You are reading

Pakistani Restaurant on Northern Boulevard Closed by Health Department

73-10 Northern Boulevard (Photo: Google Maps)

July 3, 2018 By Tara Law

A Jackson Heights Pakistani restaurant has been temporarily closed by the Department of Health.

Taste of Lahore, located at 73-10 Northern Boulevard, was closed by the Health Department after an inspection on June 26.

The inspector described finding numerous violations, including an improper sewage disposable system, flies, and evidence of mice or live mice.

The restaurant was hit with 56 violation points. The Health Department listed the following violations; the first five were listed as critical.

1) Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours.

2) Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.

3) Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

4) Sewage disposal system improper or unapproved.

5) Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

6) Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.

7) Food contact surface not properly maintained.

email the author: news@queenspost.com

4 Comments

Click for Comments 
Toni Scofield

Two days ago I walked past this restaurant, remembering what I had read here, about it’s being closed. The doors were open and there were lots of guys delivering food on dollies. The “Grade” sign read: “Grade Pending”…NOT “Closed by the Health Dept.”. Someone should look into this! This can’t be legal.

3
12
Reply
LucilleLeSeur

My God, I never thought such a variety of flies existed on this planet, let alone in one restaurant!

32
Reply
LucilleLeSeur

Honestly, do we really need a grading system to tell us that many of these restaurants are filthy? Here’s the criteria I use: walk straight to the bathroom. If it’s filthy, go elsewhere. If you’re on Northern Boulevard, you might as well keep walking until you reach Brussels.

3
4
Reply

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News

Hollis man charged with raping 14-year-old told teen, ‘I can help you get work’

New details have emerged in the case of the Hollis man accused luring a 14-year-old boy into his car in St. Albans and then allegedly raping him on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 1.

Virgilio Taveras, 63, of Hillside Avenue, was arrested by detectives from the Queens Special Victims Squad two days later and booked at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows. Taveras was arraigned on the Fourth of July in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging him with rape in the second degree, luring a child as an E felony, endangering the welfare of a child and other related crimes.

Man in his 50s sought for exposing himself to 13-year-old on E train in Forest Hills: NYPD

Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who allegedly flashed a 13-year-old girl on a Queens subway train last month.

The victim was riding a southbound E train approaching the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike station at around 1 p.m. on Monday, June 30, when she saw a stranger exposing himself to her, police said Wednesday. The perpetrator ran off the train at the Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike station and fled in an unknown direction. The youngster was not injured during her encounter with the stranger.