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Posted inRestaurant & Food News

Restaurant News Bites: When It Comes to Restaurant Inspections, Calm Down; California Barbecue Company Moves; and More!

When It Comes to Restaurant-Inspection Ratings, Please Calm Down In the September 2015 issue, I used this space to examine the ridiculousness of public freak-outs over restaurant-inspection ratings. Now, 25 months later, I shall do so again. Here’s why: On Friday, Sept. 1, some very bad things happened to Manhattan in the Desert, at 2665 […]

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