Gnarly Food Industry Secrets That Have Been Shared Anonymously By Restaurant Inspectors

How many cockroaches, rats, and birds do you want roaming around in your favorite restaurant? The answer is zero, right?

The reality is that we don't really know what happens in the kitchen before our food is served to us. We trust that the owners, managers, chefs, and the rest of the crew know enough about food safety to keep their kitchens in pristine condition.

We blindly trust that they are up to code and have passed their most recent government-mandated health inspection. They should aim for high-quality, healthy, and clean food since it's their business, right?

Nobody wants to eat food from a questionable establishment. After all, we customers deserve to eat food that was prepared well within health code standards.

That is quite possibly the bare minimum promise restaurants can keep. Unfortunately for us, not every food place we visit believes in maintaining a squeaky-clean kitchen.

It's nice to dream that they all do, but apparently, that is too lofty of a dream. That is, if we are to believe these revelations from restaurant inspectors.

We are finding it very hard to maintain our appetite after reading all of these confessions. Our paranoia is at an all-time high, and these dirty, dirty secrets have unlocked a new fear. Read them and whimper.

This is the bad version of the movie Ratatouille

ioannissarantidis

I love fast-food soda, and I do not know how I can even begin to process this new information.

u/ilikemonkeys

First question: Was the pot of curry being cooked at that time? Second question: Did the man find what he was looking for inside the pot?

u/maximum_muffins

I may seriously never eat any outside food ever again after reading this one. I have so many regrets.

u/WomblesMama

Were the squirrels and birds employees at this fantastical bread factory? Did you see any Disney princesses walking about?

u/leyakot71

Everyone knows high temperatures will kill all the bacteria; therefore, you never, ever have to wash the pots and pans you use.

ggraffitiwoman

I think I just threw up reading that they clean toilet plungers and mops in the dishwasher.

tlpz777

Do not trust discount seafood at any place. That is a sure way to end up in the emergency room moments after you ate the last lobster tail.

u/incandesantlite

This is helpful advice, and for my peace of mind, what can cause the caked-on stain at the end of the rollers? Someone tell me!

ggraffitiwoman

How do restaurant health inspectors eat again after seeing ~everything~?

u/ilikemonkeys

Saliva is the secret to their famous in-house homemade salsa.

knr8269

If you put the rice on another vat of rice for 24 hours, the cockroaches will go away, and it will be perfectly safe again. NOT.

u/Breathcancer

This place puts other farm-to-table restaurants to shame because other places won't think of incorporating fresh and authentic chicken poop into their food.

u/Joetheweirdo

Delicious, dirt-cheap coffee.

jannelleo

I cannot believe we have to make this a PSA, but here we go: You have to deep clean and sanitize your restaurant's dishwasher.

u/leyakot71

Organic, all-natural, non-toxic pest control. What more could you want?

u/Not_a_Terminator

Forget the Yelp reviews; here is what you should be looking for:

u/mindcrime_

This will definitely help me save money because it will be a while before I dine at restaurants again. Thanks to these new confessions, my urge to deep clean every nook and cranny at home in the middle of the night is kicking in.

I'm feeling secondhand fast food greasiness just from reading this, and I feel icky. If and when you do decide to go to a restaurant again, find the inspection certificate and pay attention to everything.