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Month: November 2023

Restaurant inspections lead to 2 Central Florida shutdowns

Restaurant inspections lead to 2 Central Florida shutdowns

Two Central Florida restaurants were ordered to shut down temporarily the week of Nov. 19-25, according to data from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

Orange County

Quickly Boba & Snow at 3214 E. Colonial Dr. in Orlando was shut down on Nov. 20. Inspectors found eight violations including one deemed high priority. That was finding more than 70 rodent droppings along the dining room window near bags of rice, under the front counter, inside cabinets and in the kitchen under some equipment.

Inspectors returned on Nov. 21 and found three violations, but none that were high priority and allowed the restaurant to reopen.

Seminole County

Froggers Grill & Bar at 27 Alafaya Wood Blvd. in Oviedo was closed Nov. 20 after inspectors found 15 violations including two deemed high priority. Those were for live flying insects found in the kitchen, food prep and food storage areas and four live roaches found on the expo station, on the counter at the grill station.

Inspectors returned the same day finding six violations, but none that were high priority and allowed the restaurant to reopen. read more

US airports saw record passenger volumes, but fewer headaches, over Thanksgiving weekend

US airports saw record passenger volumes, but fewer headaches, over Thanksgiving weekend

By DEE-ANN DURBIN (AP Business Writer)

A record number of passengers traveled through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday.

The TSA said it screened just over 2.9 million passengers on Sunday, surpassing the previous record of 2.88 million set on June 30. That was 10% more than the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year.

Travel was relatively smooth despite the crowds. On Sunday, just 55 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were cancelled, according to FlightAware, a tracking service. Nearly 8,000 flights were delayed, including several hundred that were impacted by snow in Denver and Chicago.

Airlines were eager to avoid the meltdowns that marred travel last December, when severe winter storms knocked out thousands of flights and left millions of passengers stranded.

Southwest, which canceled nearly 17,000 flights last year, said it purchased additional deicing trucks and updated its crew-scheduling technology. The airline was under particular scrutiny; the government recently threatened to fine Southwest for failing to provide enough help to passengers who were stranded last year. read more