Bad Stuff at Good Stuff Eatery

WTOP is reporting that Good Stuff Eatery on Capitol Hill, owned by Spike Mendelsohn of Top Chef fame, is getting into hot water with various DC Agency inspectors.

Memo to Spike: The alley behind your restaurant is not an acceptable food storage facility, yet that's exactly where he's been photographed storing his raw ground beef. And bread. And potatoes. Aside from the obvious issues of raw meat temperature, this location is right next to a dumpster. Yummmmmm.

Mendelsohn claims that the food had just been delivered and was in the process of being moved inside. DC Food inspectors say, had that been the case, they would not have cited him (Good Eats manager signed the citation without contest). This is not the only health reason Mendelsohn was cited, either.

Another, less disgusting issue is also dogging Good Eats. Apparently the DC Gestapo, er, ABC, is in the process of investigating alcoholic beverage violations by the restaurant. Maybe people were just sucking down the booze to kill the bacteria from the tainted food? (hat tip Andrea)