13 Investigates: Texts show mayor's former aide working on behalf of troubled Midtown restaurant

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13 Investigates: Texts show mayor's former aide working on behalf of troubled Midtown restaurant
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New details in an ongoing 13 Investigates story are unveiled as texts show a city employee, who pleaded guilty to corruption, working on behalf of a troubled Midtown restaurant.

During the three and a half years that Taste Bar and Kitchen was open in Midtown, the Houston Health Department visited the restaurant dozens of times.

Red tags marked equipment in the building, indicating that it could not be used until further action was taken. Since opening in 2019, the restaurant was shut down at least six times by Houston Health Department for violations but was allowed to re-open within a day.In one, an employee flagged Houston Public Works and the health department, saying that the restaurant was supposed to be closed but there was concern they were still operating. They also noted that red tags marking condemned equipment had been removed.

who resigned over the summer from Mayor Sylvester Turner's office shortly after time he admitted to taking bribes, in some of the text messages obtained by ABC13.

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