Gothamist: State Senator Publicly Shames NYC's Dirtiest Restaurants

Rocknrope

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:05:28 -0500

Actually, Blimpies and McD's aren't so surprising. As someone mentioned on another poast in the past, because they are franchises, they often have to adhere to specific rules of cleanliness according to their contract. Taco Bell rat-fests notwishstanding.

thefacts

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:55:35 -0500

Why is Klein upstaging Sen. Tom Duane? This is Duane's district. This is rude.

jibbly

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:20:25 -0500

Seriously, Blimpie's and Micky D's in the top 12 cleanest list?

JMH

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:55:40 -0500

Good for you, McDonalds on Liberty Avenue in Queens! (I'm really just stunned to see a fast food place on the "cleanest" list.)

AvenueHebrew

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:13:27 -0500

Down in a lot of southern Atlantic states they require restaurants to prominently display their Health Code score. It seems to be on a scale of 100, with bonus points available. Customers can see this when they enter and judge for themselves if they trust the food. While for a lot of little NYC establishments this might seem strict, I can say that many small mom-and-pop joints I've seen in North Carolina have responded to this pretty well. They see their score as a point of pride, and take special care to keep their establishments spic-and-span. I know a lot of Brooklyn eateries that could use some similar motivation. In turn, those scores can generate a lot of repeat business and loyal customers. People just like knowing their food is in good hands (no matter how much tough talk you hear about New Yorkers loving their transfats and cigarette burns and whatever else). Especially if you're like my friends and me, who all tend to be fairly OCD.

Snoopy

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:41:26 -0500

It is interesting the percentages of clean vs dirty restaurants. It seems there is an abundance of Italian restaurants on the clean list and an abundance of Caribbean/hispanic restaurants on the dirty list. Is this profiling?

Politburo

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:12:14 -0500

Is that really a responsible action by Klein? Del Posto is not on the dirty dozen. Releasing the list in front of this establishment implies that it is.