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This week Inside Edition aired footage of rats in some of New York's more popular restaurants. The statement we received from the program states: "In middle to late August, Inside Edition’s 'Rat Patrol' took to the streets of Manhattan between 1am and 4am peering their cameras and flashlights into the windows of a wide variety of eateries from fast food places to fine dining establishments." In total they found 22 restaurants harboring the urban wildlife. To keep us guessing, they only sent out a partial list of 17:
Abitino’s Pizzeria, 233 Bleecker StreetOn three separate nights cameras caught the critters feasting "on scraps that were left on the dirty kitchen floor and climbing over crates of glassware" at Da Silvano's (pictured top left). The owner there said the problem was caused by nearby construction and recent renovations and claimed he will be throwing out everything edible in the restaurant and starting fresh. Ah, not even the celeb hot spots can escape the wrath of roaches and rodents.
Da Silvano, 260 Sixth Avenue
Yuen Yuen Restaurant, 61 Bayard Street
HSF, 46 Bowery
Pecan Fine Foods and & Coffee, 130 Franklin Street
Senor Swanky’s, 142 Bleecker Street
Hello Berlin, 626 Tenth Avenue
Hour Glass Tavern, 375 W. 46th Street
Blue Water Grill, 31 Union Square West
Friend of a Farmer Country Café, 77 Irving Place
Pongal, 1154 First Avenue
Hawaii Sushi, 1477 Second Avenue
Blue Ribbon, 97 Sullivan Street
Ottomanelli’s, 395 Amsterdam
McDonalds, 26 Bowery Street
Peter Luger Steak House, 178 Broadway
Vynl, 507 Columbus Avenue
The cameras also spotted the rodents on two separate nights at Peter Luger's (pictured top right). One owner said the restaurant is spotless and blamed it on recent renovations, claiming that exterminators visit on a regular basis. However, the President of the steak house (Marilyn Spiera) told the Brooklyn Eagle that “It doesn’t look like our place. I don’t see the waiter stand [where the waiters congregate] outside the kitchen.” They're celebrating 120 years this year, we'd be more surprised if there wasn't a rodent problem during all that time. Just think about them having the voice of Patton Oswalt and it'll be fine.
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Greatest city on earth. Rats everywhere.
McDonalds and Peter Luger Steak House? Talk about covering major demographics.
oh whatever, it's all protein.
"In total they found 22 restaurants harboring the urban wildlife. To keep us guessing, they only sent out a partial list of 17"
Isn't that a complete list of 17? Perhaps it's the list of 22 that's partial, as only 17 of the items are listed.
this is entrapment
Yeah? Well, when the big one hits NYC and we're all left scrambling to survive, I'll bet those rats will start to look mighty tasty...like hot dogs with legs.
Damn you nearby construction and recent renovations! You seem to be the blame every time there is a rat problem in a restaurant. There would be no problems in these establishments, if it wasn't for you.
It's NYC. No one should be surprised about rats, roaches or crazy people.
Um, hello? Has no one seen Ratatouille? They're cooking!
One time I saw a mouse in my kitchen. I guess Ashton and Demi won't be showing up any time soon.
As a side note, although people associate rats and their ilk with disease and general uncleanliness, there's no evidence to really back it up. They don't carry plague or anything anymore, and the fact of the matter is that most of the chicken and much of the beef in this country is dirty enough already that it doesn't really matter if there are rats on it or not. You're more likely (by far) to be food-poisoned by the chicken breast itself than the rat.
I'm not saying "bring on the rats" but this expose bullshit is amusing given that our nation's meat-packing companies continue to operate under utterly filthy, revolting conditions that are dangerous to both their consumers and their workers, and no one seems to care.
22 of how many?!? Of 22? Of 1000?!?
It is a fact of life in any restaurant. Get used to it.
Leaving a dirty kitchen overnight is another story. That is criminal. That is when the problems start to escalate.
Makes you think twice about eating out. I guess my Mom was right!! You never know.
I blame this on the hipster horde.
"Yuen Yuen Restaurant, 61 Bayard Street
HSF, 46 Bowery
McDonalds, 26 Bowery Street"
Only three in Chinatown? Come on, there has to be more!
Blue Water Grill is the dirtiest place - I hate walking by their freight entrance. It constantly smells horrible and there is always trash and wetness outside the end of the restaurant. Gross.
The truth is, every single restaurant has them.