I mean, if DoH actually shut down the restaurant, presumably the restaurant was in fact in violation of various (at least three!) health code regulations.
http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/05/26/big-government...
Also: http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/03/per-se-health-department-i...
Source credibility: me. 30 years as a multiple restaurant owner.
I've been in the restaurant business for 30 years and have never seen or heard of that.
edit: changed an autocorrected fences to feces which chrome for some reason doesn't think is a word.