Popular steakhouse to reopen after mouse infestation found

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The Round Table Steakhouse & Pub on Pembina Highway is set to reopen its doors Wednesday almost a week after a mouse infestation forced its closure.

Round Table owner Kristjan Kristjansson said they were hoping to reopen earlier, but it took longer than they thought for the pest control company to eradicate the problem and search for the source.

“We’ll be doing something special for our patrons,” Kristjansson said on Tuesday, noting provincial health inspectors will do a final inspection before giving the green light to reopen.

“And we’ll continue to do what we always do. We understand everybody has feelings, but we have never compromised our guests. It will never happen again.”

Last Thursday, the province’s health inspectors closed the restaurant after finding mice there.

Kristjansson said since then, the pest company they have been dealing with for decades has been searching for how the mice got into the restaurant, while other companies have launched a large cleaning effort and renovations.

“Our biggest challenge is how they got in,” he said.

“It is not like the doors are open and they came in. An access point the size of a dime is how they can get it. It takes time to find it.”

Kristjansson said the building is 40 years old and they have never had a problem with mice. He said he believes they got in because of cracks in the foundation caused by the trains going by behind the restaurant.

“It is amazing how many more trains go by now,” he said.

“My office is at the back and people joke about how my coffee is shaking.”