OneOftheB's
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2015
My biggest shock was a couple months ago when the country club we held my daughter in laws baby shower in was closed down for roaches, its a beautiful private club too, so you just never know.
As a former Env Health Inspector, country clubs are notorious (in my area) for being gross. The chefs are super protective of their personal knives, so won't allow the dishwashers to clean their knives, and keep them locked up in boxes so others can't use the knives. I've seen way too many gross knives with dried on debris in lock boxes that are not cleaned. Just gross.
As for eating in a restaurant that is dirty, no. A restaurant that is older/less well maintained? Probably, depending on the place. We have a local hot dog place that has been a restaurant since the 1920's, and with very minimal updates since the 1950's. I would have had zero issues eating there, but never did as I was their inspector. I just felt that it was a conflict of interest, given that the prior inspector was asked not to come back by the owner/manager due to multiple conflicts.