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Back of the Yards and Canaryville residents needing another reason to head to Amelia's: the City Department of Public Health shut down Taco Don Cuco (1847 W. 47th St.) today after a spot inspection found a broken refrigerator, food stored at unsafe temperatures, and evidence of a rodent infestation. That evidence included a carcass on a glue trap.

Ukrainian Village residents are going to have to get their tacos from somewhere else today. The City Department of Public Health shut down Tecalitlan (1814 W. Chicago Ave.) after a spot inspection found four coolers at temperatures ranging from 48-62 degrees. the Health department also made Tecalitlan throw out 400 pounds of meat, eggs and other ingredients.

it's one thing to run a restaurant and have a rodent infestation. It's another thing entirely to have that rodent infestation reported to the City Health Department because a customer saw a cook trying to kill said rodents with cooking utensils. That was the least of Nigerian Kitchen's worries. The Uptown restaurant (1163 W. Wilson) also had the following violations: mouse feces in the restaurant, cockroaches crawling on a wall, wastewater backing up form 3 clogged sinks in the kitchen and a mop sink being used to prepare vegetables.

Yesterday we received an e-mail from the City Department of Public Health announcing the closing of Bleeding Heart Bakery for some health code violations. Rather than go into hysterics, we called the bakery, asked to speak with owner Michelle Garcia and, when told she wasn't available, left our number and asked that she call us back regarding the inspection. After all, the prudent thing in these matters is to get both sides of the story. So we decided to sit on the story until we heard back from Garcia.

How many of you read that headline and thought we were referring to Hot Doug's?

Organic-focused Italian eatery Piatto (5305 W. Devon, 773-467-2000) was cited by the City Department of Public Health today for a few health code violations. The biggest charge is a fruit fly infestation in the kitchen and dining areas. Remember, restaurateurs: fruit flies come inside when it gets cold.

From the City Department of Public Health: Earwax Café (1561 N. Milwaukee) in Wicker Park failed a follow-up inspection today after a spot inspection last week showed traces of a rat infestation.

Apparently when it comes to Health Department re-inspections, Bar Louie on Randolph doesn't bother trying to correct their infractions. They failed their re-inspection yesterday with exactly the same violations that caused the Department of Public Health to shut them down in the first place.

The Health Department shut down another Bar Louie yesterday, this time at 741 W. Randolph (a press release from Tim Hadac at the CDPH says that it's still shut down as of post time). The major violation was the discovery of over 1,000 rat droppings in a basement storage area. Inspectors also found doors with gaps allowing insects and rodents easy access, fruit flies, overflowing dumpsters, no hot water and no sanitation solution in an automatic dishwashing machine.