CHICAGO: Restaurateur determined to keep serving after salmonella setback - (Medill Reports)
January 31, 2008 – 7:41 pmLast July, Max Parss Lincoln Park restaurant was, according to this story, making unwelcome headlines in Chicago.
Taste of Chicago Pars Cove booth serves up salmonella salad
Two sue Pars Cove over illness
The story says that by August, 790 people had reported becoming ill after eating at the Pars Cove booth and 182 people had laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis. More than 30 people were hospitalized. Multiple lawsuits were filed against the restaurant, with one plaintiff seeking $30,000 in damages. The apparent culprit was a hummus dish.
But, the story notes, six months later, Pars Cove is still serving up the Persian cuisine that draws many loyal customers to the subterranean haunt at 435 W. Diversey Parkway.
The story says that Pars didnt lay off any of his six employees, he didnt change prices, which average $13 per entrée, and he didnt budge on his no-advertising policy; he did temporarily stopped serving hummus dishes. After […]
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