On 12/11/2013 11:55 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 23:45:25 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On 12/11/2013 5:54 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:27:03 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> The last time I was there I asked if I could take a look at the kitchen.
>>>> At first the DRM (dining room manager) was all enthusiastic. I'm sure
>>>> we can arrange that! Next thing I knew someone from the kitchen told me
>>>> no. Liability insurance and all that. I can understand that.
>>>
>>> That was a bullshit excuse. I have been in a bunch of commercial
>>> kitchens and liability was never an issue. But if you don't have a
>>> well-kept kitchen, then I can see why they might have issues.
>>>
>> I'd not want to eat in a restaurant that was giving tours of the
>> kitchen. Peek through a window, but stay away from prep area.
>
> You're not going to get very close to the food in an active kitchen.
> Besides, who's to say the kitchen staff has less cooties than the
> typical person who would want to see the kitchen? Or do you think
> Jill might pull an Elaine Benes on the pasta primavera? ;-)
>
> -sw
>
Sorry, too lazy to care who Elaine Benes is. I'm obviously not planning
to do whatever she did to be banned from a restaurant kitchen.

Jill