What can close a South Florida Denny’s? Four-legged, furry vermin
What can shut down a restaurant in the Denny’s chain, synonymous with eggs, pancakes or burgers at all hours for all people whether working early or partying late?
In Hollywood, the answer Thursday was “rodents and the state inspector who saw them.”
That’s what got the Denny’s at 404 S. State Rd. 7 closed for at least a few hours Thursday after a routine inspection of eight total violations, four of which were High Priority.
Ground vermin don’t tend to be bum-rushed out in a few hours. But not only did the inspector grant Denny’s a same-day re-inspection, but the Denny’s passed and was allowed to re-open.
The inspector saw five pieces of rodent poop in a storage room for chemicals.
That counts as “evidence of rodent activity,” but even better evidence was the “two dead rodents in glue traps under the shelf in the storage room.
The Denny’s also had a handwashing violation because the “hot water was turned off in the kitchen, resulting in employees using only cold water to wash their hands.”
The inspection says the manager turned on the hot water, which brings up the question why the hot water was turned off in the first place.
