The Ashvegas Eatery Evaluation

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   Ashe-Villain February 28, 2008

   rats and roaches are totally nasty. i’ve worked in a few places that had problems like that, but that was in Florida where pests are more prevalent. the restaurant where i work now is the cleanest, safest one i’ve ever been in, and we still got a 96% which doesn’t look all that awesome. oh well. i just think ragging on a place for the little stuff is kind of a waste of time. i wanna hear about rats and roaches! 😀

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   skippy February 28, 2008

   i’ve worked a few restaurants and know the chaotic mess but i still want to know if they find rats and roaches in the kitchens of places i pay money to eat.

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   Ashe-Villain February 28, 2008

   If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you know that it is IMPOSSIBLE not to have some legal health hazard at some point or another. Do you know how hard it is to clean a meat slicer? And those inspectors are hard-asses. The place where I work got knocked down a point or two when one of the cooks *set down* a pan before he put it in the oven to heat it…and the inspector shoved his little thermometer in it and said it wasn’t hot enough. Well duh. He hadn’t put it in the oven yet. So we got marked off.
   Some restaurants really do some gross stuff, but I’d say the majority of them are just doing what kitchens do, which is a fairly messy job.
   I bet money that if our kitchens at home were inspected in the same way restaurants are, we would all fail miserably.

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   firelady February 28, 2008

   I like Ptomaine Taverns. I kind of like to see a bit of balance. Pointing out the places which are getting good ratings can serve as a positive reinforcement thing- Ptomaine Taverns and Pristine Cuisine?

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   skippy February 28, 2008

   this is great.
   how about sensational – ‘clean or not clean’?’

   or romantic-

   ‘dirty cafe truths’

   or raw-

   exposed eateries

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6. 

   Soni February 28, 2008

   Diner’s Dish?

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   Weather Watcher February 27, 2008

   I would suggest the "Ptomaine Taverns."

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   Abra Cat February 27, 2008

   AM– thank you for sharing the deer meat story– that totally made my day!

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   Hail to the Chef February 27, 2008

   I’m really intrigued by this next restaurant report card. I wanna see if they neutered franks series or not.

   I’ll be in the kitchen when it airs, but I’m betting you ‘ll let us know on the site.

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    AM February 27, 2008

    ‘Dining Damnation’, if you’re sticking with bad inspection reports and the alliteration theme.

    Here’s my favorite note from an earlier inspection at the Waffle House in Weaverville:
    "Employees are not to store thier personal game meat (deer) at restaurant or with customer food. All food in facility must be from an approved source."

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