A restaurant in Pittsburgh with two dozen violations has been ordered closed by the Allegheny County Health Department.
An inspection shows the PF BBQ House on Atwood Street in Oakland was hit with 24 violations during an inspection on Tuesday. Six of those violations are considered high-risk.
Inspectors say the restaurant didn’t correct violations from an inspection in May 2025 and several issues remain including pest control, cold-holding food and cross contamination prevention.
Some of the high-risk violations include “too many to count” mouse droppings in several areas including in upstairs storage, on various stairs, on the floor of the beverage area, under dining booths, on a floor behind a fish tank, in a closet, on the floor of the food prep area and other locations.
Bay leaf bags and cardboard boxes with spices were found with chew marks. Multiple boxes of red chili peppers were adulterated with moths. A dead mouse found on a glue trap in the basement.
Also, margarine was found in a walk-in cooler, covered in black mold, bags of shrimp contaminated with condensate ice buildup, spices and nuts contaminated by mouse urine and droppings and a container of sweet rice and black pepper in a basement contaminated with mouse droppings were found.
All of those items were thrown away.
The walk-in cooler had several items above the 41-degree threshold for cold-holding food. They included cooked duck, soaking bean sprouts, pooled eggs and tofu.
Multiple raw meat skewers were found between 52 and 64 degrees in a cooler. Those items were moved to the freezer.
Several food preparation items were found unwashed with old food debris on them.
The Health Department says the closure is due to “malfunctioning refrigeration and multiple repeat medium and high risk violations.”
To see the full inspection report and any updates to the restaurant’s status, visit the Health Department’s website.
