Restaurant's Creative Way Of Disguising Bad Health Inspection Report
To disguise that they got a "C" on their recent health report, this restaurant incorporated it into a big sign on their front window. Tricky like a rock rhythm. Sneaky Restaurant Fail [Fail Blog]
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roflmao
Nice!!!
+!
I sent this to my dad, who lives in Louisville (the "metro" part - Jeffersontown, actually). When he figures out how to open it (something must have gone wrong with the email), he'll get a laugh out of it, for sure.
Very well done as far as the restaurant is concerned.
Note to self, do not go to this restaurant, other than to take pictures.
/Lives in Louisville
//Not a Cards fan (but don't tell my coworkers)
How deliciously evil!
Those ratings don't matter. I went to a resturant twice in St. Louis. The first time my grand mother had huge moth in her salad. The second time we went i had hairS in my burger. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt.
And it was rated with an A.
Might I add that we didn't do anything disgruntle both times.
they could have a least matched fonts
kudos!
My favorite restaurant in San Antonio got a "C" rating once... strangely enough, it coincided with the period when their food tasted the best that it ever had.
@kc2idf: Yea, I mean if you're gonna try to fool people, take 60 seconds to find a free font that at least looks close...
That manager clearly has a future at the peaks of corporate America. What is he doing in that hole in the wall?!
I would never eat in a place with a "C."
Why would the restaurant post their health inspection record in the front window, regardless of whatever deceptively clever means they used to divert your attention from their rating?
They get an "A" for effort from me!
Still won't eat there...
Good thing they didn't get a T rating.
or an N.
lol @ no serif.
You think they'd at LEAST match that.
Ha Ha that's brilliant. Now if only they would use that creativity to keep their restaurant clean.
@millertime1211: Or take a few more minutes to reproduce the rest of the page as well, of course changing the official wording to something else, to make it look the same from a distance without getting accused of falsifying the report.
People think it's clever, but in my opinion, a manager assholey enough to try to hide a low cleanliness rating is more interested in covering his ass than actually doing something about the quality of the food.
Yeah, it's really, REALLY, difficult to get a C rating. After having seen what a shitty kitchen you can run and get an A (I took a food service management class in college), I would never even eat at a place with a B.
They do not post it, the HD post it in two places (in Calif). The rating really does not have to do with the food for say. Its how its handle, the place its self, etc. I know of one place that the rating went up and down each month till they stop working on the mall next door.
@ssaoi: You have to wonder if they'll have to switch their support to the Dodgers, Eagles, or Flyers as they continue to fail.
What's the rating system like there? I thought "C" was average, so what's the big deal, and why the need to hide it? Or am I mistaken, and C's not average, but some measurement of an absolute? In which case, why use something that's relative to indicate an absolute measure, and confuse everyone? By all rights, C is supposed to be average, and if it's not in this case, then the grading system is stupid.
Anyone from the area care to elaborate on this???
The brilliance of it, for those who don't know live there, are that the Louisville Cardinals are pretty much the reigning sports team in Louisville. Of course, everyone calls them "The Cards," and their colors happen to be conveniently red and white.
I am pretty impressed.
@balthisar: The rating system is the same around most of the country. You start off with 100 points and then lose points for each violation such as cleanliness, food safety, etc. To get a C, you have to lose a bunch of points...I've worked in a lot of restaurants, and none of them has ever gotten below a B.
Of course, if there were real concern it would be shut down...but no, "C" is not average, if given the mean grade from other local eateries.
@Veeber: And to think if those places to eat in LA had better food handling and cleanliness practicies they could have gotten an A.
There's no need to choose between deliciousness and food poisoning... it's just resturaunt employee laziness.
HaHa. I go to University of Louisville. I'll have to see where this is at.
Ok people need to realize many times the scores do not match your sanitation issue. People get dinged for dirty can openers, employees drinking a soda without a lid, uncovered light bulbs, etc. I think a grading system is stupid, because it does not tell the consumer what the issues are. Our local health department posts what the violation is, whether it is critical or not, and if it was fixed at the time of inspection. I find this to be a better indicator of a restaurants sanitation practices over the long haul versus a snapshot at one time.
Did you notice that there are actually people eating in there?!
I'll pass on any place that gets below an "A."
@Applekid: I agree with Veeber, especially when Chinese restaurants are involved. This LA Times article goes into more detail:
Besides, most Asians don't really care about restaurant hygiene grades. Chinese restaurants with a C rating are still packed.
I can't imagine that the health department sees this as funny. I wonder if it will make the next inspection that much harder?
@Applekid: If the place was really a hazard, it seems like the health department would close it instead of just giving it a low grade.
In fact, that's one of the justifications our local health department gives for not posting grades -- their contention is if they didn't think the place was safe to eat at, they wouldn't let it stay open.
@Applekid: And you would have to pay an arm and a leg for the amount of cleaning staff necessary.
Don't get me wrong, I like the letter grades. They are informative. But now I get to still choose with my wallet. Sure if I ever got sick I'd be mad, but it hasn't happened yet and the food's good and well priced.
The article that jchennav is right. There are a lot of regulations that simply make the food taste horribly. Yeah, you're suppose to cook turkey to 180 degrees and maintain it there, but then you essentially end up with a dry, cardboard like turkey. Hamburgers cooked well done, blech.
How sneaky. Still, I thought you couldn't remain open with lower than an "A"...
Very Creative.