WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA9) - This week's report has the regular no hot water violation, but with a twist along with a confusing visit to a Takoma Park grocery where we couldn't tell the mice droppings from the spilled Ethiopian spices.

Click the video above to see whether you believe the shopkeeper's claims about black specs or a restaurant worker's claims she was trained in food safety (so, we ask her about the safe temperature for holding hot food).

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Besides Takoma park, inspectors temporarily closed businesses in Arlington, Washington, D.C., and Clinton, Md.

Crowded Woodley Park Spot Closed With 10 Violations

In Woodley Park, there's often a line to get in to crack the seafood at Hot & Juicy Crawfish on Connecticut Avenue N.W. where inspectors cited 10 violations.

Hot & Juicy's citations included no one certified and trained in food safety and operating with no hot water.

A woman employees identified as the certified food manager acknowledged she hasn't even taken the sanitation test.

"I'm actually working on it," she said. "I already passed the course. I'm just waiting to take the test."

Manager Couldn't Answer Food Safety Questions

She couldn't answer our basic food safety questions like what's the basic holding temperature for holding hot food.

The required minimum temperature is 140 degrees. The Hot & Juicy Crawfish worker guessed '70.'

The restaurant had corrected the violation of operating with no hot water, but the worker wrongly guessed the required minimum as between 100 and 110.

The correct answer is 110, minimum.

Our thermometer recorded their hot water as reaching 137 degrees.

Experts say that's so hot, it could burn.

Arlington Cafes Closed For Operating With No Water

In Arlington, Café Sazon got in trouble for the same thing as their neighbor across the Columbia Pike, El Tutumaso.

Inspectors say there was a water main break, and when they came arrived both restaurants were continuing to operate without any running water.

The manager at El Tutumaso says he hadn't noticed the water was off

And showed us it is hot and running now.

Across the street at Sazon, they wouldn't allow us into their kitchen, but did show us the water now flows in the bathroom.

Jerry's Subs Closed With 22 Violations

At Jerry's Subs on Coventry Way in Clinton, inspectors cited
22 violations

They asked us to leave when we requested to see conditions in their kitchen.

Inspectors ordered Jerry's closed citing a sewage backup on the kitchen floor, no hot water or soap at a hand sink, and dirty ice maker, and floors.

Takoma Park Grocer Closed For Rodents

Inside Malik Grocers on Holton Lane In Takoma Park, the owner assured us what we found at first were actually spilled kalongi spices.

Although they look identical to mice droppings, we did find a bag of Ethiopian kalongi spices in the store and saw it could be true.

Black Spice Can't Explain Rodent Droppings In Grocer's Corner

But that didn't explain what we found in the corner.

The owner acknowledged what we found in the corner was mice droppings.

She said she believed they had fallen of a store fixture that had been moved from where the infestation was prior to bringing in an exterminator.

She showed us that area had been cleaned top to bottom.

Malik's owner also showed us a copy of their recent visit from an exterminator.

All the businesses passed re-inspections prior to our visits and have reopened for business.