In the name of fairness, Y&H is posting the D.C. Department of Health’s re-inspection report on Breadline, which had earlier been cited for 19 health code violations. In her return trip, inspector Dawn McFadden found a totally different Breadline. She reported no violations.

The bottom line from McFadden: “Permission granted for the issuance of the restaurant and Bakery Basic Business license.”

You can read the rest of the report after that jump.

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The opening page of the Health inspector’s report on Breadline.

The big news today has been the temporary closure of Breadline, the once esteemed bread and sandwich shop founded by Mark Furstenberg in 1997 but sold to the international company, Groupe Le Duff,  in 2005.

The Washingtonian was first out of the gate with its late-morning Tweet, which reported that Breadline was closed. “For good,” it noted. The Washington Business Journal quickly followed with a report that said Breadline was merely closed for repairs, and then Washington Post published a more substantial report, saying that Breadline was “temporarily closed for health code violations,” but was working with the District to resolve them.

This afternoon, however, Y&H got a hold of a copy of the Food Establishment Inspection Report, filed on June 18, which lists 19 separate violations at Breadline. Ten of them, according to inspector Dawn McFadden, are critical. McFadden determined the risk at Breadline was “high” based on her inspections.

Among the violations that McFadden recorded:

• License requirement: Breadline was operating with a suspended restaurant license, which is issued by the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs after an establishment passes a health inspection. McFadden noted that Breadline’s license expired on Dec. 31, 2008.

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