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Nowadays, when people see rodents at restaurants, they aren't necessarily calling 311 immediately - it seems the first call is to the local news station! A couple strolling by the Upper East Side Pinkberry at 82nd and 2nd Avenue called WABC 7 when they saw mice running around the store at 2:30AM yesterday. WABC 7 observed, "The mice seemed to prefer the counter area. It is just feet from the yogurt machine where the fresh-fruit toppings are kept." One Pinkberry customer, who had waited 20 minutes on line, told the Post, "As long as there's no rats in the ice cream, I'm OK." And, plus, mice are way cuter than rats.
Pinkberry issued the following statement to WABC 7: "Since our store is regularly inspected and sanitized, we're shocked and puzzled by this footage. We're investigating thoroughly and have already re-sanitized all of our New York stores." It's UES location has only been open for a few months; the only inspection we could find from December of last year notes only 2 violation points (14 points is average; over 28 and you may be closed) for some plumbing installation issues.
In February, the local news media got on the case of KFC-Taco Bell that had dozens of fat rats running around - and the location had just passed its restaurant inspection. The location was closed and the Health Department, after being raked over the coals, promised to crack down on restaurants, which has since led to complaints that the DOH is conducting a witch hunt.
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Mice might be "way cuter than rats," but rats are much smarter than mice.
sounds like a plant. how often do you see mice in the city and not "so big they can kill you" rats?
"as long as there's no rats in the ice cream, I'm OK." Spoken like a true New Yorker, hear hear!
yeah i dont care either. i use mouse turds as an ice cream topping anyway.
are those kiwi seeds? or poopies.
"14 points is average; over 28 and you're closed"
Over 28 violation points and you MAY be closed. I worked at a restaurant that had 64 violations and they let us continue serving; it wasn't until a month later when they reinspected that we were closed -- with 84 violations!
I consider country mice my nightly friends. they are so cute when they think no one is home and scurry out.
#2 - you can definitely get mice instead of rats. they are pretty easy to get rid of with glue traps, though.
Too bad we can't get rid of this "guest" with a glue trap.
I can imagine how quick this discussion would have been censored and edited if it was asians instead of jews.
The guests strike again.
Guest #14, anti-semitism is just as common on these comment boards as racism again Asians (see particularly the VA Tech shooting comments), blacks (see any posting about Al Sharpton) and Latinos (see the Puerto Rican Day Parade postings). Seems like all brands of racist morons enjoy shooting their mouths off on these pages. Ah well.
Time to turn guest comments off on this posting.
wow. why did they take off all the posts that actually had factual data against the jews but left all the hateful ones still up? So gothamist allows illogical hate speech but not logical ones?
what's with saying "waiting on line"? you're not stacked "on" a line of people. you're most likely not connected to the internet. you're IN a line.
one would think the 21st century would have rendered this disheartening misuse of prepositions obsolete.
Guys... seriously. Kill the anonymous posting.
leave the anonymous posting, stop being so intollerant of haters. grow thicker skin.
I dunno, as another person mentioned,
same amount of racist posts as before only now you see all these "guest" so that makes it seems like a lot.
These racist posts seems like reaching though. Isn't pinkberry a korean chain? I dunno, I can't afford all them trendy foods like shake shack or the BBQ fest.
Duh, guys, it's just one person. Just ignore him.
Sigh, here we go again. #21, you're wrong. Jen is right.
Here is the logic behind "on line":
It's a phrase, describing the state of waiting on a queue. Think of the states of being "on time" or "on fire." Or, it's a location, such as being "on this side" or "on that thing."
Trust me, I know they say "in line" everywhere else in the country, but "on line" is the correct wording here in New York. We hear it everywhere. We read it in the Times as well as the Post. It's universal. It's just the way it is.
One would think that in the 21st century, people would make more of an effort to learn about where they transplant themselves to.
leave the anonymous posting, stop being so intollerant of haters. grow thicker skin.
I really couldn't care less. If you're going to be abjectly racist, have the balls to stand behind your comments.
I'm not intolerant of racists.. everyone's racist. I'm intolerant of wusses.
The person they quoted is a friend of mine. Him and his brother went to high school with me on Long Island and I doubt I would care either. If you saw half of the things that went on in NYC restaurants you really wouldn't care either.
Like Josh in the article, I am Jewish. Jealousy is a hellova drug.
"It's UES location has only been open for a few months...."
OR
"Its UES location has only been open for a few months..."