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KurtNYC

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14. I worked in 5 different restaurants, a ski resort and a caterer
Tue May 14, 2013, 04:03 PM
May 2013

The cleanest walk-ins were at the big chains -- Del Taco. The other end of the scale is pricey (wanna-be) mom-and-pop owned places where the owners don't go into the kitchen or are afraid of their cooks. Generally cleaning out the walk in has to be done at night, after closing because you have to take a lot of stuff out to get at the racks, the floors and the walls so it doesn't happen all that often.

I'm in a small town now and restaurants are only inspected once a year. You can have 7 violations or so each time before there are any consequences at all. Many people who work in kitchens do not understand biology or cross contamination. And whenever I see a place that makes their employees wear laytex gloves I just avoid eating there because you can't even feel the crap on your hands when wearing those gloves and the gloves provide the illusion of healthiness so there is very little hand (glove) washing and plenty of opportunity for cross contamination.

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This is a test. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #1
Damn OriginalGeek May 2013 #2
Some of the places they sort of fix are destined to fail olddots May 2013 #3
I love the show, but I had a hunch that that one was going to fail. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #4
Do you ever check them out after? Phentex May 2013 #5
How do you look them up? Baitball Blogger May 2013 #6
Yes, I go to yelp in the city of the restaurant and Phentex May 2013 #8
This blog is pretty good at updating gvstn May 2013 #22
Someone did a study on the restaurants used in Ramsey and Irvine's TV shows KurtNYC May 2013 #7
Get your 15 minutes of fame outta the deal. davsand May 2013 #9
I worked in 5 different restaurants, a ski resort and a caterer KurtNYC May 2013 #14
Local inspectors are out twice a year. davsand May 2013 #15
Speaking of inspectors OriginalGeek May 2013 #18
Sometimes the budgets or politics have an impact on what is enforced DebJ May 2013 #24
Latex gloves always drove me nuts sharp_stick May 2013 #17
Some are just awful concepts to begin with. Chan790 May 2013 #12
Money aside, running a successful restaurant is a lot more work than running an empty one KurtNYC May 2013 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass May 2013 #16
Potato restaurant is a great idea... Chan790 May 2013 #19
Hard because lots of people try to run one with no experience, DebJ May 2013 #25
Locally, Syracuse NY, we have one place, McShane's, whistler162 May 2013 #28
Moss's in Elyria, OH closed several months after the R.I. taping. HughBeaumont May 2013 #10
Will the cooking and food channel become the history channel ? olddots May 2013 #11
It's become 5-nights-a-week of "Diners, Drive Ins and Dives" Myrina May 2013 #21
In theory, he can cook. Chan790 May 2013 #23
His New York restaurant was dismal according to reviews csziggy May 2013 #29
So did Fox N Hound in Indy Myrina May 2013 #20
Why we're Irvine's dishes crappy? Trajan May 2013 #26
Not I, but reviews in the local paper Myrina May 2013 #27
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