“10 Alarming Red Flags That Reveal You’re Dining in a Restaurant Disaster!”
The Denny’s near my house has had a “Help Wanted: Servers and Kitchen Help”sign for about 6 months. If it’s a bad place to work, don’t bother dining there.
I went to a restaurant a couple weeks ago that was called Somethingsomething Sushi and Oyster Bar. In their menu it had a section for fresh oysters, with a blurb that said “Ask us about our daily oyster offerings.” When our waitress came over to ask us if we’d like to order appetizers, we asked what the daily oysters were. She said “Yes, we have oysters today.” When we asked her to clarify on the kind of oysters, she made some vague comment about the fact that they just came in that morning and she didn’t know. We asked if they were east coast or west coast and she just shrugged.
If your server cannot tell you anything about the raw food you are about to eat, that is a bad sign and you should not eat that thing.
If the employees take their aprons with them into the bathroom.
If you can see into the kitchen, and you see the cooks, watch for sweat dripping into food, not changing gloves/washing hands between raw meats and other food, and how clean the area is. If it is busy, it won’t be pristine, but it shouldn’t be disgusting.
If the menu either has pages of choices, or a wide variety of ethnic foods (like cheeseburgers, sweet and sour chicken, and escargot all on the menu for instance), usually the food that isn’t ordered often is old, and close to if not expired.
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