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7:47 AM, May 17, 2013
A well known restaurant operating with an expired business license, another without a health permit, and then there are the mold and rodent issues.
1:42 PM, May 16, 2013
A baby in a Chinese restaurant kitchen, a convenience store and Waterfront grill operating without water, a DC liquor and food store operating with a vermin infestation and a U. St. restaurant operating without hot water are all in this week's restaurant inspection closure report.
11:43 PM, May 9, 2013
Video shows angry workers at the bakery ordering our cameras out after we record shelves filled with baked goods.
6:43 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Live rats at a Subway restaurant, mice and roaches at a white tablecloth spot on Capitol Hill, and multiple violations at a Persian restaurant in Virginia - all violations cited by health inspectors - led to closures of restaurants in Virginia, Maryland, and the District.
4:57 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Watch Thursday at 11 pm: Mice at a white table cloth Capitol Hill restaurant, rats at a Subway restaurant, and misc. sanitation violations at a Persian restaurant in Virginia included in this week's food alert.
11:32 PM, Apr 11, 2013
The national president of Cookies by Design says the company has revoked the franchise agreement with its Bethesda location - and ordered it permanently closed - after WUSA9 reported on a mice infestation inside the store's kitchen.
6:35 PM, Apr 9, 2013
A Whole Foods In NW DC was ordered closed due to an "imminent health hazard" by the DC health inspectors Tuesday afternoon.
4:22 PM, Apr 4, 2013
If you identify a health risk at a restaurant, grocery store or other food establishment, a complaint to your local health department would likely result in an official inspection within 48 hours.
7:52 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Inspectors closed Cookies by Design on Cordell Ave. in Bethesda, Ren's Ramen on Amherst in Wheaton, and Skip Liquors on 61 St. NE.
10:40 AM, Mar 8, 2013
Rodents close a popular U Street Corridor bistro and a Prince George's County grocery, while sewage closes an Arlington deli in this week's WUSA9 Food Alert.
9:14 AM, Mar 1, 2013
This week's WUSA9 Food Alert on restaurant inspection suspensions includes a popular Arlington burger bistro, a national doughnut chain and violations ranging from rat feces to sewage and stores operating without the required staffer trained in food safety.
9:10 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Ever wonder what's lurking inside those popular buffet? How long has the food been there and is it safe? We found problems that experts say could make you sick.
7:00 PM, Feb 19, 2013
You can now search for restaurant violations at your favorite Montgomery County restaurant in a new database similar to established sites in the District and Virginia.
1:11 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Inspectors suspended a restaurant that critics consider one of Washington's best, a restaurant popular with tourists and a deli.
12:48 AM, Feb 8, 2013
DC Health officials say they have ordered a sanitation violation closure for high-end Georgetown grocer Dean & Deluca.
6:59 PM, Feb 1, 2013
A Subway manager ordered our Food Alert crew out of his Adams Morgan restaurant - and speed walked out himself - when we asked questions about potentially risky operating conditions.
That Subway, a second Subway shop in Hyattsville, an iconic Howard University neighborhood restaurant and an independent Bethesda sandwich shop were closed for violations experts say put customers at risk of potentially serious illness.
5:08 PM, Jan 31, 2013
At 11:00 p.m. WUSA9's weekly Thursday night Food Alert segment will include health violations that close an iconic Shaw neighborhood restaurant, two Subways, and a Bethesda sandwich shop.
12:17 PM, Jan 31, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA9) - At 11:00 p.m. WUSA9's weekly Thursday night Food Alert segment will include health violations that close an iconic Shaw neighborhood restaurant, two Subways, and a Bethesda sandwich shop.
To know about restaurant closures first, follow @russptacek on Twitter or Facebook.
You can also see preliminary details about each closure from this week's report by clicking through our photo gallery.
See violations in your neighborhood? Below is a link to a list of contact information where you can complain to health inspectors.
http://www.wusa9.com/news/nation-world/article/239623/381/Contact-Health-Depts-About-Restaurant--Food-Risks
If your tip to health inspectors leads to a closure, we'll follow up with our cameras.
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