At least 100 dead roaches in a kitchen, live flies on unopened liquor bottles and a beer dispenser and tainted barbecue sauce were among the issues that shut four South Florida restaurants last week.

One of these eateries, Italian staple Umberto’s Restaurant & Pizza in Pompano Beach, grappled with its third shutdown in two weeks thanks to persistent roach problems.

The South Florida 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 spotted a possible violation and wish to file a complaint, contact Florida DBPR. (But please don’t contact us: The Sun Sentinel doesn’t inspect restaurants.)

Umberto’s Restaurant & Pizza, Pompano Beach

2780 E. Atlantic Blvd.

Ordered shut: Jan. 11 and Jan. 12; reopened Jan. 13

Why: Four violations (one high-priority), including nine live cockroaches found in areas such as a “flip-top cooler in kitchen at pizza station in gaskets,” “at the steam table cutting board” and on “the floor next to the pasta station flip-top cooler.”

The presence of live roaches forced the state to shut Umberto’s down again on Jan. 12, but it greenlit the restaurant’s reopening on Jan. 13 after finding zero issues.

The state had ordered Umberto’s shut just one week earlier.

Duffy’s Sports Grill, Boynton Beach

6545 Boynton Beach Blvd.

Ordered shut: Twice on Jan. 11; reopened Jan. 12

Why: Three violations (two high-priority), including four dead roaches “on pan of raw chicken at breading station,” “in back section near compressor/drop pan of breading station … cooler in kitchen” and “on ground in dining room section of kitchen entrance.”

The state also red-flagged six live cockroaches “inside back section near compressor/drop pan of breading station cook line cooler in kitchen.”

Persistent roach issues prompted the state to shut down the sports-bar chain a second time on Jan. 11, but it was cleared to reopen the following day with zero violations.

Tree’s Wings & Ribs, Royal Palm Beach

603 Royal Palm Beach Blvd.

Ordered shut: Jan. 10; reopened Jan. 11

Why: 13 violations (eight high-priority), including about 30 flies “landing on cleaning supplies and dish machine supplies,” “on reach-in coolers and prep counters” and “on bar counter, unopened liquor bottles and beer dispenser.”

The report also noted 10 dead cockroaches inside a pest-control “trap behind reach-in freezer,” “at dish machine area near chemical storage shelf,” “on floor” at the bar and “on floor near bathroom and stacked kids’ high-chairs” in the dining room, among other areas. Finally, there were about 15 small dead flies “inside handwashing sink.”

The restaurant was ordered to toss one “dented can of mushrooms at dry storage,” as well as several items due to “time/temperature control” issues including “BBQ sauce with cooked onions,” chicken wings, coleslaw and sour cream.

The state let the restaurant reopen the next day after a follow-up inspection found a single intermediate violation.

The Breakfast Shack, Boynton Beach

3469 W. Boynton Beach Blvd., Suite 1

Ordered shut: Three times Jan. 8-10; reopened Jan. 12

Why: Four violations (two high-priority), including an infestation of 50 cockroaches spotted crawling “inside of electrical outlet located on ground under cook line flip-top in kitchen,” “on ground and going into wall behind chest freezer” and a reach-in cooler, and “inside of wheels of cook line flip-top cooler” in kitchen.

There were also at least 100 dead roaches in the kitchen — “on ground under chest freezer across from cook line,” “inside of (pest) control devices in between wall and electrical wires directly above chest freezer/toaster area” and “inside of door jam of oven on cook line.”

The report also noted “roach excrement and/or droppings present … on vent behind chest freezer on cook line in kitchen.”

The state caught one employee storing a personal cellphone among “silverware, bags stored on prep table.”

The breakfast eatery was ordered shut two more times, on Jan. 9 and Jan. 10, but was finally cleared to reopen Jan. 12 after zero new issues were found.