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A Baltimore restaurant was temporarily shut down by city officials after a TikTok showing a 'rodent infestation' went viral
A TikToker said she spotted "five, six mice" in the dining room of a restaurant in Baltimore.
"Don't go, y'all, don't go," she urged her followers.
The city's health department temporarily closed the restaurant because of a "rodent infestation."
A restaurant in Baltimore was temporarily closed by the city's health department the day after a TikTok showing rodents running round went viral.
TikToker Chloe Lynn, who runs the channel @chloelynneats, documented her trip to Blackwall Hitch on May 30 in a video uploaded the next day. "Within 10 minutes of sitting down, I saw like five, six mice," she said in the voiceover, accompanied by footage of mice crawling round under the dining tables.
"Don't go, y'all, don't go," Lynn told her followers.
@chloelynneats “hey siri: call the health department”it’s giving infestation. 😭🥴🤮 📍Blackwall Hitch in Baltimore, MD this restaurant is a huge NO for me. the fact that I saw that many mice at once?? I’m sooo disgusted. unfortunately, now I’ll never know how the food tastes. what would you do in this situation? #chloelynneats #blackwallhitch #mice #healthdepartament #baltimorerestaurants #baltimore ♬ down 4 u - Lvsh Styles
The caption on the video reads: "'hey siri: call the health department it's giving infestation."
While most of Lynn's videos have a few thousand views, this one has racked up more than 150,000 so far.
Blackwall Hitch, which specializes in seafood, has an average 4.0 star rating on TripAdvisor, based on 44 reviews. None of the descriptions mention rats, mice, or rodents, and people have commented on the video saying that while they didn't spot any rodents on their previous visits, they would avoid going there in the future.
Arinze Ifekauche, director of communications at the Baltimore City Health Department, said that it had received a 311 complaint of a "rodent infestation" and dispatched an inspector to investigate. The restaurant shut down on Thursday – two days after Lynn's visit – while it "abated" the violations and had pest control treated the facility, Ifekauche said. According to a page on the department's website, the restaurant was approved to reopen the next day.
Insider understands that the health department saw Lynn's video after its inspection.
Blackwall Hitch did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
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