Shaan Indian restaurant on E. 53rd Street in NYC has been closed by the New York City Health Department following an inspection on January 24, 2012. Shaan NYC – Critical Hygiene Violations Galore Folks, while closing Shaan NYC Indian restaurant on January 24, 2012, the NYC Health Dept. inspection report cited a galore of critical [...]

Baluchi’s on 2nd Avenue (E.89th St) in Manhattan has Live Roaches. Yes, that’s what the recent (Dec 23, 2011) New York City Health Department’s inspection unearthed at Baluchi’s Indian restaurant at 1724 2nd Ave (E.89th St): Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Well, we suppose roaches are an improvement over the evidence [...]

Besides the crappy food, diners at Tawa Tandoor on 74th St in Jackson Heights, NY now have to reckon with the problems of Rats and Live Roaches as well. No kidding, folks. Tawa Tandoor – Rats and Live Roaches According to a recent (12-12-2011) NYCHealth Dept. inspection report, Tawa Tandoor on 74th St in Jackson [...]

Delhi Palace on 74th Street in Jackson Heights has been closed again by the New York City Health Department following an inspection of this serial hygiene offender on December 5, 2011. Folks, this is the fourth time in 2011 that Delhi Palace Indian restaurant has been closed by NYC Health Dept. December 5, 2011 – [...]

Crappy Indian restaurant Tadka NYC on E 53rd St in Midtown Manhattan is the latest NYC desi eatery to shut its doors. Tadka was part of Bollywood actor Shiva Natarajan’s restaurant chain. Tadka Indian Cuisine’s web site has a notice that says: Sorry We are Closed The irony with Tadka NYC is that even a [...]

Good news! Six Indian restaurants in Manhattan have received the A grade from the NYC Department of Health since November 1, 2011. They are: Hampton Chutney Co 464 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10024 Kiran Indian Cuisine 401 W53rd St, New York, NY 10019 Tamarind 41-43 E22nd St, New York, NY 10010 Kabab & Grill [...]

Millions of New Yorkers and tourists heaved a collective sigh of relief yesterday. Reason - Starbucks, which has made a healthy business of selling high-priced caffeine fixes to dumb schmucks and calling its low-wage workers by the fancy-sounding Partners, denied media reports that it was closing its restrooms to the public. Starbucks was responding to a [...]

Why, Oh Why? Why don’t Kosher Indian vegetarian restaurants in NYC like Bhojan keep their premises clean? For the second time in less than five months, the NYC Health Department has unearthed evidence of Live roaches in Bhojan’s food and/or non-food areas. Disgusting! Folks, if we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times [...]

In the year ended May 2011, 18- to 24-years-olds visited restaurants 192 times each on average, down from 245 times five years ago, according to market researcher NPD Group. Among all potential customers, people averaged visiting restaurants 196 times this year, down from 208 in 2006. Source: Wall Street Journal, Hamburgers, Fries and a Shakeout, [...]

Folks, there are 148 Indian restaurants in Manhattan. Of the 148 odd Indian restaurants, 8 restaurants have the shameful C grade, the lowest hygiene grade issued by the New York City Health Department. As all but the schmucks know,  NYC Health Dept issues grades based on hygiene and sanitary violations that a restaurant scores during [...]