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Inside Edition, better known for covering tabloid stories and entertainment, has found something that mixes the best of both worlds: Looking for rats in NYC restaurants. Perhaps the most famous restaurant goers these days are city rats, and Inside Edition was on them like paparazzi on Britney Spears:
INSIDE EDITION took to the streets of Manhattan between 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM peering their cameras and flashlights into the windows of a wide variety of eateries, from fast food places to fine dining establishments. INSIDE EDITION found many of the restaurants shared one common denominator, vermin.Today, part 1 aired, revealing problems at Brazil Grill (787 8th Ave. at 48th Street), Dunkin' Donuts (1093 Second Ave. at 58th Street), KFC/Dunkin' Donuts (761 7th Ave. at W. 50th Street), Burger King (401 Fifth Ave. at E. 36th Street), Arte Pasta (81 Greenwich Ave. Between Bank and West Eleventh), Papaya King (179 E. 86th Street at Third Ave), Va Bene (1589 Second Ave. at 82nd Street) and Cosi (498 Seventh Ave. at 37th Street).
Part 2 will air tomorrow, and here's a teaser: They find rats inside Fish, the seafood restaurant at 280 Bleecker. Fish owner Ed Taylor closed down the restaurant and told the show, “We’re at war. There are more rats in the city than there are people... We haven’t found anything, but we’re prepared. If he’s here, I’ll catch him."
Inside Edition airs at 11:30AM on Fox 5. And here are Gothamist's posts on rats in restaurants.
Rat in top photograph is at the KFC/Dunkin Donuts at 761 7th; rat is the lower left photograph is at the Dunkin Donuts at 1093 Second Avenue and the rat is the lower right photograph is at the Brazil Grill at 787 8th Avenue
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whoa whoa whoa,
there are... RATS? IN NEW YORK!?
NEWS!
Ewwww, that Dunkin' Donuts is right by my apartment and I get coffee there sometimes :(
Rats are everywhere here. Just turn off the lights and wait. Big deal! The City needs to do more to keep them under control. Sanitation hasn't been one of the Bloomberg Administration's strong points. The streets are dirtier than they've been in years. Penny wise and pound foolish as the saying goes.
I know there are rats in NYC, but I prefer to simply see pictures of them. When I see them on the street, I try to block them out of my mind after I shriek.
One of my friends had a giant rat run over her foot when she was wearing sandals (in the summer, obv). It was gross to her/hilarious to everyone else at the time.
I've worked in tons of restaurants in NY...some of the nicest. Guess what?? THEY ALL HAVE RATS AND ROACHES. The only difference is how well they are controlled--through pest control and hygiene precautions.
So shame on Inside Edition and Fox 5 for their typical sensationalism about NY's ubiquitous rat problem--especially showing the restaurant Fish, which is local, and of excellent quality.
It's NY. Rats are in EVERY restaurant. And in your basement and walls too, with their friends the Roaches. They pay rent too, so leave them alone.
Since no one else will: here's a link to a list of outstanding health records for restaurants throughout the city:
nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/rii-goldenapplelist.shtml
three words: legalize garbage disposals
(...for commercial establishments)
You know what's scary? Hearing rats scurrying around inside a suspended ceiling. Imagine if one falls on your head.
One word: Awesome. If anything people should start realizing that freaking out because rats are icky is dumb. Rats are everywhere, and you still drink your Dunkin' Donuts every morning, and you're FINE. So what if a mouse pooped in Brooklyn? Dominick De Marco makes fucking great pizza.
On the other hand, thinking of papparazzi chasing down restaurant rats at 2am is so much more interesting than catching pictures of overexposed celebrity vaginas. This whole fiasco rocks.
Four better words: legalize cats in restaurants.
When is the city going to start taking responsibility for the rat problem.
Seems to me like the DOH is simply passing the buck. Maybe, just maybe, they'll take the money they get from these fines and pay for the extermination of the rats.
This is a CITY problem, not a RESTAURANT problem.
does anyone know whether the department of health inspects grocery stores as well? as far as vermin goes, that's probably worse. people need to eat, just don't necessarily need to eat out.
Picture a news headline: "NYC CAUGHT WITH PANTS DOWN, RATS GNAWING AT ITS VITALS"! Like terrorists, by the time you find why they are there, the destruction has already taken place, and it is now a TRAGEDY! Remedies are available to NYC. Multi-catch rat traps, etc., however, NYC hasn't budgeted money to buy them. Also, along with the rats, enjoy their fleas and remember The Black or Bubonic Plague carried by their fleas! Help is available. See www.thepiedpipercorp.com