City ponders making restos, stores post ratings
A regular reader has been keen on the idea of making restaurants post the results of cleanliness inspections, and now the city is pondering doing just that – grocery stores, too.
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walkerp 08:42 on 2019-04-17 Permalink
Rather not do anything that empowers those inspectors. Their policies are based on industrial production of food and they come into wonderful local butcher shops and force them to upgrade their equipment and use techniques that are not relevant (like keeping portuguese sausages at freezing which ruins them). This is what kills local businesses.
Kate 08:50 on 2019-04-17 Permalink
I know. They also make Portuguese bakeries take freshly baked pasteis de nata out of the oven and refrigerate them, which turns that wonderful pastry into cardboard. And they’ve hounded Chinese BBQ pretty much out of existence here with their draconian – and pointless – rules about temperature.
Marco 10:17 on 2019-04-17 Permalink
They do this in Los Angeles and I think it’s great. It ensures that the restaurant management is serious about health and cleanliness. If you want to go to a place that has a C rating then it’s up to you but I would prefer to be informed. Health inspectors are not your enemy.
Ephraim 10:24 on 2019-04-17 Permalink
There are a list of best practices, but there is also just plain cleanliness. Yes, a nata doesn’t really need to be refrigerated, the sugar does the job. But how many restaurants with mouse/rat droppings and or not cleaning the hood or rotating the oil do you need? Most people can’t taste rancid oil… some people can smell it when they walk into a restaurant. We don’t need to go over the deep end… if we did, we wouldn’t have rare steaks. But we do need to ensure that things are washed and disinfected (e. coli), fish is fresh, etc.
Ian 11:19 on 2019-04-17 Permalink
Fair, but that level-headed approach is not what our inspectors take. Kate’s examples are not just hypothetical (though you can still get fresh natas and Chinese BBQ if you know exactly where to go, shhh)
Jonathan 08:30 on 2019-04-18 Permalink
I think this is a bad idea. I agree with most of the comments here that the system needs to be updated and consumers need to be more aware of what ratings mean before they are given a number or score.