[SamAdams76]

There have been stores and restaurants that have been in business for decades which have never had an inspection.

Where?

I worked in a restaurant and it was otherwise poorly run. I have no idea how they made money. But one thing they did well was keep everything clean because of those darned food inspections. A bad food inspection will shut the place down and likely put you out of business. So even a poorly run restaurant will at least focus on that.

One reason I left the restaurant business was because of all that endless scrubbing of stainless steel surfaces and pots and pans. I practically rubbed the skin off my hands with steel wool and industrial grade soap keeping everything spotless.

So I'd be interested to hear where food inspections are never done. So I can stay away from them.

[bgill]

Call the Texas Health Dept. in Austin. Their region includes the surrounding counties but they don’t go past the suburbs. You can’t pay them to go outside Travis and Williamson counties. They claim they don’t have the manpower. Couldn’t get them to even send someone to do a talk with the Scouts or 4-H. So, don’t come to Texas.

The last meat inspector stationed here quit 20+ years ago. I know because he was our next door neighbor.