The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) shut down Bellagio’s room service kitchen and an employee dining facility for a short time after finding health risks during a regular check.
SNHD Closes Mangia Kitchen and Fry Grill Station Due to Sewage Back-Up
On September 19, 2024, the SNHD ordered both the room service kitchen and the fry/grill station at Mangia, Bellagio’s employee dining hall, to close. This happened because sewage or liquid waste was backing up from the floor drains, which posed an urgent health risk, reported Casino.org. Following SNHD rules, this actually meant both areas had to close right away.
The SNHD said this type of problem needs quick action, no matter how many demerits a place gets during a check. Even though the Bellagio kitchen got five demerits in the first check, the serious sewage problem meant they had to close it. Something like this happened earlier in the year on March 5 when the room service kitchen got eight demerits and also had to close for a while.
The SNHD explained that they shut down a place for two main reasons: if it gets 41 or more demerits in an inspection, or if it poses an immediate health risk, like the sewage problem at the Bellagio. In this situation, they closed the place just because of the health risk, not because of demerits.
SNHD Reinspects Bellagio: Mangia Kitchen and Fry Station Earn A Grades
The day after the shutdown, on September 20, SNHD checked the room service kitchen and the employee dining fry station again. The room service kitchen got more demerits this time (eight instead of five), but it still got the green light to open. Mangia’s fry station got three demerits and also got permission to start up again.
SNHD said they let them reopen because the main problem – the health hazard – was gone. When they looked again, both the Bellagio’s kitchen and Mangia’s fry station earned A grades. This showed they met the rules for health and safety needed to serve food again.
MGM Resorts, the owner of the Bellagio, has not made any comments about what happened or what the health department found. The Bellagio is known as a fancy place to eat on the Las Vegas Strip, but this situation shows how crucial it is to keep high health and safety standards even in well-known places.
