PORTLAND (AP) — Three businesses on the Maine waterfront that were closed after rat droppings were found inside have been cleared to reopen by the Portland health inspector.
The businesses on Portland’s Custom House Wharf were shut down Thursday.
City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg says a pest management company was brought in Friday to correct the issues.
The Porthole restaurant, the Comedy Connection, and the Harbour’s Edge banquet hall passed a city health inspection on Saturday.
On Thursday, health inspector Michele Sturgeon reported finding “rat droppings everywhere” in the businesses’ liquor storage area and on shelves, as well as “rotting, decayed mouse traps,” and “tons of flies all over the food.”
Clegg tells the Portland Press Herald all of the major concerns, including the rat droppings, had been addressed.
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