VIRGINIA: Even poshest eateries can be grime victims - (Daily Press)
February 16, 2008 – 6:16 pmJAMES CITY - Ford’s Colony, a popular gated community in James City County complete with a 200-acre wildlife preserve, a wine cellar with 1,600 labels and three 18-hole golf courses, has also, on occasion, been home to poorly dated food, meat kept at improper temperatures and employees who were caught not washing their hands.
The story says that during the most recent health inspection of the country club’s restaurant by the Peninsula Health District in the fall, Ford’s Colony was slapped with 12 violations, seven of which inspectors defined as “critical” because of their potential to lead to illness.
Ford’s Colony is hardly the only private club with health violations in Hampton Roads. Country clubs, yacht clubs and golf clubs with exclusive memberships from James City to Suffolk have all recently received critical marks that belie the air of posh living these communities pride themselves on.
At the Hampton Yacht Club, inspectors found […]
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