Health Department puts Mishawaka restaurant back on probation

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jul 2, 2008 at 12:08 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 2, 2008 at 12:13 PM EDT

MISHAWAKA — An Indian restaurant is back on probation after, health officers say, they discovered overflowing water and sanitation issues inside the establishment.

The Taj Indian Restaurant, 508 W. McKinley Ave., had just come off probation in March for an August 2007 incident involving a cockroach infestation.

At a hearing Wednesday at the St. Joseph County Health Department, officials described a June 19 inspection in which they found clogged drains, carpets saturated with water and plugged toilets.

Employees at the restaurant said they called a plumber to fix the problem as soon as possible and that they have since cleaned up the restaurant.

You can read more about this story in Thursday’s South Bend Tribune.

Thursday, Jul 3 at 4:23 PM Anonymous wrote ...

i heard the owner of brunos sold that land on praire for over 3 million on lucky boy that guy is he's rolling in that dough. lol

Thursday, Jul 3 at 4:09 PM Mark wrote ...

hey pizza are you talking about brunos pizza on praire, if you are i totally agree

Thursday, Jul 3 at 3:56 PM Anonymous wrote ...

THEY ALSO NEED TO INVESTIGATE THE OWNERS OF VESUVIO'S PIZZA FOR PAYING THEIR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE TABLE AND NOT PAYING MINIMUM WAGE ONLY TWO DOLLARS PER DELIVERY AND THEIR TIPS.

Thursday, Jul 3 at 3:33 PM Anonymous wrote ...

brunos is very dirty

Thursday, Jul 3 at 2:51 PM Anonymous wrote ...

THEY NEED TO GO AROUND AND SHUT DOWN ALL OF THESE SO CALLED SMALL FAMILY RUN PIZZA JOINTS LIKE VESUVIO'S PIZZA THAT DOESN'T KEEP THEIR DOUGH OR THEIR VEGETABLES OR SAUCE REFRIGERATED.

Thursday, Jul 3 at 11:58 AM Anonymous wrote ...

hey pizza is that place on praire next to the bypass?

Thursday, Jul 3 at 11:35 AM Anonymous wrote ...

Why don't they just shut them down instead of putting them on probation? Although I am sure they will go out of business now after the community reading this story . I know I will never go there. That is just gross.

Thursday, Jul 3 at 10:26 AM pizza wrote ...

i think the health department is getting a share of some pizzas because that place should be SHUT DOWN before someone dies from food illness

Thursday, Jul 3 at 10:24 AM Nice wrote ...

Yummy! How about cockroach saag ? I bet they will lower the price if you pass. Today 9.99 ok ok 5.99 ok ok how much you got to spend....lmao

Thursday, Jul 3 at 10:23 AM pizza wrote ...

one restaurant that i'm truely disgusted by our HEALTH DEPARTMENT is a pizza place, i worked there for about 2 years and i mean i was disgusted, mixing pizza dough with dirty hands, sausage everywhere. a rag with cheese was left on the sink for a coulpe of days and when i went to lift it up there was a appx. 200 maggotes, i felt so sorry for the people who would eat there. after seeing all of that i couldn't take it any more and quit. they don't wear gloves and wear wife beaters.

Thursday, Jul 3 at 9:28 AM Woohoo wrote ...

The last owners of that location (when it was Shalimar), really took pride in that place, it was clean, they were friendly. Really has gone down hill since. It's a well known fact that white trash has extreme ignorance for anyone possibly different than them.....when they're not buying cigarettes, mountain dew, and meth....

Thursday, Jul 3 at 9:09 AM yikes wrote ...

thats disgusting.. a friend and i were next door to that place discussing trying it bc it always smelled good. glad we never did. gross.

Thursday, Jul 3 at 8:11 AM Mamma wrote ...

*Mental note to self*...NEVER go to this restaurant, NASTY!!!

Thursday, Jul 3 at 2:00 AM me wrote ...

i work in a factory where food is made you would be surprised what crawls around in them places exspecialy a candy place its a cockroach paradise in there some of them even fly no joke if people only new what is in 1/2 of the stuff we eat we wouldnt eat. its pretty nasty usually people that work in food factorys usually dont eat that product because they no how it is made.

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 5:26 PM T Gaskill wrote ...

Sounds to me like they should try a different business outside the food industry.

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 5:05 PM cassie wrote ...

i believe that when all people apply for restaurant permit they need to be educated on do's/dont's of restaurant/health rules. there is NO respect for regulations, sanitation, etc. Close them down until they understand THEY MUST COMPLY, wouldnt feed my dog from there, I care too much for her well being

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 4:21 PM blech! wrote ...

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Wednesday, Jul 2 at 1:00 PM Yum Yum wrote ...

Well what did the Health Department expect them to do with the cockroaches cook them?? Maybe instead they just tried to flush them into the system...

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