tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7683454011710117970..comments2024-03-28T03:47:41.338-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: [Updated] Pata Negra has closed on 12th StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78508899668936950892017-08-28T23:27:56.711-04:002017-08-28T23:27:56.711-04:00This is not about food poisoning. This is about c...This is not about food poisoning. This is about cowardly politicians who instead raising taxes find ways to raise money on the backs of small business people. It's a just a revenue stream for the city,<br />Parking tickets aren't given to to help traffic flow or street cleaning, It's just dione to raise money for the city. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25353845886837013562017-08-24T17:31:00.655-04:002017-08-24T17:31:00.655-04:00@9:50am: A few years ago, I was seated in one of m...@9:50am: A few years ago, I was seated in one of my favorite E. Village restaurants (now gone) when the DOH inspector walked in to do a full inspection RIGHT AT THE START OF DINNER SERVICE (6pm). The owner was (as you can imagine) not happy, esp. as the first thing they told him was that his wood-burning oven (which had been there for over a decade) was "not okay" - so he had to go around to all the tables and tell the seated diners that we couldn't order anything that required the wood-burning oven.<br /><br />This restaurant always passed its inspections & had an "A" - but having watched the DOH inspector barge in at that particular time of day, it was hard NOT to conclude that the city & DOH were looking for, perhaps, some baksheesh. There was no reasonable explanation for what I saw happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69716053761549196032017-08-24T13:28:16.000-04:002017-08-24T13:28:16.000-04:00Ohh yeah like people were getting sick right and l...Ohh yeah like people were getting sick right and left before this grade system existed! bunch of crap if you asked me its all about making $$$$ for the city . its plain and simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-80810102647322287342017-08-24T11:31:22.545-04:002017-08-24T11:31:22.545-04:00I always enjoyed the Tapas de cucarrachos con sals...I always enjoyed the Tapas de cucarrachos con salsa Verde thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16499234902072580322017-08-24T10:22:10.095-04:002017-08-24T10:22:10.095-04:00I liked this restaurant, they had a menu I've ...I liked this restaurant, they had a menu I've not found anything similar to in NYC, and I will miss eating there. Always loved that little mosaic. Adios, y buena suerte, señor.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27909381895575362182017-08-24T09:50:40.508-04:002017-08-24T09:50:40.508-04:00It's so interesting to me when some restaurant...It's so interesting to me when some restaurant owners complain about the DOH inspections. This guy here says they are on a witch hunt. <br />I am tired of restaurant owners whining about the DOH inspections. <br /><br />You run a food service business. It's a big responsibility. You are feeding people. If you don't keep high standards, you could make people sick. What's so hard to do about that?<br /><br />The restaurant owners I know in the neighborhood all get A grades because they keep up with the safety standards they are required to meet because they know it is their job to do so. You run a restaurant. It's your business. You can't keep it clean? You can't properly store food? What else are you so busy doing?<br /><br />If you want to complain about high rents, we get that. It's hard to run a small business here because of that. But don't complain about being required not to give your patrons food poisoning.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68528596211024641552017-08-24T09:17:34.188-04:002017-08-24T09:17:34.188-04:00Anon 8:47am: DOHMH restaurant inspectors and sanit...Anon 8:47am: DOHMH restaurant inspectors and sanitation folks who go through recycling bags are completely separate; it's not like the city retrains the latter to go after restaurants to make more money. Jeez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-90357092853792953852017-08-24T09:15:14.223-04:002017-08-24T09:15:14.223-04:00Having worked at DOHMH, investigated disease outbr...Having worked at DOHMH, investigated disease outbreaks, and participated in restaurant inspections, I wish folks could see an average NYC restaurant kitchen before complaining about enforcement & eating up all restaurant managers' claims. I make no statements on whether the fine amounts are fair or not, and whether restaurant managers are right to be outraged by the court conditions (my sympathies here first go to the many other people that get swept up in the system and are treated absolutely horribly). But as for actual conditions in which food is often made... If people think restaurant kitchens are all clean and sanitary, I have a bridge to sell you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18368391620336902002017-08-24T08:47:32.490-04:002017-08-24T08:47:32.490-04:00As shocking as all this sounds somehow I am not su...As shocking as all this sounds somehow I am not surprised that a city like ours see honest hard working people as a source of added income while huge tax breaks are handled out like Halloween candy to big developers. I have always heard that the restaurant business is one of the hardest to succeed in and this information along with landlord greed, helps explain why so many eateries are throwing the apron. <br /><br />My family owns a small building which I live in and take care of and several years ago the city sent hoards of sanitation officers into our neighborhood to write fines for the smallest offense. I witness 3 officers examine one recycling bag for what had to be 5 minutes, they flipped it to one side then the other until they found a tiny Advil bottle which should not have been in there and then produce a fine for $25. Sanitation no longer sends their ticket writing troops on our block and now I know why, $25 fines are peanuts compared to $2000 fines you can get from just about any restaurant in the city. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35538217349708661192017-08-24T07:01:13.162-04:002017-08-24T07:01:13.162-04:00Sounds fucking exhausting🤦🏼♂️ What a shame. I e...Sounds fucking exhausting🤦🏼♂️ What a shame. I enjoyed this spot. Pinchnoreply@blogger.com