El Nuevo Portal Closed By Health Department

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El Nuevo Portal, that delightfully authentic, no-frills Dominican restaurant at 317 Smith Street has been closed by the Health Department on September 24th. Reader Stephen B. had sent me an email on Thursday, but I did not get around to checking it out myself until Sunday.
A look on the Health Department's web site did not offer any clues, since the latest inspection report has not been posted yet. Back in May 2009, Nuevo Portal scored a 36. A restaurant with a score of 28 or more needs to be re-inspected. A follow up visit on June 10th, earned the restaurant a very respectable 8, so obviously, everything was in order. It is hard to imagine that conditions could have deteriorated so much in three months to warrant a closure.

A hand written note stuck to the front window says that the place will be closed five days. That would mean that Nuevo will re-open on Monday. I hope that by then, the problems found by the department have been resolved.


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