. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob.e in armenian cooking, is that right? >> absolutely, since the beginning of time. our soldiers used to skewer it on the swords. we have a combination of beef and lam and parsley. and every september over 2000 pounds of meat being cooked in three days. >> after all that savory protein, i was ready to check out the fresh veggie options. >> this is armenian cheat sheet. it's tomatos and mint and olive oil. that makes summer food. and what i'm doing is i'm putting some nutmeg. it is kind of like cream cheese. in armenia when they offer you food, you have to eat it. they would welcome you and food is very important for them. >> in every armenian community we feel like we're a "smallville"age and they come together to put on something like this. what i find really interesting about san francisco is the blends of armenia that come together. once they are here, the way people work together at any age, including our grandmothers, our grandfathers, skewering the meat, it's fun to see. fun to see

in silver spring inspectors closed gara kabob on wayne avenue citing rodent droppings on the kitchen prep counters, improper food storage temperatures like lamb stew and chicken stew at 52 degrees instead of the required maximum 41. the owner said we could look after they organized. owner blames it on a neighboring building saying the rats come through the ceiling. by the time they did left us into the kitchen it did appear they had organized. on rockville pike inspectors closed joe's noodle house citing operating without hot water. workers told us they couldn't reach their manager because they didn't know his number. we did check the separate providence hospital restaurant inspection. it unlike its gift shop did not have any citations for rodents. i'm investigative reporter russ ptacek, wusa9. >> by the way, all the restaurants passed reinspection and are back in business. >>> we're going to tell you up next how an area teacher is going to the mat to help out at risk students. ? >>> i'm investigative reporter russ ptacek. you go to the wusa9 facebook page, you will see all of our p

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