Today’s Department Of “Duh” Report
We brought you the story of the takeout loving rats in a New York City fast food joint last Friday. Well, the Greenwich Village eatery had passed a Health Department inspection just the day before the media captured the rat races inside the building on video. It appears that the Health Department has a firm grip on the obvious - at least when the media is watching them - and has decided that there was something wrong with the inspection.
(CBS) NEW YORK Health officials are going to review the inspection of a Greenwich Village KFC/Taco Bell, which was completed one day before CBS 2 cameras caught dozens of rats scurrying across the store, jumping on tables, and climbing into food trays.
"It doesn't look like the inspection that was done Thursday met our standards," said Geoffrey Cowley, a health department spokesman. "I don't want to prejudge that. We're concerned and we're going to carefully revaluate that inspection."
The restaurant located at Sixth Avenue and West 4th Street was investigated Thursday following complaints, but the inspector didn't see any rats.
In addition, the same restaurant passed both of its inspections last year, although it was fined $1,300 for some violations which included mice droppings.
Now the Health Department has closed the store, and said it will remain closed until it passes re-inspection.
Regardless, many people were so disgusted by the entire episode, they are rethinking their dining plans.
Apparently the "menace" of trans fats trumps any concern for trivial things like rat-infested restaurants. The Health Department is inventing things to occupy their time while the rats run wild. Happy dining, New Yorkers! There may be rats in your restaurants, but you won't have to worry about any of those trans fats! Now that's progress, New York style.
