Retail Rumblings
Californian retail reporter Ryan Schuster discusses what's going on with local restaurants and stores.
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Should local restaurants be graded?
Last week county supervisors passed an ordinance requiring A, B or C grades be posted in the windows of local restaurants after inspections by the county's environmental health department. The new letter grades will start appearing in restaurants in January. Some other California communities already have similar systems in place.
What do you think? Would you feel safer seeing how a restaurant graded out before eating there? Would you rather not know? 4 comments from 4 users
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posted by
anonymous
on Oct 26, 2006 at 10:47 AM
Heck, yeah, I'd feel better with the grading system-figuratively & literally. Los Angeles adopted a grading system 8 years ago and, coincidentally, the number of hospitalizations from food-related illnesses fell by as much as 20%
posted by
anonymous
on Oct 26, 2006 at 03:27 PM
I totally agree in the rating system.
Dirty restaurants will quickly clean up once they experience the loss of business. posted by
Hermawan
on Dec 6, 2006 at 02:08 AM
This sound like a good idea but ultimately tend to be petty and useless. In LA the Chinese restaurants consistently scored lower than their non-chinese counterpart. Having duck hanging out (Peking Duck) is considered a violation. Other traditional methods of preparation also run afoul with code. Despite having B and C grades, these remain popular and the clients are undaunted by the grade that serves as merely window dressing.
posted by
TomW
on Dec 6, 2006 at 02:43 AM
We should see how it goes. I go mostly by word of mouth. If a place stays in business despite a C rating, I'd be really interested in trying it (since any major voilation would still shut them down, I presume)
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