To check an Alabama restaurant closing, choose the food-program section and match the dated action to the exact establishment. The ADPH Establishment Closings page combines food, lodging and body-art actions. It is a recent list; inspection histories and current operating status are kept elsewhere. ADPH directs current-status questions to the county environmental office.
Hotel, restaurant or room: which operation an ADPH closing covers
A hotel restaurant, breakfast operation and guest room can share an address while answering different record questions. ADPH’s lodging note says hotel orders commonly affect particular rooms rather than the entire property. Read which program and physical area the action concerns before describing its scope. A room-level entry concerns the room.
For your working notes, keep the establishment name, exact address, county, program, action date and stated reason together. Preserve any unit or operation qualifier in the name. If a search produces a similarly named place elsewhere, set it aside until the address matches.
| Question | Evidence to keep separate |
|---|---|
| Which operation was affected? | The listing’s program and identity, plus the underlying order’s physical scope |
| What led to the action? | Its stated reason and the supporting inspection findings |
| Was the problem corrected? | Later inspection or reinspection evidence for the same operation |
| Did the restriction end? | The county’s subsequent disposition or permission, with its date |
A short entry can identify an action; the full findings and later decision come from the county.
ADPH’s 90-day window and each entry’s own date
ADPH describes the list as recent actions within 90 days. The page has also shown older dates, so treat 90 days as the stated coverage rather than a strict cutoff. Use an entry’s own date for the event; the page-update date says when the list changed.
Save the retrieval date with the specific entry or link you used. That distinguishes “the action was recorded on this date” from “I saw the listing today.” A name dropping off the list, or staying on it, says little about whether the restriction is still in force; ask the county.
For an older event, identify the action period when asking the county for records. Asking whether the business appears on today’s page answers only a publication question. You may need the supporting inspection, actual order and later disposition to reconstruct the sequence.
What the list showed in October 2026
On October 20, 2026, ADPH’s closings page (last updated October 9, 2026) listed 78 food-establishment actions dated July 9 through October 9, 2026, plus three lodging actions and one body-art action. We grouped the 78 food entries by their stated reason:
- No hot water: 24 (two more cited it alongside another problem)
- Sewage, drain or septic backups: 16
- Unsecured grease-trap manhole cover: 12
- Refrigeration failures: 8
- Roach or rodent problems: 6
- No water or no water pressure: 5
- Leaks onto food or prep areas: 3
- No working toilets: 2
- Inspection score below 60: 2
Most entries record a utility or equipment failure rather than a low inspection score. ADPH says an establishment must stop operating for problems such as an extended loss of water or power, no refrigeration, no hot water or a sewage backup, and also for an inspection score below 60. The page adds that in most cases the condition is corrected and the place can reopen within a few hours. An entry therefore usually records a short, dated stop. Five entries were mobile food units, and some names carry a qualifier such as a hotel breakfast area or a store deli; keep that qualifier in your notes. This grouping is our own count of the listed reasons on October 20, 2026.
Read the score and the closing as different evidence
The ADPH Food Establishment Scores page links a separate statewide score search. It describes a 100-point deduction system and county food-service permits. The closings page separately says operations cannot resume until an inspection indicates that the imminent health risk and substantial hazard no longer exist. A named establishment’s later outcome is in its own records.
Open the score or report for the same operation and relevant date if available. Keep its violation details and remarks with the score. The Montgomery County guide and Jefferson County guide explain their own score-reading tasks.
Use ADPH’s county health department locations to identify the environmental office. A focused question would provide the exact establishment, address and action date, then ask which operation the order covered and which later record establishes its disposition. Ask separately about correction evidence and present status; a historical answer should retain its date.
ADPH pages checked October 5, 2026; closings list counted October 20, 2026.