Despite visits from an exterminator and epic cleaning sessions, the DOH inspectors continue to find things to keep Ray's Candy Store from reopening. As Bob Arihood
reports at Neither More Nor Less, an inspector returned to the Avenue A shop yesterday.
Third fourth time this week; fifth
different inspector (they sent two at once, uh, once), who are all motivated to find violations, naturally. After two hours, the inspector found a few mouse droppings as well as a restroom door that didn't close properly. As Bob writes: "This inquisition could go on forever and Ray's Candy Store will never open.
Bob has more thoughts on all this in another
post. In part, he writes:
We have to say here that though we are aware that Ray is not without fault what this city is doing to him and to other small businesses is wrong. With this soulless ravenous beast of a city administration at the door of every small business regularly, few will survive.
Read the whole thing
here.
Photo by Dave on 7th taken Monday morning before
the first inspection.