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Milwaukee Food Truck License Renewed but Suspended 10 Days After Health Department Objections

5897620 · September 30, 2025
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Summary

The Licenses Committee recommended renewing El Pastorito's food truck license but imposed a 10-day suspension after repeated food-safety closures and citations from the Milwaukee Health Department.

The Licenses Committee on July 30 recommended renewal of El Pastorito's food-truck license but imposed a 10-day suspension after the Milwaukee Health Department reported repeated food-safety violations and closures. The committee's action was based on a department objection filed in the renewal record and testimony from health officials detailing multiple closures for running water and food-temperature violations.

The committee's health witness, Carly Hagerty, director of Consumer and Environmental Health for the Milwaukee Health Department, told the panel the health division had issued multiple orders-to-cease for the operator's truck and base kitchen across 2024 and 2025, including two closures in January 2025 for operating without running water and separate August and September 2024 orders for imminent…

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