Roaches Found in Food Court Pizza Shop in Mall at Robinson

Evidence of a roach infestation has led the Allegheny County Health Department to place a restaurant at the Mall at Robinson under alert. 

Villa Pizza, located in the mall's food court, was issued a "consumer alert" by the health department after inspectors found living and dead German roaches in the restaurant. 

View the full health department report by clicking in the media of this article. 

The department issued the alert Tuesday. Under a consumer alert, a food facility is allowed to operate for a period of up to 10 days. A health permit can be revoked after that period if the violations are not corrected, according to the department's policies. 

Following an inspection, health department officials said "two live roaches were observed both coming out and going back into the crack between the left side of the ventilation hood and wall in the kitchen." 

Several dead and living roaches were also observed on the floor near the oven and on walls. A pest specialist was called in during the inspection. 

A store manager at the restaurant said the pizza shop remains open Friday. 

Representatives from the health department could not be reached for comment.