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The Los Angeles Times runs a monthly list of restaurants closed by the county health department. Among the list for January was this one.
Name: Thank God Express Address: 1906 W 3rd St, Los Angeles Closed: 1/4 Reopened: 1/6 Codes: M, N
M - Vermin infestation N - Failure to prevent entrance and harboring of vermin
I'm sure that God loves vermin too, although it seems that that argument didn't go over with the inspectors.
------------------ Ohh, so Mother Nature needs a favor? Well maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts, and plagues and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival and now she wants to quit because she's losing...well I say "Hard Cheese"! ~C. Montgomery Burns
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Perhaps "vermin" was referring to the clientele?
------------------ Dane
"Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in even greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires: beyond the elevation and moral culture of Christianity, as it shines forth in the Gospels, it will not go." Goethe
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Here is the complete list of things you can get closed for.
THE VIOLATIONS A - Immediate danger to public health or safety B - Contaminated food C - Improper food preparation D - Unsafe food temperatures E - Unprotected food F - Improper food storage G - Improper employee hygiene H - No hand-washing facilities I - Improper dishwashing method J - Unsanitary equipment K - Gross contamination of utensils and/or equipment L - Use of non-approved equipment M - Vermin infestation N - Failure to prevent entrance and harboring of vermin O - No potable water supply or no hot water P - Sewage system failure Q - No toilet facilities R - Dirty walls and ceilings S - Damaged or dirty floors T - Improper storage or use of hazardous substances U - Improper garbage or rubbish disposal V - Unauthorized animal in food establishment W - Insufficient ventilation X - Lack of a fully enclosed structure Y - No public health permit Z - No plans submitted
Now, I ask you, if you get closed "Immediate danger to public health or safety" why would you re-open?
------------------ Ohh, so Mother Nature needs a favor? Well maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts, and plagues and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival and now she wants to quit because she's losing...well I say "Hard Cheese"! ~C. Montgomery Burns
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Under that code, all "Lone Star" steak houses should be closed, for dirty floors.
(They serve you peanuts in the shell, you are supposed to throw the shells in the floor. The first time I went into one, I left after a couple of minutes, the place was filthy.)
------------------ Fool of a Took, throw yourself in next time!! Gandalf
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There is even Lone Star Steakhouses in Australia - although I've never been to one.
------------------ "What a wonderful and amazing scheme have we here of the magnificent vastness of the Universe! So many Suns, so many Earths...!" - Christian Huygens, New Conjectures Concerning the Planetary Worlds, Their Inhabitants and Productions (ca 1670)
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Well, there are places around here that do the same thing....somehow I think that peanut shells crushed on the floor (which are supposed to be there as part of the general decore) is quite a bit different than fetid water puddles or sticky food particles all over the place.
"Watch out for the moldy cheese there on the floor sir."
Bad.
------------------ Ohh, so Mother Nature needs a favor? Well maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts, and plagues and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival and now she wants to quit because she's losing...well I say "Hard Cheese"! ~C. Montgomery Burns
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