re: Gross things you have experienced in a restaurant

I worked at a restaurant that would box your leftovers up in the back. I guess out of habit many of the waiters would scrape the plate into the trash without thinking. I can’t count the amount of times I saw trash can juices being wiped off of a chunk of steak and thrown into a box.

I worked very briefly at Chicago's in Baton Rouge which went through a lot of sweet potatoes. The staff would hollow out the potatoes and use the tops of the salt and pepper shakers inverted as a screen to smoke weed out of the potatoes. The restaurant had a whole bunch of S&P shakers with no tops, rendering them useless at the tables. Also, the potatoes that were used to smoke from were then made into side dishes for the customers, and the walk in cooler where all of the food came from was a perpetual haze of smoke.

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Cockroaches at a popular New Orleans beer bar and rats at a popular New Orleans burger joint

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I think of this Hannibal Buress stand-up he did on Jimmy Fallon about New Orleans whenever I hear about dirty New Orleans restaurants.

Here is the LINK on youtube. It's 5 minutes and 30 seconds long and if you're from New Orleans I think it's a must watch.

I was eating at my favorite local restaurant. When a big cockroach began crawling up the wall above a two top next to the door in August. Of course the 2 women sitting there were grossed out and called for the owner. The owner comes over starts explaining that it’s hot outside and unfortunately it’s hard to control and sometimes roaches come in. Not buying it, as I sit next to this table and listen what’s going on, the owner turns to me and says help me out here. I stand up and introduce myself, welcome them to the city and explain the issue almost like in the video above. One lady says I get it “not bothering me” however, the other lady did not want anything to do with it. I asked where are you from, she replied, Philladelphia. I said y’all don’t have cockroaches? Come’on now, you mean to tell me you never seen a roach in a Philly restaurant? I said to myself, yankee and sat down.

Found a smoked cig butt in bottom of my crawfish tray at Deanies. Came so close to eating because it looked like a mushroom stem, but then I pulled it apart and saw fibers. Then I put to my nose and confirmed what I thought and nearly puked. I still think I was way to nice too the manager.

Yup

A guy pulled a gun out and shot the baw that was dating his sister. Then he took care of his own life too.

2011 I think

Not once, but twice have I found a screw in my meal. Two different restaurants. Both times they didn't even offer to comp the meal.

One place was a hole in the wall taco joint...not surprising. One was a nicer clean restaurant that you would definitely not expect something like that.

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I don’t even peel my boiled shrimp...

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I can vouch for this.. He ain’t got time for peelin’ swimps!