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Sewage Problem Shuts Down 135th Street Popeyes Temporarily

By Gustavo Solis | July 17, 2015 2:08pm | Updated on July 19, 2015 11:13pm
 The fried chicken restaurant on 135th Street and Seventh Avenue has been closed since Tuesday after health inspectors found sewage inside. Workers Friday said the pipes have been fixed and the restaurant will open.
The fried chicken restaurant on 135th Street and Seventh Avenue has been closed since Tuesday after health inspectors found sewage inside. Workers Friday said the pipes have been fixed and the restaurant will open.
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HARLEM — Faulty plumbing spilling sewage into the 135th Street Popeyes prompted city health officials to temporarily shut down the fast food fried chicken restaurant this week, records show.

“The problem was with a pipe,” an employee, who declined to give his name, said. “We fixed it.”

Inspectors ordered the place, at 2300 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. and 135th Street, closed Tuesday after they found “sewage or liquid waste,” the report states.

An employee said the restaurant should be open Friday evening.

Popeyes has passed all of their previous inspections since 2012, records show.