Grossest thing that's ever happened at a Restaurant

Original post by matron

Jul 22, 2004 01:30 PM

I have so many Restaurant Horror Stories. I don't even know where to begin.

1. I got a bloody bandaid in the middle of my meal.

2. DH got rocks in his food. When he told the waitress, she said, 'Oh yeah, rocks ... we always have rocks in our food bc it's organic' and walked away!

3. BUGS! And tons of them ... in Chinese food.

So many other gross things. Makes me never even want to eat out again. Sorry, I know it's lunch time. But do these things happen to anyone else?

janwinterbridejoy Posted: Jul 22, 2004 05:08 PM

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i bit into a beetle that was in my sauteed spinach at an italian restaurant in forest hills. i also was at a great restaurant in astoria where i loved the food and a roach climbed onto my table during desert. the last thing a rat ran over my foot at a restaurant in china town. all true stories

[email protected] Posted: Jul 22, 2004 05:16 PM

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My cousin, DAWNIE and I were about 12, 9 and 7 and we went to see the the Radio City Hall CHristmas Spectacular and my cousin felt a little sick. As she turned around, she thre up all over another patron.... Yuck...

cocoa Posted: Jul 22, 2004 07:47 PM

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i once ate at the bennigans by the smith haven mall and i ordered a house salad with blue cheese dressing. as i am moving my fork around, my fork jabs something hard...it was a broken dish, in my salad, covered by dressing. not gross, but okay???

Boop2704 Posted: Jul 22, 2004 08:07 PM

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DH and I were at Nathan's in Westbury waiting at the register for our food. When I looked over at the fries I noticed a roach on the counter. DH told the guy there is a roach n the counter and the guy smacked it with his hand and flung it on to the floor and looked at us and said What Roach? Well, we haven't been back there since!! Nasty!!

prncssrachel Posted: Jul 22, 2004 10:40 PM

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I bit into my roll and there was a BIG rock in it!

Butterflybride Posted: Jul 22, 2004 11:57 PM

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I work in the restaurant business and I've seen and heard SO many horrible and disgusting things. I don't want to even get started, because I could write an novel, lol

maiahsdad Posted: Jul 23, 2004 12:42 AM

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so after 20+ years in the restaurant business, all I am going to say is oreo cookies.......if you want to know fm me and i will tell.......

mattnnic327 Posted: Jul 23, 2004 12:56 AM

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Eating at a very popular Italian place on Old. Country Rd(a chain).. in Westbury and finding a HUGE roach in the linguine w/ garlic and oil.. EWWW...... never ate there again.. NASTY.. NASTY...NASTY....

mattnnic327 Posted: Jul 23, 2004 01:00 AM

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This doesn't have to do w/ restaurants.. but they say if you eat peanut butter on a frequent basis all year round.. you eat an average of 10 mice in all. They collect at the bottom of the peanut butter mixers and get mixed in with it all...

ANYONE WANT SOME PB & J????

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matron Posted: Jul 23, 2004 01:04 AM

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Posted by mattnnic327

Eating at a very popular Italian place on Old. Country Rd(a chain).. in Westbury and finding a HUGE roach in the linguine w/ garlic and oil.. EWWW...... never ate there again.. NASTY.. NASTY...NASTY....

Which one????

matron Posted: Jul 23, 2004 01:04 AM

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Posted by mattnnic327

This doesn't have to do w/ restaurants.. but they say if you eat peanut butter on a frequent basis all year round.. you eat an average of 10 mice in all. They collect at the bottom of the peanut butter mixers and get mixed in with it all...

ANYONE WANT SOME PB & J????

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I'm going to have an eating disorder. Gak!

mattnnic327 Posted: Jul 23, 2004 01:06 AM

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Olive Gard

tracyg Posted: Jul 23, 2004 09:54 AM

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wasn't a restaurant, but at Yogurt and such in roosevelt field. I was at the end of my salad, and i see under the lettuce there was a dead roach. I was ready to vomit.

i got a nice spinach salad from Valley caterers that had a tiny grasshopper or cricket in it.... still alive. luckily it hopped out before i started eating. ICK!

tracyg Posted: Jul 23, 2004 09:55 AM

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Posted by matron

Posted by mattnnic327

This doesn't have to do w/ restaurants.. but they say if you eat peanut butter on a frequent basis all year round.. you eat an average of 10 mice in all. They collect at the bottom of the peanut butter mixers and get mixed in with it all...

ANYONE WANT SOME PB & J????

EDITED FOR SPELLING

I'm going to have an eating disorder. Gak!

ewwwww i eat it almost everyday!!!!

diamondgrlie Posted: Jul 23, 2004 10:21 AM

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Posted by mattnnic327

This doesn't have to do w/ restaurants.. but they say if you eat peanut butter on a frequent basis all year round.. you eat an average of 10 mice in all. They collect at the bottom of the peanut butter mixers and get mixed in with it all...

ANYONE WANT SOME PB & J????

EDITED FOR SPELLING

Yea I heard that about chocolate bars and tuna too. Ewwwww!

cocoa Posted: Jul 23, 2004 10:30 AM

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omg, is nothing sacred??? i love pb and chocolate. kind of makes ya want to go all organic and grow your own stuff. however, i have worked in restaurants and food stores and they happen...roaches are inevitable, no matter how clean the restaurant. not an excuse, but it is still nasty.

BMD'sPeanut Posted: Jul 23, 2004 11:43 AM

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Posted by cocoa
not an excuse, but it is still nasty.

no...it's not an excuse...restaurants should do whatever they have to do to ensure there are no bugs in the food.

gertyrae Posted: Jul 23, 2004 12:02 PM

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Posted by Boop2704

DH and I were at Nathan's in Westbury waiting at the register for our food. When I looked over at the fries I noticed a roach on the counter. DH told the guy there is a roach n the counter and the guy smacked it with his hand and flung it on to the floor and looked at us and said What Roach? Well, we haven't been back there since!! Nasty!!

OK, I know I am weird but I find that kind of hilarious!!
We were at Mama Sbarro's in East Meadow and my sister's BF found a pubie looking hair baked into his lasagna. We called the waitress over and she replied 'are you sure it isn't your's?' . Yeah, he was in the kitchen baking the lasagna. Anyway, she wouldn't take it off the bill so we didn't tip her or go there ever again.
And my mom and sister's got E-Coli at an Applebee's in Farmingdale.