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Norbert’s Pizza in Bushwick Shut Down After Inspection Found Rodents and Filth Flies in Food Areas

Did Norbz the cat get turned off of rodent meat after too much good vegan pizza?

By Evan Haddad

Nov. 21, 2017 · 1 min read

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Norbert’s Pizza in Bushwick Shut Down After Inspection Found Rodents and Filth Flies in Food Areas

Did Norbz the cat get turned off of rodent meat after too much good vegan pizza?

Evan Haddad November 21, 2017Nov 21, 2017 · 1 min read

Norbz the cat, who symbolizes Bushwick’s beloved Norbert’s Pizza, must have converted to veganism or flunked out of mouse-catching school.

The Department of Health slapped Bushwick’s signature vegan pizza joint on Stuyvesant Avenue near Broadway with four major health code violations on Nov. 15…

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