http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/05/health-department-shuts-down-skillet Comments On: Health Department Temporarily Shuts Down Skillet by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:45:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by evolume]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:12:28 -0700 The Stranger Posted by darlingash]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:40:16 -0700 The Stranger
Comte, speaking as someone who worked in restaurants 20 years ago and has a part time job in that industry now, I think the regs are pretty much about the same.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:52:19 -0700 The Stranger Posted by BLUE]]> Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:45:23 -0700 The Stranger Posted by gabrielclaycampshouldjustgoaway]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:12:24 -0700 The Stranger Jack in the Box back in 1993. Three children died and the outbreak sickened about 450.

Not that everyone who eats contaminated meat gets serious food poisoning, but it's a risk, and one that's potentially fatal for children, the elderly, and anyone with a weakened immune system.

Oh, and just to add to the whole street-food conversation, I have a coworker who eats lunch at taco trucks in the valley about once a week. He also gets stomach complaints and misses work about one day a month.
Posted by Greg]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:30:45 -0700 The Stranger
"We signed a contract with the Mariners for the season, saying we'll be out in that lot." It was a choice between not operating and potentially having a breach of contract."

The Skillet trailer opened at 5 p.m. Monday evening and closed at 6, according to Henderson. "We didn't even serve any food. We went back on Tuesday and operated as normal with a permitted truck, and Wednesday they came back and re-inspected us and gave us the official go-ahead."

That's called a whiff in the big leagues Stranger. And given the temperament of Sloggers I'm sure you've done this guy some damage. Still love you tho...
Posted by fag]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:22:22 -0700 The Stranger Come on Seattle, stop embarassing me. You all sound like people who go to a foreign country and eat at McDonalds or Denny's. Plus you think Dick's tatstes good. "i'd love the burger with lettuce that has been sitting in a hot box for 20 minutes"
Posted by fourfingersdown]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:53:03 -0700 The Stranger
The health department is incredibly picky -- and random -- and what they enforce and who they inspect. I once handed out cake at the Seattle Wedding Expo and we nearly got shut down because our hot water dispenser had a button you had to push and hold instead of a hand-free faucet. Keep in mind this was in a booth at a convention hall and we were handing out cake with gloved hands. I'm just saying...

I also don't get why people are so up in arms about Skillet being "trendy. Josh used his head, came up with a good idea, and makes yummy, clever food in an intriguing way. I'm like it when people take the seriousness out of good food and make eating fun again.

Here's hoping Skillet can get all it's ducks in a row and keep bringing a little joy and a lot of good taste to Seattle.
Posted by magpiegirl]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:22:36 -0700 The Stranger
Whoever made that comment last week about tipping them $1 max.....well you must be well-off as well as being fucking generous. Give your money to those that stay in compliance--or rarely stray. Skillet does not deserve to be rewarded for this, you trendy-ass yucks.
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Posted by soberlarry]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:28:30 -0700 The Stranger
When I visited the UK last year, I was surprised to see that the shops there sold eggs unrefrigerated. Then thought about it, and realized that it made sense.
Posted by litlnemo]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:15:01 -0700 The Stranger Posted by wilbur@work]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:45:53 -0700 The Stranger Posted by wilbur@work]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:42:52 -0700 The Stranger Posted by SouthSeattle]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:41:09 -0700 The Stranger Posted by meredith]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:33:15 -0700 The Stranger
You learned pretty quick to avoid places with a big red sign on their front door that said FAIL, no matter how of-the-moment they were.
Posted by arts&letters]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:31:29 -0700 The Stranger
Either way, it's pretty gross.
Posted by w7ngman]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:02:00 -0700 The Stranger Posted by leek]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:37:15 -0700 The Stranger Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:26:17 -0700 The Stranger
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Posted by stinkbug]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:51:40 -0700 The Stranger Posted by StillNon]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:23:03 -0700 The Stranger
Restaurants, no doubt. But there were plenty of sketchy-looking "doner-kebab" carts just about everywhere I went.
Posted by COMTE]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:13:22 -0700 The Stranger
Again I'll say yeah, stupid decisionmaking, but I've had great experiences with their food and it is by no means over the top on price.
Posted by leek]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:12:00 -0700 The Stranger
I'm well aware people like their burgers medium rare, just trying to be playful. I grew up eating medium-well burgers, and they always tasted great, plus I never really heard of this pink ground beef thing until I moved to Seattle. Y'all natives are some classy bitches, I'll give you that.

I do like steak medium rare, but I never thought of it as a taste thing so much as a texture and tenderness thing. Which isn't so much of a problem with ground meat as all the fibers have been thoroughly eviscerated.

Undercooked ground beef just weirds me out, ultimately. I'd be fine with it if I saw my butcher grind it in front of me, but I don't really trust random restaurant X to have safe ground meat.
Posted by w7ngman]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:09:15 -0700 The Stranger