Friday, May 29, 2009

Ellen Gabler: Courtny Gerrish Wannabe

Is there so little happening in southeastern Wisconsin that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has taken to copying TMJ4's Thursday "Dirty Dining" segment by Courtny Gerrish?

Again, Ellen Gabler runs down a list of restaurants and even cafeterias in hospitals and schools that have been cited for health violations.

She also points out a very few clean places.

Gabler writes:

About 57% of establishments in Milwaukee passed the Health Department’s inspection without any critical violations. That’s a slightly lower percentage of establishments that had no violations compared with last month.

A critical violation is one that is serious enough to increase a patron’s risk of getting sick from a food-borne illness.

...From mid-April to mid-May, the Milwaukee Health Department inspected about 530 restaurants, bars, cafeterias and other places where food is served.

Public Investigator found that about 18% of establishments had three or more critical violations.

What's the point?

Only "57% of establishments in Milwaukee passed the Health Department’s inspection without any CRITICAL violations."

That's not good.

Conclusion: Don't eat out in Milwaukee. There's an over 40 percent chance that you'll be eating at a place with a CRITICAL violation.

Very unappetizing.

I hear you loud and clear, Journal Sentinel. Message received.

Don't eat out in Milwaukee.

That is the point, isn't it?

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