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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
That said, I'm not defending these places but you'd have to be dumb not to realize that many restaurants you eat at all have these sorts of violations to some degree "in the back" where it's unseen. I just accept it because I know it's not pretty back there and I rarely eat out anyway.
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Sadly I think you're right... I've eaten at so many restaurants that seemed sketch that I'm sure a trip to the kitchen would have sent me scurrying. There's a few places in Chinatown I frequent that I for sure would have figured would have been on that list.
Having watched Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen nightmares a few times, you can see how a crappy chef who lets the place go can really turn a kitchen of any ethnicity into a festering science project.
This has to be the kiss of death for some of those restaurants on that list. Front page picture of your place....yeesh. Who's going to eat at these places now? Especially the Chinese ones - word travels fast and vicious in that community about bum restaurants. Forget about fines and a healthpass system - just publish the failing restaurants twice a year and watch owners fall over themselves to get into line. Of course you'd have to develop a system of escalation and at least 1 chance to fix all the deficencies to make it fair to the owners.
Just remember kids - fecal matter is not a laughing matter.