MIAMI – Just days after being allowed to reopen following a state-ordered shutdown for rodent activity, May Fu Chinese Restaurant has been shut down once again, this time after a Local 10 Dirty Dining investigation caught employees on camera removing three dead rats from the kitchen.
The discovery was made Wednesday morning, as Local 10’s Jeff Weinsier arrived to question restaurant staff about the previous closure.
“We showed up to ask why they were allowed to reopen,” Weinsier said. “Instead, we witnessed an employee carrying out dead rodents! With with kitchen tongs!
The shocking scene was captured just minutes after the restaurant opened for business at its location in the Northway Shopping Center at 15030 NW Seventh Avenue, near the Golden Glades.
Weinsier confronted a man who identified himself as a manager. When asked how many dead rats he planned to remove, the man replied, “No English.” But in further questioning, he admitted the rats had come from inside the kitchen.
“We are clean.” The Manager said.
“You’re open, serving food, and pulling out dead rodents with tongs,” Weinsier told the man. “That doesn’t mean you’re clean.”
The incident follows a state inspection on June 19, which shut the restaurant down after finding more than 70 rodent droppings scattered throughout the kitchen, dry storage, and food prep areas. At the time, inspectors documented droppings near the ice machine, under cooking equipment, and in a dry storage room.
After a re-inspection, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) allowed the business to reopen. But what Weinsier and the Local 10 camera crew witnessed on Wednesday raised immediate concerns.
“We sent the footage and photos straight to DBPR in Tallahassee,” Weinsier said.
Within hours of Local 10 reporting the incident, a DBPR inspector returned to the restaurant. The result? May Fu was ordered shut again . This time with even more alarming violations uncovered.
Here’s what the state found after Local 10’s visit:
- One live rodent seen running under the cook line
- Multiple dead roaches, including three behind a loose board in the prep area
- Live roaches, including one inside a starch container
- Over 50 rodent droppings, found behind chest freezers, under storage shelves, and even on bags of MSG in the kitchen
- Rodent rub marks along electric conduit lines — indicating long-term rodent traffic
- Repeat violations of previous issues, despite the restaurant being cleared just days earlier
As of Friday, May Fu remains closed under state order.
According to DBPR policy, the restaurant must correct the violations, pass a full re-inspection, and be cleared before reopening again.
