Santa Clara County Environmental Health records confirm four food establishments temporarily closed for vermin contamination; a Reddit post surfaced five more from the county's public inspection database.

Santa Clara County Environmental Health records confirm at least four food establishments were temporarily closed for vermin contamination as of July 17, 2026 — and a post on r/SanJose published the following day linked five additional businesses to the county's public inspection database, citing the same violation category.

The four confirmed by the county's closure database at sccdineout.sccgov.org: 2505 Lounge and Truya Sushi Lounge, both located at the DoubleTree Hotel at 2050 Gateway Pl in San Jose; Ume Tea at 421 California Ave in Palo Alto; and Mariscos La Costa in San Jose. The Reddit post — which had 68 upvotes and 28 comments as of reporting — added Downtown Brittania Arms (The Brit) at 173 W Santa Clara St, Pho Passion & Mint Tea Co at 301 E Santa Clara St, Tacos Los 3 Reyes at 2520 Story Rd, Radhe Chaat at 934 E El Camino Real in Sunnyvale, and Macy's Backstage at 2801 Stevens Creek Blvd in Santa Clara. Direct access to individual inspection reports at both eservices.sccgov.org and sccdineout.sccgov.org was blocked by server errors during reporting; specific closure and reopening dates for those five businesses were not independently confirmed.

Macy's Backstage is a retail clothing store, not a restaurant — though the county's inspection authority extends to any facility that handles food.

The county's public closure database covers only the previous six months of records. The 2026 enforcement docket has been active: KRON4 reported The Counter Custom Burgers in San Jose was closed March 16 for live and dead roaches; Hoodline documented Urban Grill in Sunnyvale shuttered twice in three months — March 19 and June 23 — for a combination of rodents, cockroaches, and sewage, with Hoodline noting the restaurant's own pest control contractor had flagged mice four days before inspectors arrived; and Blue Water Seafood and Crab in San Jose was closed twice in June for cockroach infestations, including a live nymph found after a prior clearance, per Hoodline.

California Health and Safety Code, quoted in county inspection reports, is direct: "A facility cannot operate if there is a vermin infestation." Reinspection fees are $298 per hour during business hours and a $645 minimum for a two-hour after-hours visit, per county documents reviewed by this desk.

Current operational status for the five businesses surfaced by the Reddit post remains unconfirmed. The county's public inspection portal is at eservices.sccgov.org.