Great Wall Chinese is located in St. Petersburg along 62nd Avenue North and Martin Luther King Street in the Rutland Plaza shopping center. The take-out restaurant is popular among customers.

“It’s good, quick service,” said one previous customer we found in the restaurant’s parking lot. “The people were really friendly and the food was pretty good.”

But not everyone leaves Great Wall Chinese Take-Out satisfied with their service.

“She was eating her rice, and there was a little roach in it,” said Doriona Watson whose cousin, Twanisha Wright, filed a consumer complaint with the state, prompting a surprise visit by a health inspector.

The Florida Division of Hotels and Restaurants ordered an emergency closure April 28 after finding 28 violations. Among the issues were chicken stored in the freezer, unwrapped and with freezer burn; no soap at the employee hand washing sink; and roach activity, with 20 live roaches found under the three-compartment sink.