Filthy Kitchens, Rats And Roaches: See The NYC Restaurants Ordered Closed This Week

NEW YORK, NY — Filth flies, roaches, mice and unwashed hands — restaurants across the city have dirty secrets they’d rather you didn't know about. Fortunately for the diner’s health, New York City’s Health Department is looking.

Every year, inspectors go unannounced into more than 24,000 restaurants in the city. Of them, the majority are fine, but some fall disgustingly short of the city’s cleanliness requirements.

The most common violations, according to the city, are food stored at wrong temperatures, vermin, "plumbing" issues (the mind boggles) and basic food safety protocols not being followed.

Every week, Patch will tell you which restaurants have gotten the chop – try not to read over your lunch break.

Inspection scores above 28 earn eateries a C grade and extra close monitoring from the city’s health department – which could decide to shut it down.

These are the restaurants closed down in the last week, according to the Department of Health:

Brooklyn

Blue Bottle Coffee

Address: 160 Berry St.

Violation Points: 38

• Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas
• Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas (filth flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies, while food-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies)
• Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination might have occurred
• Facility not vermin proof (harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises)

Read Patch’s full report here.

Express Fulton Fried Chicken & Pizza

Address: 547 Fulton St.

Violation Points: 48

• Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas
• Filth flies or food-associated flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas
• Hand-washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room (running water not provided to enable employee cleanliness, with no soap or acceptable hand-drying device provided)
• Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service
• Facility not vermin proof

Manhattan

Daily Bagel

Address: 1111 First Ave.

Violation Points: 77

• Live roaches in food and/or non-food areas
• Cold food item held above 41 degrees (smoked fish and reduced-oxygen-packaged foods above 38 degrees) except during necessary preparation
• Food, food preparation area, food storage area and area used by employees or patrons contaminated by sewage or liquid waste
• Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contained or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan
• Evidence of mice or live mice present in food and/or non-food areas
• Filth flies or food-associated flies in food or non-food areas
• Facility not vermin proof
• Accurate thermometer not provided in refrigerated or hot holding equipment

Read Patch’s full report here.

Queens

Carnation Bakery

Address: 4605 Kissena Blvd.

Violation Points: 46

• Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross contained or not discarded in accordance with HACCP
• Evidence of mice in food and/or non-food areas
• Filth or food-associated flies in food and/or non-food areas
• Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following contamination
• Facility not vermin proof

Delicias Colombianas

Address: 3703 82nd St.

Violation Points: 65

• Hot food item not held at or above 140 degrees
• Cold food item held about 41 degrees except during necessary preparation
• Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140 to 70 degrees or less within two hours (and from 70 to 41 degrees within four additional hours)
• Insufficient or no refrigerated or hot holding equipment to keep potentially hazardous foods at required temperatures
• Food unprotected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service
• Non-food contact surface improperly structured and maintained, with unacceptable material used

East Buffet & Restaurant

Address: 4207 Main St.

• Hot food item not held at or above 140 degrees
• Evidence of rats present in food and/or non-food areas
• Evidence of mice in food and/or non-food areas
• Filth flies or food-associated flies present in food and/or non-food areas
• Facility not vermin proof
• Plumbing not properly installed or maintained

Thriving Steam Pot

Address: 4345 Main St.

Violation Points: 48

• Food protection certificate not held by supervisor of food operations
• Evidence of mice in food and/or non-food areas
• Facility not vermin proof
• Food contact surface not properly maintained
• Plumbing not properly installed or maintained

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