Popular Pittsburgh Restaurant Slapped With Consumer Alert

PITTSBURGH, PA — The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a consumer alert for Murray Avenue Grill on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill for various health code violations.

A May 8 inspection revealed one freshly dead mouse and one dried out one on glue boards in the
basement. There were too many to count fresh and old rodent droppings along the walls, floors and shelves in the basement storage areas and office space.

About 40-50 rodent droppings were seen along the walls on the inside of a walk-in cooler. Another 20-30 fresh rodent droppings were found in a cabinet behind the bar.

Two liquor bottles at the bar had dead insects floating inside them.

Rodent nesting material was found beneath the basement stairs, behind the water heater in the office and under shelving units in the basement.

The slicer blade and the fry punch in the basement were soiled. A black, mold-like substance was observed along the kick plate of the ice machine.

A restaurant with a consumer alert placard is allowed to operate for a temporary period not exceeding 10 days. Another inspection is conducted either prior to the expiration of the temporary period upon request of the eatery owner or on the tenth day.

See the entire inspection report here.