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10 Worst Restaurant Moments

Just a bit of gross-out fun for y'all:

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2010/02/our_10_worst_re.php

I'm sure everyone has their own horror stories.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Oooh, how horrendous! NYC restaurants can be great - but also dreadful. I still remember with (not so much) fondness the cockroach I saw in my local falafel place on 97th and Madison
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
I've seen the occasional hair in my food, but nothing really SO bad.

Not sure how I feel about the fact that they didn't mention the names of any of the restaurants where these bad moments were had - seems like everyone is afraid to badmouth anyone these days. But isn't that the point of a review? Tell us what restaurants made you sick!!!!
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
I once found a piece of plastic bottle top baked into a cake.

Of course, and then there was the cockroach in my boyfriend's expensive entree, which I posted about a while back.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps Maybe there are liability/ defamation issues to doing that.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
How horrible, @uraniumfish! You've put me off dinner now...
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
I wonder how many NYC restaurants have mice and other infestations.... Seems like they would be lucky not to have such problems. Does anyone ever read the inspection reports for restaurants in their neighborhoods?
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
I was at a restaurant and saw this mouse walking around near the bathroom. I turned, grabbed by girlfriend, and left. She wanted to know why, and I told her I would not eat in a restaurant that had rodents walking around. No thanks. She agreed. By the way, the restaurant was nearly empty. I read later that it was shut down for unsanitary and unhealthy conditions.
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I think it's kind of hard to avoid rodents and bugs where there are copious amounts of food. The city is so crowded. I'm sure they are in pretty much every restaurant in the city. Granted, I don't want to see it. But, you gotta know they're there.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
Definitely they are around. But I think that part of health regulations insist that restaurants make their establishments rodent-proof. What that means exactly, I'm not sure, but you can get points on a health inspection if your restaurant doesn't meet some kind of standard.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps: It basically means, at least this is what a friend said who works for the city government: Establishments that serve food, have to be spotless and have no rodents or any kind of insects at all. This means being bug free. There are many restaurants in NYC that are like this. But many are not. And those that aren't and they get caught, they face heavy fines before anything else happens to them.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
And yet it seems that some restaurants play fast and loose with the rules, assuming that they won't get caught...
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish Thanks for that link.. I couldn't stop reading all the comments that went with it.. I am just about to go out to dinner in an hour and am feeling extremely squeamish now!
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
So I get a weekly email from Everyblock.com that lists the restaurant inspections in the area, and it appears that you can get a certain amount of inspection points without anything actually happening. Those places that get too many points get a return visit from the inspectors, but I don't think anything immediately happens. I actually have no idea about the fines they face, but I'm sure there is some kind of monetary penalty at some point.

If a place needs a return visit, then Everyblock actually lists the reasons for all of the points the restaurant has amassed, which I think is pretty awesome. But hardly any restaurant escapes an inspection with 0 points - which would be ideal - at least not in my neighborhood.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
Maybe looking at Everyblock.com is a good thing. Hopefully it will help you to know what restaurant is safe to go eat at or not.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
It's actually really awesome... I've been getting weekly updates from that site since I moved to this neighborhood, and they list the types of crimes that went down in the neighborhood as well as new real estate listings and local news stories. I really appreciate it.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK it is a really cool site!will help keep me in the know when I move...
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK I love Everyblock. com! It's really useful, like the little old lady on every block who knows all the gossip and happenings.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Haha, I can think of another site like that. Road guru? Avenue watcher? Boulevard analyzer? What was the name again...?
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
Well, based on everyone's comments, everyblock.com seems to be a really happening place to go to. I'll go take a look and see what the talk is all about.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK I'm loving Everyblock, too!
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@ajadedidealist Everyblock is a lot different from that other website you are talking about - like Uraniumfish said, it's like your nosy neighbor started a website to inform on everyone, good or bad. It goes into details like who is applying for liquor licenses or building contracts - I was pretty amazed that such an all-inclusive site existed.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
@DBlack It seems like most restaurants get violations.... I wouldn't take it too hard. I think you have to get a lot of points before they require a second visit from the health department, like BroadwayBK mentioned above. Which is something I learned from scoping out the restaurants in my area on that site.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Neversleeps: Every restaurant in NYC has gotten a citation at one time or another. They can't avoid it.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
That was my point, yo.
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MONUMENTAL
MONUMENTAL 2yrs+
Watching Kitchen Nightmares has really made look at restaurants a lot more closely!
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Oren
Oren 2yrs+
Cart food - so delicious, yet terrifying on some aspects. Got a piece of plastic in my chicken once.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@Oren See, that's the moment I dread enough to be veeery scared of the cart food experience in general.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@Oren Which cart gave you a piece of plastic with your chicken?
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