Yummy Pizza, the late-night slice shop at 709 O'Farrell Street, has been ordered closed after health inspectors walked in on a scene that city officials called an immediate health hazard. During yesterday's inspection, the San Francisco Department of Public Health found live and dead cockroaches, an obstructed handwashing sink and other sanitation failures. Inspectors suspended the restaurant’s health permit on the spot, flagging multiple major violations that included food held at unsafe temperatures and missing food-handler paperwork. The shop has been told to fix the problems and provide pest-control documentation before a reinspection can even be scheduled.
What Inspectors Found
According to the official inspection report posted online, inspectors reported live and dead cockroaches in kitchen traps and under the prep sink, and they counted ten live insects on the floor and around a reach-in cooler. The report also notes that a handwashing sink near the prep area was blocked by batter and fries; there was no proper sanitizer bucket at the workstation; and cooked chicken was being held at about 120 6, below the required hot-holding temperature. The facility was also cited for failing to provide required food-handler certification; the San Francisco Department of Public Health lists the full violations.
Permit Suspended and Next Steps
WhatNow reports that inspectors suspended Yummy Pizza’s health permit during the visit and ordered the operator to submit required documents, including a pest-control report, before a follow-up inspection can be scheduled. The notice also requires the disposal or condemnation of any potentially unsafe food and verification of corrections at reinspection before the permit can be reinstated.
How Closures Work
Health authorities typically rely on the model Food Code, which lets regulatory agencies summarily suspend permits when an “imminent health hazard” is found and then require a reinspection or an appeal hearing before operations resume. That framework is spelled out in federal guidance and is adopted by many local departments as the basis for emergency enforcement. The Food Code explains the summary suspension and reinspection process.
Broader Trend in the City
Yummy Pizza’s shutdown is the latest in a string of vermin-related enforcement actions across San Francisco this year, hitting everything from small takeouts to long-running neighborhood restaurants. In January, Hoodline documented a major rodent finding at Balboa Cafe, a reminder that pest and sanitation problems have prompted high-profile inspections citywide. That case showed even well-known spots are not immune.
About the Business
Yummy Pizza lists late-night hours and a menu of pizzas and desserts on its site, and the 709 O'Farrell Street shop has been a regular post-hours option in the Tenderloin and Union Square corridor. The restaurant did not respond to requests for comment, according to WhatNow, and the permit will remain suspended until the department verifies that all corrections 6 including pest-control measures 6 have been completed. See the restaurant's posted hours and menu on its site: Yummy Pizza.
Inspectors generally reopen facilities only after vermin have been eliminated, affected surfaces sanitized and proper food-safety practices documented, so any reopening here will depend on a follow-up inspection and accepted pest-control documentation. The story is not over for this slice shop, and we will update this article if the Department of Public Health posts a reinspection result or the operator submits the required paperwork.
