Texas restaurant reopens after viral video captures rat infestation

A Texas fast-food restaurant captured in a viral video being overrun with rats briefly closed its doorways for inspection — solely to reopen for purchasers days later, in line with studies.

The pest drawback was filmed by a San Antonio lady who arrived at Taco Cabana at 6040 Bandera Street on Sunday, the San Antonio Categorical-Information reported.

When the lady drove as much as the window, she noticed a number of rats crawling out from beneath the grill.

Within the video posted to TikTok, she could possibly be heard gasping as she information rats consuming off the restaurant flooring.

“Oh my God,” Rita Guarnero-Longoria, who goes by @ritalongg on TikTok, might be heard saying as she information a rat climbing as much as the drink station by the drive-thru window.

Lorgoria reported the restaurant to the well being inspector and offered them with the video, she instructed the paper.

Taco Cabana didn’t reply to The Put up’s request for remark.

However the eatery instructed the native paper it was conscious of “pests exercise” on the restaurant.

The Tex-Mex restaurant chain mentioned Wednesday the placement was instantly closed for “thorough inspection and in depth sanitation” and is now serving meals once more.

“The pests are confirmed to have lately migrated from an out of doors supply throughout the earlier 48 to 72 hours, as mandated third-party sanitation and Well being Division inspections revealed no latest exercise previous to July 3, 2022,” the chain instructed the paper.