Odd restaurant policies?!?

[Industrial Toys]

That's funny. There is a sports bar in Oakville Ontario called that! Typical place owned by and run by kids. The name probably fits the cleanliness of the kitchen.

I ate at a chicken place in Niagara Falls some years ago. It was a famous family run destination known by many. They moved and I tried their new location. All kids working there. Two were just about having sex with each other. Got an order of wings with feathers in it. (First time in my life that has happened). Complained to the manger (another kid) who didn't see what the fuss was about. We just walked out. Put me off eating wings for some time. Thanks Honeys!

 

[Jstpssng]

Don't you just love the dirty rag, they (historicallly) cleaned everything with?

But hey, most people have no notion of sanitation anyways. Yes most are trained (at least when someone is present) to wash their hands after they use the washroom, but FEW, seem to wash their hands as a matter of habit, before they eat when in a restaurant.

The waitress walks around with a flyswatter, kills one on the table next to you, then wipes it off with the same rag she's going to wash your table with after you leave.
Or she brings your meal then picks up a broom and starts sweeping, figuring the dust will add a little flavor to your meal.

I routinely will go to the rest room and wash my hands before dining, unless I came straight from my house. I also prefer to wash them anytime I'm going into a convenience store, but not everyplace has a sink available. With the new "Sanitary practices" in place now, very few places even have a rest room you can use for that, although they do have the sanitizer which may or may not be empty.

 

[jmc]

Local Asian buffet had banners for a Friday night special of Alaska King Crab legs when we stopped in there one Friday. No crab legs out on the buffet for the 45 minutes or so we were there. One of the tables closest to the (empty) crab leg station was a solitary woman that drooped over either side of her chair. Beside her were maybe 5 heaping plates of crab leg remains. Apparently, she was a regular, got there early for short waddles to the buffet, and "ran the table". Staff didn't bother to clear her carnage, maybe hoping she would leave in embarrassment. Nope.

 

[Fuddy1952]

We used to eat at a Chinese buffet that was always busy. One day it was about 70 degrees and we were seated near an open door leading outside. (Now, everyone who has or knows about cats knows this...). The white painted woodwork around the door had a dark area starting up about 6" from floor, then about 6" wide. I asked wife what did that look like? Where cats always rub their face!
We are vegetarian that day.
Behind that door is a sub division. At home I called animal control. "Do you have reports of lots of missing cats from that sub division?"..."Why, yes we do! Why do you ask???". I said just curious and hung up.
Then I called the health department. Lady said "I'll check it out and call you in a few days". I never heard back! So I called her. She stammered " uh...everything was ok...not to worry".
We drove by the restaurant...it was closed.
No explanation...just a busy buffet restaurant closed permanently.

 

[3Ts]

We had several Asian buffets when we lived in Florida. We saw the same thing that jmc describes. Asian buffet and King Crab legs - a couple that weighed about 500# each had piles of remains on many plates. The bin for the crab legs stayed empty for a long time. We rarely got any. A little consideration of others would have been appropriate.

Also saw a little kid take a few noodles from a bowl and drop one on the floor. He reached down and put it back in the bowl. Parents weren't watching him. This could be anywhere though.

And with Fuddy's post, there was an article in the local newspaper about an Asian restaurant being shut down because they were using cats.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Many years ago I was doing alarm work in a chinese food restaurant kitchen. Little kid was messing with the cooked food. No one cared. I generally only eat at the big chains, where they are not running a nursery in the kitchen.

Even longer ago than that, I used to hitchhike to work. Got a ride once with one of those linen service company, employees. He said Chinese Restaurants were always the worst of what he had seen.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Way back in High School we went to a Ground Round (was a local chain) for the all you can eat fried chicken. Most of us could put away a basket or two as they were half fries and 1/4 chicken. Our football buddy "big phil" put away 26 baskets, and drank 3 pitchers of beer in that one sitting. It was surreal.
They also served little baskets of peanuts (floor was always covered in shells) and had projectors, usually showing old short movies or cartoons at Ground round. New owners and changing tastes and a takeover by owners who wanted to make the chain less costly to run and make it seem like every other chain eventually killed the whole aesthetic.

We had a ground round, don’t remember peanuts.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hard to find good Chinese food. Most are dives. I drive by the house of the owners of a Chinese restaurant, their place is a mess, won’t eat at their restaurant.

 

[Frankenkubota]

I don go out to eat anymore but before the virus, I used my cell phone camera to photo the menu, so I can enlarge it so I can read it cause, I never have my reading glasses and I知 single.

 

[Thomas]

Years back we had Chinese restaurant in which they lease the building,got to be so nasty bad state inspector shut them down for good,sad part owner of the building ended up tearing building down,but the had best egg roll ever to this day.