dead adult 2 dead juveniles & 1 live adult roaches in gluetrap under a storage cabinet in the kitchen.

The restaurant was issued an emergency closure warning on March 5 and was reopened March 6, when inspectors returned to find the violations were addressed.

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​What does this column and roadkill have in common? They're both gross yet you can't stop looking at it. We know that all this talk of rodents, slime, mold and roaches is a little weird but we do the work so you don't have to. The Florida Department of Business and Regulation found a few suspect things in restaurants including rodent droppings, live roaches and a radish gone rogue. The offenders are:

 

 

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​The Florida Department of Business and Regulation seems to have had a quiet week. Though Health Inspectors didn't shut down any restaurants for violations, that doesn't mean that we didn't uncover some pretty disgusting findings like live flies, small flying insects, live roaches and even trapped birds. The offenders are:

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​We hear it everywhere - from the news, cooking shows and our mother - don't let raw chicken and meat play with your vegetables and for God's sake WASH YOUR HANDS!

These food prep rules are so basic, any five year old who's ever helped mom in the kitchen knows them. Unfortunately for two local restaurants, someone forgot the two basic rules and were closed by health inspectors from the Florida Department of Business and Regulation. Here's the scoop:

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​It's a fact of living in Florida: Roaches are everywhere. But none of us really wants to know about it. Especially not when it comes to where we eat. 

Well, last week, roaches struck a little closer to home -- at the Coconut Creek Promenade, to be exact. Chain restaurant Crepemaker, located between MAMA Noodle and Muffuletta's Sicilian Sandwich Shop, was closed by health inspectors from the Florida Department of Business and Regulation for "roach activity." 

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​Better check yourself before you wreck yourself, eateries. Inspectors seem to be cracking down more and more on what they deem unlicensed activity, which could be as simple as not properly displaying licenses to serving food without a license at all. Two local digs were shut down last week for that reason; two others brought vermin into the mix. More >>

​First it was pizzerias; now it's a restaurant/hookah lounge.

That's right, another Fort Lauderdale restaurant -- Off the Hookah -- has served as a production site for an explicit adult film. The waterfront establishment, located at 300 SW First Ave in the Riverwalk downtown district, is known for risqué belly dancing, private bed huts, hookah smoking, and house music. Now it can add pornography to that list.

The club functioned as the locale for a porno brought to you by Reality Kings. On Reality King's website in a section called "In the VIP," it reads:

Ever wonder what happens In The VIP? Reality Kings takes you to the hottest night clubs in the country to show you exactly what goes on in the VIP room. When the club is packed, the music is pumpin', and the ladies are looking this HOT, you know it's going to be a damn good time! Grab a drink and step into the VIP room. Check out these gorgeous babes shaking their asses and flashing the camera. You will never see ladies like this in some whack ass bar, only in the most exclusive VIP rooms. As the party gets going, the clothes come off, and the panties drop! Watch some amazing free VIP porn movies, featuring these hotties having sex VIP style. We're talking about some down and dirty club sex featuring smokin' hot sluts. These chicks came for a good time and they've found it! Join the exclusive party In The VIP.

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CrazyClubChicks.com, Photoshop by Justin Scicluna

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Yesterday, Clean Plate Charlie reported that Squiggy's pizzeria (located on SW Second Street in Fort Lauderdale's Himmarshee nightlife district) had two porno flicks filmed inside the restaurant during operating hours. This unusual incident left us wondering what the health department had to say.

An employee of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation was astonished by the details of the lurid acts as she gathered information in order to direct the call. "I'm so flabbergasted; I'm not usually speechless," the employee said. Between gasps of shock, she explained that the atypical report is worthy of a complaint; therefore, the call was forwarded to the Division of Hotels and Restaurants (H&R).More >>

Photos by Eric Barton

This week's delivery from Annie's.

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Two weeks ago, I signed up for Annie's Organic Buying Club, which works under the slogan: "making organics affordable for everyone." Annie's is part of a trend these days, with companies popping up across the country that promise to deliver fresher and cheaper organics than your supermarket.

So, is it cheaper? After getting my delivery this week, I drove to Whole Foods, where I bought the same stuff. The answer: Annie's beat Whole Foods. Just barely.

But there's also the issue of quality, and some of the items from Annie's were far better
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