Overview
- City health inspectors originally shut the Magnolia Bakery location at 108 N. State Street after finding an active infestation that included more than a dozen live cockroaches, several dead roaches and over 100 small flies along with other sanitation problems.
- A follow-up reinspection conducted before the reopening again found dozens of live roaches and flies and additional violations, which resulted in the bakery failing that check and remaining closed until it completed required work.
- Officials ordered the shop to hire a pest control operator and correct sanitation issues such as inaccessible hand‑washing sinks, slow‑draining bathroom plumbing, food debris on equipment, and chipping paint and build‑up on vents.
- Magnolia Bakery said it worked nonstop on a corrective plan, completed the ordered pest control and then passed a subsequent Department of Public Health reinspection, enabling the store to reopen.
- City records provide detailed findings from the initial failures but offer limited public detail about the final passing inspection, a gap that leaves questions about the specific remedies and may affect customer confidence going forward.