LOS ANGELES: A-list dining in L.A. County makes the grade - (Los Angeles Times)
January 31, 2008 – 7:05 pmCurry Mendes moved to Los Angeles last week from New York, where he had picked restaurants based on word of mouth and Zagat reviews.
But he quickly learned that many people in L.A. choose restaurants based on the big letter grade affixed by the L.A. County Department of Public Health to the front of nearly 38,000 restaurants and other businesses that sell food ready to eat.
Mendes, 40, was quoted as saying, “In New York, it’s about how the place looks. But if there’s a health letter grade here, I’m going to look for it.”
The story says it’s been a decade since Los Angeles County became one of the first areas in the nation to institute a letter grade system aimed at helping diners determine the cleanliness and safety of restaurants.
This week, the county released data suggesting the program has been a success.
In the first six months of the program, which began […]
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