State inspectors ordered CMX Brickell Stone Sports Bar inside Brickell City Centre to temporarily shut down on July 14 after finding a live rodent stuck in a glue trap at the upstairs bar, along with a stack of other serious sanitation problems. The stop order, the second closure for this spot in 2026, followed a complaint-driven state investigation that inspectors said revealed conditions posing an immediate public health risk. Customers and staff at the fourth-floor sports bar were cleared out while regulators moved through the space documenting violations.
What inspectors found
Inspectors logged 30 violations, including eight labeled high priority. Among them, they reported one live rodent on a glue trap inside a cabinet, more than 100 dead flies piled up near an old bar area by the kitchen, and two live flies in storage areas. The upstairs bar dish machine was also clocked at zero parts per million of chlorine sanitizer, so inspectors ordered it taken out of service until it is repaired.
Other issues read like a greatest-hits list of food-safety no-nos: raw shell eggs stored over cooked peppers, chemicals shelved above drinking straws, food set directly on the floor, torn refrigerator gaskets, damaged ceiling tiles, and unsecured carbon dioxide tanks. These findings appear in the state inspection notes, according to Local 10.
Second closure this year
This is not the first time regulators have hit pause on operations at the bar this year. On May 13, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation ordered CMX Brickell Stone Sports Bar to stop operating after inspectors found a dead rodent on a trap and several hygiene lapses, including an employee who did not wash their hands and a handwashing sink with no soap. Those violations are detailed in the agency’s official inspection file for the business, per Florida DBPR inspection records.
What happens next
Restaurants that are emergency-closed by the state are allowed to reopen only after correcting all violations and passing a follow-up inspection. DBPR clears an establishment to resume business once inspectors verify that the problems have been fixed.
After the May shutdown, a reporter visiting the bar was met with a no-comment from management, and similar outreach regarding the July closure went unanswered, according to Local 10.
Rodents and pests remain a persistent problem
CMX Brickell Stone Sports Bar is far from alone in its pest troubles. Pest activity has fueled a wave of emergency closures across Florida this year. A DBPR closures tracker compiled by FloridaFoodSafety.org lists hundreds of emergency orders in 2026, with rodent activity behind dozens of those shutdowns and roach activity standing as the single biggest reason for closures, per FloridaFoodSafety.org.
We will keep an eye on DBPR inspection records and local coverage to see when the bar addresses the violations and is cleared to reopen. Updates will be posted after follow-up inspections appear in state files.
