Jacksonville, Fla. - Wiseguys Pizza is located on Chaffee Road in a shopping plaza not far from I-10. The pepperoni pizza is the most popular item here and their food is loved by Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst and Sam Rivers. Their autographed pictures are hanging on the wall right when you walk in. We went to wise guys to ask them about recently being shut down by the state health inspector for roaches. The inspector found dozens of dead ones and live ones under the box freezer and in the kitchen. You can see that full emergency order by
clicking here.
Sheri Hulbert was happy to take us right back into the kitchen to look around. She told us the deep freezer was definitely the problem spot, "They had actually embedded in the deep freezer. There was a hole in the piece of wood and they made a home and we were not aware of that."
Hulbert says they shut down for one evening to get the roaches out. The restaurant is back in business now. We found the kitchen to be very clean but we did see one dead roach under a piece of equipment and we found a few live ones inside a cabinet near the freezer. Shubert sprayed them right away, says they have regular pest control and had this message for customers, "Keep coming in. Anyone that comes to our place can come back into our kitchen... they know that."
Here are the other restaurants at the top of the list this week for violations:
Dick's Wings & Grill on Hwy 17 in Green Cove Springs was temporarily shut down for 71 live roaches found in the kitchen and 30 dead roaches found in several areas of the restaurant. You can see that emergency order by
clicking here.
After this story aired - we received this email explanation from Green Cove Springs Dick's Wings owner Dave Petraglia:
Ms. Barz, my wife Karla and I own Dick's Wings in Green Cove Springs... please consider making public our explanation of the problem as it occurred, which we posted on our website last week: (You can see that explanation by clicking here.) Click on 'Not Here Not Now'. We've also posted a link on our Facebook pages, and have been printing on our customer receipts as of last week our web address and point to the link there, as well. I invite you to visit our restaurant whenever you'd like. - Dave PetragliaThe following restaurants received perfect health inspections and get our clean plate award this week:
PULCINELLA ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS
THE CORNER POCKET IN GREEN COVE SPRINGS
MOTION SWEETS ON BEAVER STREET IN JAX
PALATKA BUFFET IN PALATKA
SUNSET GRILLE IN SAINT AUGUSTINE
VIVA LA PESKY'S IN SAINT AUGUSTINE
