Taste of the Thermometer

Salmonella outbreak sickened more than 700 two years ago

By ZACH CHRISTMAN
Updated 1:19 PM CST, Tue, Jul 28, 2009

TWITTER FACEBOOK

Marcus Riley

Two years after a Persian restaurant served up their shirazi salad with a side of salmonella, city food inspectors are on their guard at the Taste of Chicago.

Chi-Town Daily News took a walk with some of the 60 or so inspectors whose job it is to make sure any food-borne illness is squashed before it becomes an outbreak. Inspectors are working in shifts at this year's Taste, visiting each of the 56 food booths about four times a day. They stick their thermometers where some restaurant managers sometimes wish they wouldn't, and make them throw out food if it hasn't been kept hot or cold enough.

It does tend to make you feel better that the city is taking health concerns at the Taste so seriously. But we wonder -- can they also throw out the hairy-shouldered guy who came to gnaw on a turkey leg in public, but left his shirt at home? When the city has inspectors for that, it might actually make the Taste an experience everyone could stomach.

First Published: Jun 30, 2009 1:50 PM CST

TWITTER FACEBOOK

  • 0% furious 0
  • 0% sad 0
  • 0% bored 0
  • 0% thrilled 0
  • 0% intrigued 0
  • 0% laughing 0
processing
          No comments have been posted yet.

          You have 2000 characters left

          processing
          So My City

          You are posting in (change)

          550/550 characters

          (jpg, pngs, or gifs allowed)

          (jpg, pngs, or gifs allowed)
          *Tip: You can also post moments via email or Twitter.

          processing

          View Your Moment in

          Posted by | 1 second ago

          Don't Miss

          shopping

          Nov 21, 2009

          Shop Around the Block (37)

          Your first chance to spend a penny on the block.

          Read It

          fashion

          Nov 20, 2009

          Akira's Prep Fashion Show

          It's back to school on the runway.

          events

          2 minutes ago

          Let the Holidays Begin!

          A million Christmas lights and almost as many kids pack Mag Mile for the parade.

          Read It
          Loading...
          Birthdate:
          You must be at least 13 to sign up.
          Gender:
          invalid

          By clicking the button below, I accept the terms of use and privacy policy

          Already Signed Up? Login Below.

          processing
          Here's what we're posting:

          *Only used for verification. We do not store your password.
          processing