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Monday, May 19, 2008
Health Code Conundrums
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A May 2 posting on health inspections rants pretty hard about some celebrity chefs’ restaurants scoring low on health inspection scores. Sourced from Inside Edition, chefs like Anthony Bourdain and Emeril Lagasse are getting the boot when it comes to being clean.
According to the report, Bourdain’s Les Halles restaurant in Coral Gables has been shut down by inspectors 3 times since 2006 for “dangerous violations.” Todd English’s restaurants in Boston have the worst record, according to the website.
Our own Paula Dean’s Lady and Son scored the cleanest.
How much I trust Inside Edition is questionable, but it does make one think. Georgia just instated new forms that require restaurants to post their health inspection scores — which include letter as well as number grades, and also include scores from two previous inspections — on drive-through windows and within 15 feet of their primary door.
Do you look at the scores when dining out? How much does a health inspection score mean to you? Would you walk out of a restaurant based on a low score?
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