Erie County Food Inspections

                People should know what they are eating when they go to restaurants. There was no information regarding food inspections information until now. Now on WIVB.com you can go and look at the critical and non-critical violations of restaurants in each town of Erie county. Critical are red violations which can lead to illnesses and even death. Non critical or blue violations are due to cleanliness and equipment maintenance. On WIVB’s website you can look at all the towns and see every restaurant and what the violations are. Some are very surprising.

The New Fuji Buffet in Amherst had many critical violations, one including having 6 dozen eggs sitting out in a temperature of 82 degrees. The Dock of the Bay in Blasdell had 6 critical and 17 non critical violations just on August 9^th alone. The operator had to dispose of more than 250 pounds of meat due to the violations. The owner wrote a letter to channel 4 news to tell them the refrigerators were not working. The problem was corrected, 6 critical violations are still a lot.

Restaurants in Alden that are very popular may really shock customers with the amount of violations that they have. It is very important for people to know if places have critical violations because those are very bad and risk health. The West Alden Kitchen that we all know and love has had quite a few violations. Darrow’s, John and Mary’s GDI’s, and Mcgavin’s are only a few of the restaurants in Alden that have many violations. Visit WIBV’s website and click on dicey dining and see if your favorite restaurant has any critical violations.

The food inspectors of New York make sure they visit every restaurant at least twice a year. If the restaurant has violations they make sure to check back in more often.