The Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health temporarily shut down Calafia Café & Market A Go-Go at Town & Country Village in Palo Alto on Thursday after inspectors discovered insects and rodents -- violations that are "an immediate danger to public health," according to a Nov. 2 suspension notice posted in the restaurant's window.

According to an online health department report, inspectors discovered seven violations in the market and eight violations in the restaurant and determined that the food was "subject to contamination from vermin." The business was ordered to remain closed until the violations were corrected and the health department issued a written reinstatement of its operating permit. By the following day, both the restaurant and market had reopened.

Restaurant employee Molly Moll said the restaurant shut down briefly due to "a repair issue," but reopened in time for Friday's dinner service.

"We made the repair on early Friday and were open by 4 p.m. last night, and we're very busy today," she said when reached by phone on Saturday morning during the breakfast rush.

The general manager said he was not aware that the health department had inspected the restaurant, issued a temporary suspension or placed a "closed" notice in the window when reached by telephone on Saturday. He declined to comment further.

The restaurant, which readers voted a "Best Of" winner in the Palo Alto Weekly's annual survey of local businesses earlier this year, has passed eight consecutive inspections since 2015, including a follow-up inspection in January and a routine inspection in July.

Former Google chef Charlie Ayers opened the farm-to-table restaurant at 855 El Camino Real in 2009. Earlier this year, it became the first restaurant to feature "Sally," a salad bar vending machine aimed at reducing foodborne illnesses by assembling salads out of vegetables stored in refrigerated canisters.

Over the past six months, the health department has temporarily shut down 95 restaurants in Santa Clara County for violations including contamination from vermin, failure to properly dispose of sewage and failure to provide an adequate supply of hot and cold water.