Prominent Melbourne laneway bar operator, Jerome Borazio, has been charged with multiple offences that include failing to stop pests entering his Sister Bella venue.

The City of Melbourne charged Mr Borazio and his company in February this year with a raft of offences under the Food Standards Code after it closed the bar down in 2014.

Laneway Festival organiser Jerome Borazio Credit:Luis Ascui

Melbourne Magistrates Court heard on Tuesday that Sister Bella in Melbourne's Sniders Lane was shut for three weeks after inspectors found it was unregistered and beset with hygiene problems in April.

Prosecutor Andrew Sim said part of the various allegations included rodent droppings on the food premises and unclean wash basins.