# GUM cafeteria and canteen in Minsk closed on 10 and 11 November

- URL: https://syn.by/en/society/gum-cafeteria-and-canteen-in-minsk/
- Published: 2026-11-11T14:36:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T05:05:03+00:00
- Section: Society
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/obshchestvo/kafeteriy-i-stolovaya-guma-v-minske.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/hramadztva/kafeteryj-i-stalovaja-huma-u-miensku.md

> Specialists at the Central District Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology confirmed the complaints on 4 November. Administrative proceedings have been opened against the responsible official.

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In Minsk, the cafeteria on the ground floor and the canteen on the fourth floor of GUM have been temporarily closed. They are not operating on 10 and 11 November. The closure followed complaints about cockroaches, the agency "Minsk-Novosti" reports.

On 4 November, specialists from the Central District Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology [inspected the establishments](https://t.me/pro100centr/52590), and the complaints were confirmed. It was decided to close the cafe and canteen temporarily, and administrative proceedings were opened against the manager.

Last week, two complaints about cockroaches at catering outlets of the open joint-stock company GUM appeared on Threads. One concerned the cafeteria on the ground floor, the other the canteen on the fourth floor.

One user showed a cockroach on a cake and wrote ironically that it was "evaluating Pavlova". Another was outraged by an insect on the wall of the establishment: "Went to the GUM cafe with my girlfriends".

According to the sanitary service, after the online posts specialists inspected the premises at 21 Nezavisimosti Avenue and studied the materials provided. The facts set out in the posts were confirmed.

The specialists said that requirements to suspend operations (services) have been issued and administrative proceedings have been opened against the responsible official. According to them, evidence was gathered and analysed in order to decide on holding those at fault accountable.

It is not yet known when the establishments will resume work.