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Not so far as I know. Have eaten there with no issues, will continue to eat there. Given Francisco's insistence on detail and order, I'm a little surprised at their findings. This is the only place I've seen in the neighborhood that the back of house staff actually take a few minutes of their down time, in between orders coming into to the kitchen area, to actually police and wipe down their work area and equipment without anyone actually telling them to do so.

That was gonna be my other point - it's an open kitchen there, you can see precisely what they're doing and what's happening to your food as it's being prepared.

CAP'N - I'm a musician, so I've spent my fair share of times not just going back to the kitchen to get food, but also schlepping a double bass through many of them, since they don't want the band coming in the front door

^how many/what percentage of the restaurants in this neighborhood have you schlepped through the kitchen?

GIAR, already.

^how many/what percentage of the restaurants in this neighborhood have you schlepped through the kitchen?

Do you have a question you'd like to ask? Is there a specific block that you'd like to inquire about?
Look, there's nothing ambiguous in my original statement of what i experienced, you're welcome to disregard it, if you so choose. There are kitchens I've been in and kitchens I haven't been in, I'm not sure how that changes WHAT I SAW and HOW THAT COMPARED TO OTHER THINGS I SAW.

There are many things the public is not aware of when they eat out.  Places with the best reputations can also be the filthiest.  Ed, you mentioned that you see the staff clean up the tables, even in there "down" time.  One of the things they were sited for was using dirty rags to "clean" the tables.  The food business is not an easy one.  There are many regulations to running a place like this.  It's a great addition to the neighborhood....as long as they get their act together.

What's the point of this thread? Asking about citations that you allegedly just saw seems less about asking for an update than it is about announcing it to the world. If you really wanted to know, you could've easily called the restaurant or DOH itself. I can't even confirm the citation points you cited because the DOH website is showing errors, so you've now just created this presumption that others will just rely on because they can't discredit it easily.

Quote from: CaptainFlannel on April 02, 2018, 10:47:50 AM

I'd like to get a sense of how extensive his experience is with neighborhood kitchens before judging how much weight to give his perception when casting aspersions on the cleanliness of local restaurant kitchens.

emphasis added

in solidarity with abc...

sub·ter·fuge DEFINITION

deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.

synonyms:  trickery, intrigue, deviousness, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, craftiness, chicanery, pretense, fraud, fraudulence
"the use of subterfuge by journalists"

lol how does this apply to what you quoted? Honestly, I'm sure you thought that this was a really clever attack but it's actually dumb. People try to ask legit questions and challenge a faulty perspective and because there isn't a solid defense, you decide to call others into question by dropping a dictionary definition as if that's sufficient explanation for why you think a person is guilty of subterfuge. If you had a point, you'd point out exactly what of the specific circumstances at hand supports your conclusion that there is subterfuge.

I've been on this board for awhile and I have found captainflannel's posts to be some of the most reasonable whereas some of you sound petulant. Grow up.

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