Restaurant Report Card: Slime, roaches founds at local establishments

HOUSTON – Roaches and rodents rule the roost in this week’s Restaurant Report Card.

We begin at Sbarro, inside the Galleria Mall, famous for their giant slices of fresh pizza.

But they caught the attention of the Houston Health Department for having rodent droppings found on the floor and a live roach crawling around.

The health department ordered managers to bring in professional pest control.

Up next it’s Batanga, located at 908 Congress, where inspectors spotted roaches near the dishwasher.

The inspectors told workers to get an exterminator in there to control pests.

Same story, different restaurant, more consequences at Viet Subs on Gessner Road.

Their inspectors found roaches in the restaurant and temporarily closed the place until managers took effective measures to get rid of the insects.

It’s a Heights Tex-Mex destination with a very popular patio, but inspectors say rodents were getting a little too comfortable at Skinny Rita’s on North Main.

There, inspectors found rat and mouse droppings under the bar, inside a cabinet and at the soda dispenser.

They also found rat droppings in the upstairs attic.

To top it all off, they found green slime in the ice machine.

The order was given to quarantine the ice machine until it could be cleaned out.

And we round out this week’s violations with a visit to Subway at 4930 Washington Avenue.

There, restaurant inspectors found green slime in the machine and some black particles on the ice and that forced inspectors to quarantine the machine and condemn all the ice.

And this week, we celebrate the hardworking crew at Havana Houston located on Memorial Drive.

They earn our coveted A-Plus Award for getting a spotless restaurant inspection report.

The international restaurant serves terrific food in a gorgeous environment and we say Boo-Yaahh, you all! Good work!

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