the NYC Restaurant Inspections.
That letter in the door or window of a business is not just a pretty decoration, it's their grade -for cleanliness!
There is even an iPhone app to help you discern what might give you better, more sanitary options (in terms of Inspection grades) ... I recently tried it out. It's called ABCEats.
In fact, while checking out the app and looking at restaurants around my workplace, I noticed something really awful. Guess where I won't be going any time again soon? (And I used to love their sandwiches when they first opened!) Num Pang - their 41st St. location near me. They got the whopper: C. They have violations about food workers not washing their hands properly after using the toilet, smoking, coughing sneezing.... basically a 23 point inspection violation in October. A month later (November 2012), they had 30 points racked up for violations. OMFG! No!
So PLEASE, dear diners of NYC - make SURE you pay attention to those little letters in the doors or windows of a restaurant. They should be displayed PROMINENTLY so that diners KNOW what they walk into before being offered a menu. And if you order online or make a restaurant reservation, check out the actual link for the inspections HERE. Or use the helpful app that I described above. It's free and worth a moment of time. With over 24,000 places in the city, this is a great service that is offered to the dining public of NYC and all of its visitors.
Remember this:
When you get gastro-intestinal distress from eating at a B or C rated place, there is NO APP FOR THAT.
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