Two facts:
1. The Tavern (on Emmett) been closed since at least Saturday, with a sign on the door about re-training. (Although I haven’t looked today.)
2. The Health Department report. Do you ever look at the Virginia Dept of Health Restaurant Inspections site? Huuge time-waster. Anyway, the most recent report for the Tavern was extremely negative [link].
Those are the facts.
Here is the speculation:
You’ll note that the most recent (disastrous) inspection was on July 11, and in the notes it says that there’ll be a follow-up. Some folks I know who are familiar with the process *speculate* that the Health Department came back last week, and shut ‘em down. The shut-down report hasn’t been published yet (SPECULATION).
You know what they say about speculation: The Truth is Out There, but the Speculation is WAY Out There; and one hates to gossip about a local business trying to get by.
But geez, that’s a bad inspection report. And it you look at the history, it’s been bad for YEARS.
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This has definitely been a problem in the past. Last time I went to the Tavern (and the last time I’ll ever go) I had a view into the kitchen where I saw two rats run across the floor. I don’t care how hungover I am or how badly I need a calorie bomb, I ain’t goin back.
Wow, they like to play with their bacon.
now this is what I call gossip. nice work, Scowly.
I heard they were feeding people rat meat.
/file that under “S” for speculation
Ew, it says a server was seen poking thier fingernails into an omelette to see what kind it was. Grrrrooooossss.
The last time I went, I saw the lead chef on duty sneeze a healthy web of mucuous into his hand, then continue to work on shifting bacon and scrambling eggs. No need to interrupt his busy schedule with handwashing or other means of wasting time.
/ “Where Students, Tourists & Townspeople Meet Foodbourne Illness”
Wow… there is a LOT of pretty gross stuff on that website:
http://www.healthspace.ca/Clients/VDH/TJefferson/TJefferson_Website.nsf
Go check out your favorite spot and see how they did.
That joint is so freaking dirty that it makes a fraternity house basement bathroom look clean. The head of the deer in there has 34 pounds of dust on it. Good sausage gravy though. I hear that the building is for sale… The last time I was in there I saw an employee pick a booger and eat it. For real. The African-American that works there named Anthony is a great man. I’ve know him for 25 years….
OMG people actually eat their boogers!!!!!!!!?????????? AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
OMG shenanigans they’re delicious
@10 and they’re good for you.
Mr Hotdog:
> / “Where Students, Tourists & Townspeople Meet Foodbourne Illness”
That is extremely funny. You win.
you know what’s really funny (to me)? when the Washington Post had their Charlottesvillegasm what, a month ago? two? they said that if you’re here in town, you absolutely HAVE to go to OXO for dinner and the Tavern for breakfast. by the time the article came out, OXO was closed and apparently the Tavern was strapped into their handbasket with their seat backs and tray tables in the upright and locked position.
/that’s some fine reporting there, Lou.
The Tavern has always been shitty…. I had a cockroach in there tell me to shut the fuck up once.
/great pecan pancakes w vanilla ice cream
@14: LMAO. I luv you. A cucharacha told you to…STFU…hahaha everyone is looking at me.
@6/12: The ampersand is backwards on the roof. Always bugged me.
the last time i ate there, my eggs tasted like cleaning solution. plus: the cookware was probably clean. minus: they apparently don’t rinse it.
update: a little birdie just whistled in my ear that the reason behind the closing is for multiple (>1) confirmed cases of salmonella as a result of eating at the Tavern.
I heard it was smoked salmonella.
Wingnut is BRINGIN it! Holy shit. My face melted.
well Flooze, as you know, Smoked Salmonella is the worst.
/it’s the cancer, you see.
I thought it was cigarette ash from the waitress’ roll up… we are talking The Tavern here.
@22
you say tomato, i say f–k you.
man, i can kill a thread with the best of ‘em!
@13. The Post isn’t done loving Charlottesville. From Sunday’s paper:
“Let’s Go to the Open-Air Mall in Charlottesville”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403413.html
great, just what we need, more cars downtown.
/so glad i don’t have time to come in to the city anymore except for work.
Germophobic untraveled whiners.
@27: We just tell them to park on Garrett st.
well, that would solve the repeat visitor problem…
@26 What’s so European about pedestrian malls?
@31
They’re fairly prominent in most of the cities i’ve been to in Italy and Germany. promenades full of shops and cafes with posts to keep out cars. it’s become trendy in the US to use them to generate an “old world” feel to crappy areas of cities in need of gentrification.
/and now we’re back
Yeah, the new Milano/Verity Blue is the most Euro looking place I’ve seen in Cville. The tables and chairs are at car level on the asphalt street (South Street). But they may built a deck. If it gets enclosed in a plastic tent in the winter (like that place on Elliewood) then we will be in Atlanta.
This article claims ped malls are in a *majority* of Euro cities, but I doubt it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_mall
Rome has a few alleys and plazas. Athens (Greece) has a big thing like the Downtown Mall. Maybe northern Europe. But look at the list of US ped malls in that article. Go U-S-A!
i would imagine that the definition of a ped mall is fairly loose. they are by no means all as “grand” as our DM, but they are a great place (typically) to scope old Euro dudes in black socks and sandals.
Watch out for the well-dressed guy that walks up to you and offers to introduce you to a nice woman!
like we didn’t see this coming? come on you guys, they serve scrapple! any place that serves scrapple can’t be clean…don’t get me wrong though, scrapple is delicious
You mean non-douche?
@37 No way! UVA has a special spelling of douche reserved just for them.
@36 Just kidding! I knew you could handle a little good natured Hoo ribbing.
@36
i don’t know, i used to live in Central PA, or as it’s commonly referred to by those in the know: Scrapple Country USA, and most of the places there that served it were pretty darn clean.
/which is even more surprising when you think about how generally unclean the Amish are, at least 6 days a week
@ 38, i can take it, im used to the Hoo ribbing from cville locals and most times am embarassed to say I go to uva when out, as you learned last night haha…and fyi for all, I’m girl not a guy (and am apparently bad at spelling foul words)
im used to the Hoo ribbing
“Hoo-ribbing, for her pleasure.”
oh how witty you all are. I feel like I must thank Odie for showing me this site…you will be missed!
I just drove by there and there is a big sign on the door and seven cars there. Not sure what the sign was and am not sure that the cars weren’t next door at the cheesy check cashing place. This update is not very good I tell you…
it’s ok Thurston, you’re probably still recovering after littering the mall with balloons during the Phil Lesh show…
What with the CVS, and the bistro and the four hundreth burger joint going into orbit(s)(z) and everything else, can we all just agree that the corner’s cancer is terminal and let it crawl off to some real estate hospice and die in peace. Maybe it will get a bed next to seminole square…
yeah, but then where can we go to ogle college chicks and get cheap but decent beer?
uva non-dousche
I, for one, welcome new commenters, including you! And your non-standard yet still-decodable-and-hence-just-fine-for commenting spelling!
There’s scrapple and boxed wine in the kitchen. Watch out for parlie. He’s might bite. I mean, he never has, but you just can’t tell with those gingers.
@48: Speaking of, I found Ethan’s facebook page and he’s a Ginger.
@ 47 Um… almost anywhere else?
The Corner needs a visit from Dr. Kervorkian. It is a tumor on the sphincter of the ass of cville, and needs to be biopsied by chain stores and psychopathic business owners (of which there a are more than just MC Hammerthedoorshut).
I promise not to grin as it circles the drain.
@ 49 And the dancing with the edge of the code continues.
/”letter of the law, not the intent, letter of the law, not the intent!”
@51: He is also…Batman.
/in trouble now
@48 Muchos gracias
No Phil and Friends for me. I prefer to hallucinate while eating old and stale natural no-stir peanut butter and a large jar of salve.
Whippets are a terrible buzz. Too short, too much money, worthless. I just finished A Million Little Pieces last night. Good read even though the guy is a fraud. Anything that bothers Oprah makes me smile. Is The Tavern reopened or what?
@6 TOWNPEOPLE.
wasn’t it belmont yo who posted that link to the health dept site a couple of months ago? disgusting. i don’t want to know. seriously, i feel ill now.
@ 55. Yes. Yes it was. I wasn’t gonna say anything, but hey, thanks for remembering. One would think Thor wouldn’t need to steal anyone’s thunder, but hey, live and learn.
/and you wonder why I rarely eat out at local eateries. gack.
@56: You’ll be glad to know South Street has a very good report.
So does X Lounge