A popular French bistro in Hollywood was allegedly turning down reservations citing “maintenance” issues — when in reality, it was temporarily shut down this month over health code violations.
Petit Trois L’Original, located at 716 N. Highland Avenue in Hollywood, was closed on Nov. 10 after receiving an 11-point violation for a vermin infestation, according to Los Angeles County Department of Public Health records.
As of Saturday morning, the restaurant appeared to remain closed. An attempt to make a reservation on its website revealed that the next available opening appeared to be Wednesday.
The Post reached out to Petit Trois for comment.
Petit Trois L’Original, inspired by classic Parisian bistros, first opened in 2014 and features a 21-seat dining counter and an open kitchen. It’s known for popular dishes like its Burgundy escargot, Omelette Petit Trois and the Big Mec, which was voted Best Burger in America in 2016, according to the restaurant’s website.
The restaurant has a second location in Sherman Oaks, which does not appear to be affected by the closure.
County records listed the L’Original location as “high risk,” and some locals shared stomach-churning accounts of their experiences at the restaurant on social media.
One user said she and her boyfriend went to the restaurant last month for his birthday.
“Right as we sat down a roach scurried over the counter onto my menu. The server actually picked it up in her hands and brought it outside, then nonchalantly said something about ‘this time of year.’ It was super weird,” the user said.
Others joked with memes from the movie “Ratatouille,” the animated classic about a rat who dreams of becoming a chef and secretly controls a cook at a Paris restaurant.
These types of closures are fairly common, KTLA reported, and the vast majority of businesses reopen within days of addressing the problem.
Typically, for an 11-point violation to occur, health inspectors would have found live pests — such as rodents, cockroaches, flies or birds — inside the food facility in areas where food is prepared, stored, or served.
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