Observed arrival · 2026-10-19
The Code Brown Report: restaurant closures, square by square
A searchable tracker of Santa Clara County food-facility closures, county-stated reasons, and reopen dates from the past six months.
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- Santa Clara County diners and local reporters
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- Its rolling 218-record window reports a typical closure of two days; 86% of listed closures cite vermin.
Field notes
Each square represents one closure; pointing reveals the kitchen, and tapping opens its record. The rolling display covers 26 weeks, separates reopened cases from six still marked closed, and provides filters for all, closed, and reopened entries. Its reason breakdown counts 187 of 218 closures under vermin and notes the county's most common wording: “Food is subject to contamination from vermin.”
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