LEWISTON — The Mogadishu Business Center, which encompasses a store, clothing shop and restaurant at 240 Lisbon St., was closed Wednesday after an inspection by city code enforcement officials.

City officials said an inspector found an “infestation” of cockroaches and mice at the downtown business, as well as sections of the building in disrepair.

The business’s license to serve food was suspended and the market side of the store was condemned “until it can be brought up to proper code standards,” city officials said.

The inspection Tuesday followed a complaint from a local resident who had been in the store, according to Director of Planning and Code Enforcement Jon Connor.

The business, which sells hot food for takeout, is owned by Shukri Abasheikh, known as Mama Shukri by those close to her. She opened it as the Mogadishu Store in 2006 after coming to Lewiston from Atlanta, Georgia, four years earlier.

Abasheikh came to America after her family lost their home during the Somali Civil War in the late 1980s.

By 8 a.m. Wednesday, a sign was hung on the door stating that the building was “condemned as unfit for occupancy or use.”

That action was taken after an inspection Tuesday by Lewiston Code Enforcement Officer Louis Lachance, who found the store presented a health hazard.

On Wednesday afternoon, the business was dark and appeared empty, although bags of rice and other objects remained on display in the storefront windows.

Attempts to reach Abasheikh were not successful.

Connor pointed out that the business owner was cooperating with city officials as plans are made to bring the business up to code.

“They’ve been helpful,” Connor said. “They understand what needs to be done.”

“I really enjoy Mama Shukri’s vegetable sambusa,” Mayor Carl Sheline said Wednesday afternoon, “and I hope these issues can be resolved soon so the store can reopen.”