Should restaurants make health inspection grades visible?
By Greg Latshaw, USA TODAY
It's a Saturday night in Washington, the Capitol rotunda is in view, and you're walking along the avenue, trying to decide where to eat.
Posted outside restaurants' windows are menus, Zagat ratings and clippings of local newspaper reviews. What's missing, says D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh, is information about the restaurants' sanitary conditions.
Cheh supports requiring restaurants to display a letter grade based on their most recent health department inspection. She says that now, residents must file public records requests for details on restaurant inspections.
"Surely the nation's capital, with all its restaurants, you'd think we'd be a little more progressive," she says.
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5 comments:
I'm from NC and all establishments serving food are required to show their grade. I think it's a great system and would definetly help consumers steer clear of unclean establishments here on the shore.
Great idea!I have a friend who lives in LA County (CA) and thats the norm out there.Lets you know what to expect and gives the restaurants an incentive to stay on top of things.
what do you want next, affordable prices?
man if they woulda done this in salisbury the watermans never woulda remanined open as long as it did
Rob has nothing to worry about. That is the cleanest restaurant in Salisbury by far. From the kitchen to the dining room to the bar to bathroom. Top notch health compliance along with great food and service. But then again, what else would you expect from Market Street Inn?
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