On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:19:11 -0500, Sky >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>If someone really wants to know the inside scoop about a particular
>restaurant's conditions and kitchen sanitation (or lack thereof), check
>out the health inspection reports. However in the USA, it depends on
>the state, county, & city/township laws and regulations. In most cases,
>restaurant inspection reports (and other establishments like grocery
>stores) are a matter of public record, but sometimes it takes effort of
>the part of the 'curious' in that a 'freedom of information' form may
>need to be completed in order to get the report from the local health
>department. In some communities, the health inspection reports are
>posted in an obvious location for the patrons to see at will.

The difference county-to-county in CA is easy to point to: in LA
County, for instance, the Dept. of Health Services issues each
restaurant a letter grade that is to be prominently posted. In
contiguous Orange County, there is no way that I know about to
discover how a restaurant rates with the health dept. without actually
checking with the health dept. in advance.

Personally, since I can't do much about, enjoy eating out several
times a month and have only gotten food poisoning twice in my life
(one of those times was in the first class section of a Virgin
Atlantic flight from LAX to Heathrow), I'm just going to stick my
fingers in my ears and sing "la la la la la."

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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