Popular South Side Restaurant Slapped With Consumer Alert

PITTSBURGH, PA - The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a consumer alert for Emiliano’s Mexican Bar and Grill on the South Side for pest problems and other issues.

Inspectors who visited the eatery on July 25 found a dead mouse in a snap trap by a mop sink and ice machine and rodent droppings behind the cook line and behind booths in customer area. Additionally, two live roaches were observed on a glue trap at the back of a bar.

Inspectors also found:

• Foods being stored at unsafe temperatures.

• An employee handling raw chicken and raw beef then moving on to prepare customers

cooked orders without changing gloves or washing hands.

• Soiled cutting boards, a heavily soiled wiping cloth and a heavily soiled knife with black food debris along the blade.

The restaurant remains open while the consumer alert is in place.

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