The boba counter that has fueled two decades of San Francisco State cram sessions is dark, and the red placard on the door at Stonestown Galleria explains why: rodents. San Francisco health inspectors suspended the permit for Quickly at 3251 20th Ave., Suite 160 on July 30, ordering the shop shut on the spot after documenting droppings scattered from the dry storage rack all the way out to the front shelving where customers place their orders. A reinspection the following afternoon lasted five minutes and ended the same way — still closed.
The routine inspection began at 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, and ran an hour and fifteen minutes, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health report signed by inspector Cristina Fung-Autry. The permit is held by Hot Chicks Cafe Inc., which operates the mall location under the Quickly banner. Under the city’s placard system, a closure means SF.gov considers the hazards too serious to fix while the doors stay open.
What the inspector found
The rodent evidence was not confined to a back corner. Inspectors logged numerous droppings on the floor beneath the dry-storage food rack, on a can in back storage, underneath the three-compartment sink, on the service area counter, and in the front shelving where staff hand drinks to customers — the last one being the detail that will stick with anyone who has waited in that line with a receipt in hand.
The rest of the report reads like a full audit of the workflow behind the counter. An employee was observed washing their hands without soap, in cold water, and redid it correctly at the inspector’s request. No sanitizing solution was ready for use in the third compartment sink, and it had to be mixed on the spot. Dishes were being washed in the food preparation sink rather than a proper warewashing setup, no probe thermometer could be produced when the inspector asked for one, wet wiping cloths sat on the counters, and the floors under equipment had accumulated food debris…