March 10, 2007
Photo of the Day: Explaining Why You're Closed
This will probably be a familiar sight: An explanation from your neighborhood restaurant that details why it's closed. And most likely it will include a complaint about the Health Department's sudden change in restaurant inspection behavior in this post-rats at a KFC-Taco Bell world. This sign was spotted outside The Coffee Shop by Joe Schumacher, proving that model-esque hostesses and servers are no match for making sure there are rubber gloves in the first aid kit.
Related: The sign outside John's Pizzeria
Photograph of Coffee Shop's explanation by jschumacher on Flickr
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Coffee Shop sucks anyway. No big loss.
so what if they have stuck up failed models who work at the coffee shop. Three bucks for a cup of coffee is ridiculous. There are much hotter chicks who work in the boutiques
The funny thing is how they tried to cover up the signs earlier during the week with brown paper and white signs that said "closed for renovations". Way to lie, buddies!
The funny thing is how they tried to cover up the signs earlier during the week with brown paper and white signs that said "closed for renovations". Way to lie, buddies!
Excuses excuses.
I remember a few years ago, I read a sign in a shut-down Park Slope restaurant that complained about how there just wasn't a customer base for new restaurants any more. I read that sign while standing in a long line for the new Mexican restaurant next door.
Of course the Coffee Shop knows better- after all, they don't have to cover their bulbs to protect food/dishes from breaking glass- no, just because every other food prep establishemnt has to for eaters safety, why should they?
And of course, they can leave their canned food on the floor where it can dinged/crushed leading to spoilage/botulism. And of course they wash their cans of food before they open them. Of course.
Of course the Coffee Shop knows better- after all, they don't have to cover their bulbs to protect food/dishes from breaking glass- no, just because every other food prep establishemnt has to for eaters safety, why should they?
And of course, they can leave their canned food on the floor where it can dinged/crushed leading to spoilage/botulism. And of course they wash their cans of food before they open them. Of course.
So what's the deal, are restaurants grabbing that same intro paragraph, "Due to extensive media coverage..." blahblah, on their own, or is there some union of restaurant owner's that's attempting to consolidate their messaging on the issue?
Just be honest and say "Look people, Were closed now because the city health inspector found out that we were harboring some big ass Rats in the back . Where sorry and will try to keep our rats on the down low in the future !"
Don't you need like a total of 50 points of offenses to get shut down? So I seriously doubt those minor infractions sited on that poster were the main reasons it was shut down.
Yeah, the bottle of olives on the floor is sealed, but how about when you put the bottle on the counter which makes direct contact with the food? Floor germs on food? not yummy
Damn, I was on some powerful *hit when I posted that comment ! I got to laugh out loud at myself for theat one folks . LOlllllllllllllll!
I love the coffee shop. They turned that dingy neighborhood into a great neighborhood. I am rooting for them and can't wait for them to open. I can't beleive there are so many haters our there.
hhhmmmm....open for 17 years, they must be doing something right.
Unfortunately, the Department of Health doesn't show their latest inspection results. But you can see that even before they were shut down, their "food contact surface [was] not properly maintained" and their "wiping cloths [were] dirty or not stored in sanitizing solution". Shocking!
Not sure if this ever happened to anyone else, but the staff there refused to serve me and my friends - I think it was race related