UPTOWN — A Far North Side Vietnamese restaurant had its license suspended by city officials after inspectors found numerous health violations, including rat droppings and live roaches.
The city’s Department of Public Health closed Nhà Hàng Vietnam, 1032 W. Argyle St., Oct. 14, according to a sign posted on its front door.
The Vietnamese restaurant failed two recent health inspections, records show. Nhà Hàng Vietnam has been in Uptown’s Asia on Argyle corridor since 2011 and boasts a menu of traditional Vietnamese food like pho and bành mís.
The first failed inspection was on Oct. 5 and was in response to a complaint, city records show. During that inspection, officials found several dozen rat and mice droppings in the kitchen and dining area, live roaches, “flying insects” on the walls and in a food container as well as other general lack of cleanliness like dirty doors, walls and floors, records show…