Slime on a soda gun nozzle. About 19 dead roaches in a kitchen. And more than 76 rodent droppings and 15 empty saltine wrappers forming “what looks like a nest” under a grill at a fast-food burger joint.

These were among the violations that last week temporarily shut four South Florida restaurants — two each in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

The Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for “high-priority violations,” such as improper food temperatures or dead cockroaches.

Any restaurant that fails a state inspection must stay closed until it passes a follow-up. If you spot a poss

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