NYC Health Department Closes Korean Restaurant After Customer Alleges Rat In Food

The Manhattan restaurant the place a pair claims they discovered a whole rodent of their meals supply order has been pressured to hit the pause button on serving meals … the Health Department has closed the joint.

Gammeeok, a Korean restaurant on the middle of a latest lawsuit, received shut down Wednesday after an inspection …. in keeping with Fabien Levy, a rep for NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

TMZ broke the story … a pair filed a lawsuit this week claiming they ordered meals from Gammeeok over the weekend and found a lifeless rodent of their soup, an allegation the restaurant disputes.

Levy tells TMZ … “No New York City restaurant is authorized to have mice or rats on the menu and we are investigating further. Our top priority is protecting the health of New Yorkers and if a restaurant has conditions that threaten our city’s diners, they will be shut down.”

The restaurant already has signage up on the door exhibiting they have been closed by the Health Department. The eatery additionally seems to have put up its personal signal claiming they’re shuttered due to “maintenance.”

Our sources say Health Department inspectors discovered rat droppings on the restaurant, and meals was not being saved on the appropriate temperature. We’re additionally advised the eatery didn’t have a skilled supervisor on web site.

The restaurant must soar via some hoops to open again up … we’re advised Gammeeok might want to appropriate all of the violations they received dinged for, plus pay any fines imposed by town.

Our sources say Gammeeok was additionally working with out the correct permits, regardless of a number of warnings from the Health Department to resume their paperwork.

In the lawsuit, the couple additionally claimed Gammeeok had gotten a C grade from the Health Department in January, the worst potential letter grade.

Rats are an enormous drawback within the Big Apple … a lot so, Mayor Adams needs to hire a “rat czar” to rid town of rodents.