New-York tribune., 1916-06-13
Health Men Find 3 Fair
Places in Week-To
Visit $50 a Day Now.
DINERS LEAVINGS
WENT INTO SOUPS
Croquettes and Hamburgers Also
Got Scraps-Dirty Dishes
Found Chief Fault.

The Health Department restaurant
and cafe cleanup entered its second
week yesterday, with record Of three
fairly sanitary and well-serycd eating
places out OF fifty examined. The other
forty-seven we're rated bad Most
Of the restaurants examined were in
the Wall Street district. but yesterday
afternoon inspectors began TO go
through those in the Greeley Square
section. west of Broadway.
Conditions in many OF the places
have appalled, Lucius P. Brown. direc-
tor of the Pure Food and Drug Bureau,
who is responsible for the inspections.
Many OF the places now rated "ba >"
he said. could be placed on the fair"
or good" list by a few changes.
Much Heralded Place Bad.
The worst condition yet discovered
was found late yesterday in the res
taurant of a department store, the
name of which Mr.. Brown would not
reyeai. Scraps left by the diners were
used in soup and croquettes; partly
spoiled or mOuldy ham and beef went
into stews. soup stocks and hamburger
steaks, and meats rejected by the deli
catessen department were carefully
prepared and seasoned for patrons.
When the store manager was in
formed Of the inspectors discovery he
was astonished. The restaurant was
being operated by an outsider, who
had no connection with the store. II
is probable the store will now take
charge
Another restaurant, widely adver-
tsed by a writer on pure food sub
iects. was rated bad" soon after the
inspector reached its kitchen. Fair
and shining, where the diners could
see. the kitchen was found to be un-
sanitary in its more hidden recesses.
Food was placed on the floor; water
from mildewed, leaking pipes dripped
into simmering pots on the stoves; yet
the owner was indignant when told
that his place was not hygienic.
Dirty Dishes Chief Fault.
Mr.. Brown said that not all the
places rated bad" were serving spoiled
food Unsanitary conditions. cooks who
failed 10 wash their hands or who wore
dirty clothing, and improper handling
of food were principally responsible.
Most Of these things are 10 be
remedied at once" he said. The
owners have been eager TO cooperate
with US and most of them have agreed q
70 adopt all our suggestions. | think
we will find vast improvement when
we make our next Inspection
The most common fault is the i'm
nroper cleaning of dishes. cooking uten-
sils and refrigerators. One big down
town bank. which operates lunch
room for its employees, was startled
to hear its kitchen was unsanitary
OF the three places rated fair two
belong TO a big chain of restaurants
and the third is a little. new quick
lunch place on lower Broadway.
"Good" Cards To Be Posted.
1--WE give each inspected place a card
showing its rating" Mr. Brown eX-
plained. with ten inspectors examin-
ing $50 places d day from now on we
expect to have most of Manhattan COW
cred within a short time. The re
inspections will begin soon afterward,
and then the ratings will be entirely
up 10 the restaurant owners.
eve expect eventually TO have every
MACE rated good" 10 announce that
fact to its patrons. Then the patrons
OF restaurants which do not show their
cards may be educated 70 demand the
standing of the places at which they
dine.
"Coney Island is the one part of the
city that has hygienic restaurants. Al
its eating places are Inspected by the
business men of the island, who COM
plain to us at the least violation of
the Health Code.
Manhattan suffers because many OF
it's kitchens are underground, space is
so valuable and competition so keen.
I will venture 70 say that few other
cities in the country have such unsani-
tary dining places"