Will Isern

wisern@pnj.com

Seville Quarter reopened Wednesday afternoon after passing a follow-up health inspection after the popular bar and restaurant venue was closed Tuesday for numerous health violations.

"We're open and we're the cleanest place in town," Seville Quarter manager Buck Mitchell said.

Seville Quarter was ordered temporarily closed Tuesday by the the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants after a routine food inspection found numerous violations including flying insects in food preparation areas, improperly stored raw meat and roach activity.

The DBPR cited Seville Quarter for 16 violations, including four high-priority violations, two intermediate violations and 10 basic violations, and ordered operations stopped until the violations were corrected.

The high-priority violations included flying insects in five food preparation areas, egg wash stored at a temperature greater than 41 degrees, frozen raw chicken stored over frozen raw tuna, and live roaches in Lili Marlene’s and the Palace Café.

Other violations included the build-up of a mold-like substance on ceiling and floor tiles and in an ice machine, as well as leaking pipes.

Mitchell said the closure was not related to kitchen or food operations, but based solely on the dead roaches found in the bars.

“It had nothing to do with our kitchen," he said.