The Wicked Hop has been temporarily closed after the City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) had found a roach during an inspection on Wednesday.
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The Wicked Hop addresses concerns after cockroach discovery prompts closure
MHD health inspectors were conducting a routine health inspection for a separate facility that had a shared basement with The Wicked Hop on Broadway Avenue in downtown Milwaukee and had found dead American Cockroaches throughout the area.
Due to their findings in the basement, the inspectors had then checked The Wicked Hop’s kitchen space where they had then found live cockroach activity. The MHD inspectors had issued an Order to Cease Regulated Food Sales as a result.
Miles O’Neil, co-owner of the Wicked Hop, said the closure came swiftly…