Rats infest Yum Cha and Family Dollar on Dirty Dining

You've probably heard of shark week.

Well... Tonight on Dirty Dining, it's rat week!

And we're serving up seconds.

Two different places--both repeat offenders--had to be shut down for rats.

WELL..TONIGHT ON DIRTY DINING..IT'S "RAT WEEK"....WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENTPLACES.... AND...BOTH REPEAT OFFENDERS....HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN....FOR RATS..13 CHIEF INVESTIGATOR DARCYSPEARS HAS THAT...PLUS A "K-F-C" PROBLEM THATWOULD HAVE COLONEL SANDERSHOPPING MAD IN TONIGHT'S DIRTYDINING..SAM KAM, OWNER OF YUM CHARESTAURANT ON TROPICANA ANDDECATUR, HAS A RAT PROBLEM.AND HE SHOWS US HOW THECREATURES HAVE BEEN GETTING IN.5:27 D: SO THE RATS COULD COMEIN THROUGH THAT OPENING, GODOWN THE PIPE AND THEY'RE RIGHTHERE.THE DIM SUM RESTAURANT HAS GONETHOUGH NUMEROUS OWNERS IN THEPAST FEW YEARS.SAM KAM IS THE LATEST.55:06 SAM: THIS IS MY FIRSTRESTAURANT.AND THOUGH THIS IS YUM CHA'SFIRST APPEARANCE ON DIRTYDINING, THE LOCATION IS AREPEAT OFFENDER.SAM SAYS IT'S AN OLD BUILDINGAND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.54:36 SAM: TO BE HONEST WITHYOU, THE WHOLE SHOPPING CENTERYOU SEE RATS.THE HEALTH DISTRICT'S FEB 6INSPECTION PAINTS THE PICTUREOF A HEALTH AND SANITATIONDISASTER--RAT DROPPINGS ANDURINEON LINERS THAT COOKED DUMPLINGSSTORED IN DIM SUM POTS.ON FOOD PACKAGES, CONTAINERSAND SHELVES.ON PREP TABLE SHELVES WHERECOOKING RACKS ARE STORED AND INCONTAINERS OF UTENSILSINCLUDING ROLLING PINS ANDTONGS.55:24 SAM: ALL OVER, YEAH.D: EVEN ON THE DOOR HANDLE.S: YEAH, THIS DOOR HANDLE,YEAH.RATS WERE ALSO FEASTING ON THEFLOUR, LEAVING GNAW MARKS ANDDROPPINGS ON THE BAGS.THE HEALTH REPORT NOTES THATTHE PEST CONTROL COMPANY WASPREPARING TO COME OUT THE NEXTDAY FOR A "MASS TRAPPING."55:06 D: ALL THE URINE AND THEFECES FROM THE RATS ON JUSTABOUT EVERYTHING.WHY WAS THAT ALL STILL IN THEKITCHEN?

SAM: MAYBE IT'S EVERYDAY.I DON'T KNOW.I REALLY DON'T KNOW THISBECAUSE I NEED TO LEARN.INSPECTORS SAY THE RATS WEREATTRACTED BY OLD FOOD ON THEFLOOR AND EXCESSIVE GREASE ONEQUIPMENT.4:57 SAM: ONLY HE SAID DIRTY ISTHAT--IN WHERE WE CAN'T REACH.SO WE HAVE TO MAKE ONE DAY,PUSH EVERYTHING AROUND, PUSHEVERYTHING OUT.DARCY: PULL THE EQUIPMENT OUTTO CLEAN BEHIND IT.BECAUSE THE RATS CAN REACH BACKTHERE.

S: YES.

YES, YES.THERE WAS ALSO MOLD IN THE ICEMACHINE, DIRTY BULK FOOD BINS,DIRTY WALLS, AND DIRTYREFRIGERATOR DOORS AND FREEZERFLOORS.58:19 SAM: ACTUALLY THIS IS SOCOINCIDENTAL.ONE OF THE CLEANERS, HE QUIT AFEW DAYS BEFORE THE INSPECTION.YUM CHA REOPENED WITH ATHREE-DEMERIT A GRADE ON FEB.14 AND SAM KAM INTENDS TO KEEPIT THAT WAY.5:00:55 SAM: I JUST SAY SORRYTO THEM BUT I'M GOING TO WORKVERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THERE ISNO MORE IN THE FUTURE./NAT SWISH/ SWITCHING GEARS NOWFROM DIRTY DINING TO GROSSGROCERS AT FAMILY DOLLAR ONTWAIN AND SPENCER, WHERE,COINCIDENTALLY, CLEANINGPRODUCTS ARE NOW THE FIRSTTHING YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK INTHE DOOR.7:56:32 D: YOU LOOK LIKE AN IN-CHARGE KIND OF GUY.MANAGER: YEAH.I'M DARCY SPEARS FROMCHANNEL 13.HOW YOU DOIN'?

D: I'M GOOD.WE'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU GUYS HADRATS.AGAIN.YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE'REALLOWED TO TALK.D: YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK?WELL, MAYBE.GIVE ME ONE SECOND.WHEN YOUR PEST CONTROL COMPANYTELLS YOU YOU'VE GOT ROOF RATS,AND YOU LEAVE A BIG HOLE IN THECEILING, YOU MIGHT AS WELL ROLLOUT THE RAT RED CARPET.IT SEEMS FAMILY DOLLAR DID JUSTTHAT.THE DIRTY DINING REPEATOFFENDER WAS SHUT DOWN FOR ARAT INFESTATION LAST SPRING ANDAGAIN ON FEB.7.BLACK LIGHT PICTURES SHOW URINEAND FECES ON FLOORS NEAR GIFTWRAP AND ON EMPTY SHELVES.THERE WERE MORE RAT DROPPINGSON THE SALES FLOOR NEARPACKAGED FOOD.THE INSPECTION SAYS FAMILYDOLLAR KNEW ABOUT THE RATS BUTDIDN'T CONTACT THE HEALTHDISTRICT AND FAILED TO SELF-CLOSE.59:19 D: NO COMMENT AND WE'RENOT ALLOWED TO BE IN HERE?YEAH.D: IS THERE SOMEONE WHO CANCOMMENT?

BECAUSE MULTIPLE RATINFESTATIONS HAS GOT TO BE ANISSUE FOR THE CUSTOMERS AND I'MSURE THEY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANEXPLANATION.LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET YOU ANUMBER.HEALTH INSPECTORS WENT TOFAMILY DOLLAR TO INVESTIGATE ACOMPLAINT FROM A CUSTOMER WHOWROTE, "WHEN I OPENED MY ICEBEING WORKED ON WHEN THEYARRIVED.THEY ALSO DOCUMENTED LOTS OFCARDBOARD AND PLASTIC TRASH ANDOVERFLOWING DUMPSTERS THAT WEREATTRACTING RATS.THE MOP SINK WAS DIRTY AND FOULSMELLING.AND TRASH CANS IN THE BREAKROOM WERE OVERFLOWING ANDSTINKY TOO.FAMILY DOLLAR REOPENED WITH ATHREE-DEMERIT A GRADE ON FEB.12.OUR EMAIL AND CALL TO THEIRCORPORATE OFFICE WAS NOTRETURNED./NAT SWISH/ KENTUCKY FRIEDCHICKEN ON EASTERN AND HORIZONRIDGE DID NOT HAVE RATS.BUT IT DID HAVE MORE THAN 11HERBS AND SPICES IN ITSKITCHEN.SEWAGE CAUSED K-F-C TO BE SHUTDOWN FEB.5 AFTER HEALTH INSPECTORS FOUNDPOOLED WASTE WATER SURROUNDINGTHE WALK IN COOLER.EMPLOYEES WOULD'VE HAD TO WALKTHROUGH IT TO GET FOOD.IT WAS BACK TO A ZERO-DEMERIT ATHE SAME DAY, ALTHOUGH THEOPERATOR TOLD INSPECTORSTHEY'RE OFFICIALLY CLOSING THESTORE ON FEB.24.DARCY TAG: THERE'S MORE DIRTYDINING ON OUR WEBSITE INCLUDINGCLOSURES AT BELLY BOMBZ,BOWLOLOGY AND HOLY SHRIMP.CHECK IT OUT AT KTNV.COM.DARCY SPEARS, 13 INVESTIGATES.NEW AT -11-...A WOMAN DOESN'T MAKE IT VERYFAR....