DIRTY DINING: Fat Baguette Restaurant Closed After Inspectors Find Cockroach Infestation

Fat Baguette, located at 548 Contra Costa Blvd. in Pleasant Hill, was closed on Sept.5 after inspectors from the Contra Costa County Health Department say they found the following.

• Two cans of Real Kill Ant & Roach chemical spray on the bottom shelf of the food preparation table in the back kitchen.
• 1 live cockroach on the pressurized tank in the front kitchen.
• 2 live cockroaches on the floor next to the pressurized tank in the front kitchen.
• 1 live cockroach on the shelf next to the cash register.
• 1 live cockroach on the shelf next to front kitchen hand sink and soda machine.
• 1 live cockroach on the floor next to refrigerators in the front kitchen.
• 1 live cockroach on the floor next to ice machine in the front kitchen.
• 2 live cockroaches behind the food preparation sink.
• 2 live cockroaches underneath the back kitchen refrigerator wheel.
• 1 live cockroach behind the box of single-use gloves stored on top of back kitchen towel dispenser.
• 3+ dead cockroaches on the floor underneath refrigeration units in the back kitchen.
• 1 dead cockroach on the floor next to reach in freezer in the back kitchen.
• 1 dead cockroach on the lid of a pot in the back kitchen.
• 1 dead cockroach on the bottom shelf of the preparation table in the back kitchen.
• 1 dead cockroach on the wall next to the food preparation sink.

The restaurant has since been reinspected and reopened.

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