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Report: Gaithersburg Restaurants Cited For Health Code Violations
A chinese restaurant closes for roaches and a chicken restaurant reopens after storing chicken in a potentially dangerous 65 degree refrigerator, WUSA 9 reports.
Two Gaithersburg restaurants are in hot water after recent citations from the Montgomery County Health Department, WUSA 9 reports.
Hunan Palace, located at 9011 Gaither Road, was cited for a roach infestation after inspectors found "old dead and live roaches of all life stages found on the counter, shelves, and in the Chinese restaurant's sauce packets storage containers."
Also cited was Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa, located at 430 North Frederick Avenue. Known for its hot rotisserie chicken, inspectors say the restaurant's cooler was more than 20 degrees warmer than the maximum 41 degrees required by law.
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"Inspectors reported 21 pans of chicken stored at Sardi's in a potentially dangerous 65 degree refrigerator," according to the report.
Sardi's manager took WUSA 9 into the kitchen to show off its newly replaced thermostat and the kitchen being stored at a safe 40 degree temperature.
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Both restaurants resolved the closure violations, passed re-inspection, and have reopened, WUSA 9 reports.
Read the full report, including violations at Bethesda and Silver Spring restaurants, on WUSA 9.
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