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Beatty Street simply let ther ServSafe food safety certificate expire. They have renewed their certificate every five years since the requirement was put in place. This is an administrative slipup and has nothing to do with food safety. Their certificate has been renewed and all is good.

Did I not write that they all passed their follow-up inspections unless I wrote otherwise?

The C is for fine C(uisine). The chicken was trying to get away from Juan and it tried to run though the wire. Mystery solved!

I'm starting to wonder how Mellow Mushroom stays open. Building is getting run down, service level has gotten worse, parking lot looks empty most of the time when I pass... I once ate there very often but I guess the weed in the kitchen has taken over their priorities...

Five Happiness? Interesting since it was reported closed a while back. Wonder if someone re-opened under same name or something?

In your face @ 10:49!

I think Mellow Mushroom is a front for some drug trafficking organization. The place has never been full of patrons, the food is lackluster (ate there once) and yet it has remained in business for years. I can't count the other area restaurants that have closed in the time the Shroom has been around.
What's the story on that place?

I wonder how any of the Rankin Courty restaurants stay open. All of the trained help gets deported every six months.

I use to live in the apartments next to 5 Happiness. The Asian workers lived in the apartments. Never ate there after the apartment manager told me about their hygiene.

I believe the parent company of that mellow mushroom also owns the property. I think it is a franchisee. Anyway, the store has never done well, but it always did well enough to stay open and also pay the note on the land and building. So, even if the owners are not making any profit, they aren't losing money (at least not beyond what would be a beneficial tax write off) and eventually will have a free and clear piece of real estate in a very desirable area. And at the point the note is paid off, the restaurant would ideally still continue to pay rent to the LLC that owns the property (likely the same people). I'm sure the employees are still a bunch of pot heads, but I doubt it's a drug front. Flowood would be all over that pretty quick.

Pot Heads? Surely you jest! Anybody with half a grain of sense knows the restaurant business is the only industry that does not drug test current or prospective employees. If you pay even moderate attention, you've also noticed the industry is being over-run by tattooed lesbian wait staff. Just an accurate observation. Flies are not the only thing in your favorite dish. Pay attention!