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DOH Draws First Blood in Letter Grading: Katz's Gets a C!
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John Del Signore
Published Jul 16, 2010
Modified Jul 16, 2010
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The Health Department has begun rolling out its controversial letter grades for restaurants, and the first high-profile casualty is Katz's Deli, which racked up 47 points after a recent visit found evidence of roaches and mice. That score puts Katz's squarely in the C range, and owner Alan Dell is miffed, because he thinks the scarlet C will stay posted until he's inspected again. "Sometimes they take points off when they aren’t warranted, and that sits with you till the next time you’re inspected, which could be six months," Dell tells Grub Street. (N.B.: C-grade restaurants are reinspected within 90-150 days.) "It all depends on which inspectors come in," Dell adds. "Sometimes you get a rude disgusting person, and sometimes you get a nice, normal person." We suppose the ideal inspector is the nice, disgusting person?
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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