The Manhattan restaurant the place a pair claims they discovered a complete rodent of their meals supply order has been compelled to hit the pause button on serving meals … the Health Department has closed the joint.
Gammeeok, a Korean restaurant on the heart of a current lawsuit, obtained shut down Wednesday after an inspection …. in response to Fabien Levy, a rep for NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
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TMZ broke the story … a pair filed a lawsuit this week claiming they ordered meals from Gammeeok over the weekend and found a useless rodent of their soup, an allegation the restaurant disputes.
Levy tells TMZ … “No New York City restaurant is permitted to have mice or rats on the menu and we’re investigating additional. Our high precedence is defending the well being of New Yorkers and if a restaurant has situations that threaten our metropolis’s diners, they are going to be shut down.”
The restaurant already has signage up on the door exhibiting they have been closed by the Health Department. The eatery additionally seems to have put up its personal signal claiming they’re shuttered due to “upkeep.”
Our sources say Health Department inspectors discovered rat droppings on the restaurant, and meals was not being saved on the right temperature. We’re additionally advised the eatery didn’t have a skilled supervisor on web site.
The restaurant must bounce by means of some hoops to open again up … we’re advised Gammeeok might want to right all of the violations they obtained dinged for, plus pay any fines imposed by town.
Our sources say Gammeeok was additionally working with out the right permits, regardless of a number of warnings from the Health Department to resume their paperwork.
In the lawsuit, the couple additionally claimed Gammeeok had gotten a C grade from the Health Department in January, the worst attainable letter grade.
Rats are an enormous downside within the Big Apple … a lot so, Mayor Adams needs to rent a “rat czar” to rid town of rodents.
It appears like a “rat czar” could possibly be employed quickly … we’re advised there’s been a “great response” to the job posting.