Popular South Side Restaurant Hit With Consumer Alert

PITTSBURGH, PA - The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a consumer alert for BD’s Mongolian Grill in SouthSide Works for pest management problems and other issues.

Inspectors on Monday found mouse droppings “too numerous to count” in all areas of the popular eatery - including the dish room, food storage and food prep areas, customer areas, restrooms and closets. A recently deceased mouse was observed in a trap behind canned goods. An older, decaying mouse was observed on a glue trap and mouse droppings were present inside chemical boxes near an office.

Additionally, inspectors noted the restaurant has an ongoing house fly and small fly infestation. Swarms of both types of flies were observed in a back kitchen area, bar and dish area. Food debris on floors, pools of leaking liquids at the bar are contributing to the problem, inspectors noted.

Among other health code violations included a a knife at the prep line with a dried, red substance on the blade and a “severe buildup of old chicken juice and slime” on cooling racks in the walk-in cooler.

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