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"Low Sanitation Grade Closes Hillsborough Street Restaurant gumby's Posted: Today at 6:09 p.m. Updated: 39 minutes ago Raleigh — A Raleigh restaurant has been shut down due to a low sanitation grade. A sign on the door reads, Gumby's Pizza on Hillsborough Street is closed because of oven and electrical issue, but WRAL's 5 on Your Side found out there is much more behind the shut down. The most serious violation cited by the inspector was food temperature concerns. The inspector noted a lot of cheese, chicken wings and other food was being left at potentially dangerous temperatures. The restaurant scored a 70.5 in June, barely a C grade. Then in mid-September, a manager requested a re-inspection. In June, the inspector said equipment needed to be replaced or repaired, but it wasn't. The inspector also said he told the manager a cheese shredder needed to be cleaned before it was used again. A couple of hours later, the manager used it anyway, according to the inspector. Another violation noted by the inspector was condensation dripping onto the food prep line. Food storage containers were also said to be dirty, surfaces dusty and despite previous requests for equipment repair, the inspector said nothing was done. The score given by the inspector was a 60.5. Gumby's was closed until further notice. WRAL tried to contact the local operator as well as the president and vice president in Florida, but was unable to reach them. The inspector plans to meet Tuesday with the owners."

10/1/2007 8:41:58 PM

i already know this

and im not even in raleigh anymore

10/1/2007 8:42:39 PM

[old] and already posted.

10/1/2007 8:45:00 PM

[old] and already posted.

10/1/2007 8:45:25 PM

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"but WRAL's 5 on Your Side found out there is much more behind the shut down."

tdub was on this days ago.

[Edited on October 1, 2007 at 8:46 PM. Reason : i don't think i could hate local news any more than i already do.]

10/1/2007 8:46:11 PM

more like

5 bugs on your side item

10/1/2007 8:46:49 PM

sorry. i forgot to search

10/1/2007 8:46:51 PM

IBTGUNZZ

10/1/2007 8:51:22 PM

i didnt see this article in the other thread

or a 60.5 grade

10/1/2007 8:54:06 PM

70 i'm AOK with, but 60.5? HECK NO!

10/1/2007 10:02:19 PM

the article wasn't posted - but the info was in the other gumby's thread

10/1/2007 10:03:39 PM

you are OK with a 70? I'm not OK with anything below a 85 at restaurants....and i'm weary about anything lower than a 90

10/1/2007 10:05:45 PM

I know a health inspector in a county without a large commercial base...

She said that a mediocre score in those counties are worse than a mediocre score in a larger county (Wake, Mecklenburg) because that draws less business which they need already.....

on that note, I know some places on Hillsborough street and this is bad! Too bad it's Gumby's though, my college memories

10/1/2007 10:10:00 PM

never has failure tasted this great

[Edited on October 1, 2007 at 10:23 PM. Reason : ]

10/1/2007 10:23:45 PM

I was totally BS'in. I live in fayetteville, although I do miss the pokey stix

10/1/2007 11:04:30 PM

i almost got in a fight with the manager there

10/1/2007 11:08:48 PM

i almost got into a fight with the roaches there...



ps, there were probably no roaches... or maybe, i dont know

10/1/2007 11:44:49 PM

^the last restaurant reportcard on the wake county site cited 'bugs' don't know if 'roaches'

10/1/2007 11:50:50 PM

i liked gumby's, dammit

10/2/2007 1:39:15 AM

i liked gumby's damnit

10/2/2007 4:25:14 AM

didnt this same thing happen to Darryl's?

10/2/2007 7:05:23 AM

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"you are OK with a 70? I'm not OK with anything below a 85 at restaurants....and i'm weary about anything lower than a 90"

Really. Monica Laliberte goes down this extensive list of completely gross things and then she gets to the punchline... this restaurant scored an 87. It really makes you wonder just how bad things have to get for a place to get anything below an 85 or even 80.

10/2/2007 7:19:07 AM

very very bad


and they get extra points for taking a class...which is bullshit in my opinion

i never got extra points on a test just for being in the class


I dont eat anywhere that has below a 90.

10/2/2007 10:05:26 AM

i am shocked, just SHOCKED, to hear about unsanitary conditions at gumby's!

not that it matters, their pizza always made me sick anyway

10/2/2007 10:07:31 AM

and now we know why it made us feel like shit

that or the fact that nobody eats it unless its 4am and youre sloppy drunk

10/2/2007 10:10:52 AM

of all the 20 whatever pizza places within a mile of campus, why anybody would order the worst (gumby's) was always beyond me...its like people enjoyed eating the worst food imaginable

10/2/2007 10:11:32 AM

im willing to be they did 90% of their business after 2am when the others closed

10/2/2007 10:12:25 AM

well it seems like people only ate the pokey sticks anyway, which weren't that hard to fuck up sanitation wise

10/2/2007 10:12:46 AM

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10/2/2007 10:17:44 AM