It's enough to make you feel sick.
A filthy Brooklyn restaurant, a hub for illegal immigrant street food operations, faces new stomach-churning health violations, including swarms of flies and “an environment conducive to rodent, insect, and other vermin” Records show that this occurred.
Bushwick's Guissao Restaurant was cited for a spate of new violations following a visit from city health inspectors, but the Post reported Sunday that immigrant women were found in the dirty kitchens of authentic food preparation plants. The crowd revealed that they were preparing plates of questionable chicken and rice for sale. On the city streets.
A Nov. 20 inspection found infested food preparation areas with flies, food and equipment not protected from potential contamination, and hot food stored below the 140-degree temperature limit. Ta.
A health inspection also revealed that the restaurant “does not have a habitat or environment conducive to rodents, insects, or other pests,” according to city records.
But the food prepared in the kitchens is being loaded into vans, transported to the five boroughs and sold to unsuspecting New Yorkers for $10 each, the Post reported.
“It's no surprise that illegal immigrants do illegal things,” said Republican U.S. Representative Nicole Malliotakis, whose district includes Brooklyn. “They are ignoring our laws.
“Democrats are to blame for using hardworking people's tax dollars to take them in and give them free housing and benefits,” she said. “When January 20th arrives, the Trump administration will be working diligently to clean up the Democratic mess and deport those who committed crimes.”
The newspaper monitored the operation last week and saw vans arrive on the Upper East Side and unload 15 coolers filled with 100 prepared meals for a group of waiting Ecuadorian women. did.
Food cans filled with chicken, beef and fish on top of rice and fries were sold for $10 along with Coke cans to passersby and nearby construction workers.
Around 1:30 p.m., the van returned and the cooler was finally returned to Guisao.
The city is not ignoring the restaurant's precarious situation, which has a C health rating. In July, the restaurant was given 96 penalty points. Last year, $10,959 in unpaid tax liens was noted and subsequently paid.
On Nov. 20, inspectors cited the restaurant for 49 additional violations.
A representative for Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday that the city is aware of the situation.
“In addition to filing charges for health code violations, we are considering what more we can do,” the official said. “But make no mistake, cases like this are exactly why the mayor is calling on Washington.” [DC] To fix our broken immigration system, where people enter the country but are not legally allowed to work.
“Through our nation's leading Asylum Application Help Center, we have helped nearly 85,000 newcomers apply for work authorization, asylum, and temporary protection, and we believe that comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level is essential. It is necessary,” the spokesperson said.
On Sunday in Guissao, the restaurant had a lone cook manning the buffet, and the trademark cooler was not in sight during the day.
It's unclear whether operations will pick up steam again when the business week begins.
