Sopranos

  • Posted: August 25th, 2011 - 8:46pm by Doug Powell

    DNAinfo reports that celebrity-heavy Nino's on the Upper East Side of New York City was hit with a whopping 56 points during an inspection on Monday, according to the health department's website.

    A grade higher than 27 points would merit hanging a C in the window, but the restaurant's grade is pending as the department gives it some time to clean up their act. Restaurants with violations under 13 points get As.

    The health department found a range of violations, including evidence of rats and mice, roaches present in the food or non food areas, flies, cold food not stored properly and food surfaces improperly washed. Also, the inspector found the supervisor of food operations did not hold a Food Protection Certificate, which is required by the health department.

    At Nino's Positano in Midtown, Selimaj named a chicken special after regular customer Derek Jeter, after the Yankees shortstop reached his 3,000th hit. That restaurant, at 890 Second Ave., was briefly closed by the health department after a June 22 inspection tallied 72 violation points. The restaurant currently has a letter B grade.

    Nino Selimaj didn’t return calls.
     

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  • Posted: February 6th, 2011 - 4:05pm by Doug Powell

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    Someone finally asked, and when South Australia Health said a lot of people were sick from salmonella in custard, it really was a lot.

    ABC news (that’s Australian not American) reports at least 60 people have fallen ill, nearly half of them needing to be admitted to hospital.

    SA Health's investigation has linked the infections to Vili's custard-filled berliner buns and St George Cakes and Gelati's custard-filled cannolis and eclairs in Adelaide.

    Kevin Buckett from SA Health says they expect more test results later in the week, adding,

    "We're continuing to interview the 60 or so people that were notified to us last week and obviously the more we interview the better chance we have to get a good track on what common foods people have eaten."

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