Jefferson Avenue Bistro

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The first time I ate there I thought the food was pretty good. I had a steak and thought here is a place I could come more often... however, the second time I came there to eat I had the blackened salmon and it made me sick within a couple hours. Knowing a couple people there, including the owner, I had a chance to see the kitchen soon thereafter and having ran a commercial restaurant establishment myself for years, was amazed to see how entirely nasty the kitchen and food prep/storage stations were. No Serve-Safe protocol is followed in their basement storage area either, with raw chicken being stored on top of boxes of beer (with no lids even) (including thawing ham under a heat lamp, not cold running water.). I saw personal food items being stored with alcohol and the restaurant food, not to mention open bottles and a general lack of organization. ...not to mention being treated rudely by Tony, the mid-shift bartender/"waitress", I have determined that there is completely no need to ever patronize that business again and would actually, for the benefit of my fellow man, recommend that no one take the chance on eating there. Do so at your own risk!!



...oh yeah, and PS, That first visit, with the steak, was good, but it did take about 20 minutes for the waitress to even come out to the patio and greet us.



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