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Picute of rat's ass eating delicious crab: Eater
"I have no idea why people don't like this place" cries out a Yelper over PJ's Oysterbed. Well, here's one: Eater has word that, after shuttering its doors, the Inner Sunset's PJ's Oysterbed has left behind a seafood cassrole, if you will, of "rotting crabs and oysters."
Mmm. Just in time for the lunching hour.
Eater goes on to report that "the stench remains pungent as ever, the mail is on the floor and flies are swarming." But wait! That's not all! Now rats have been added to the mix.
The grossest new development: that furry critter you see above is just one of the many massive rats scurrying around. At around 8pm last night, several rats were atop the bar, and a few more were neck-deep in Dungeness delight. We're thinking a steady diet of oysters has ballooned this fella to upwards of ten pounds, begging the question of how this is actually allowed to happen.
This? Is disgusting. And we can honestly say to the people who live on the 700 block or Irving Street that we're so gald we're not you. Seriously, we feel for you guys. And if pressed, here's the number to the health department: 415-252-3805. You're welcome.
Update: Thanks to a snotty reader, we have word that the entire mess has been cleaned up.
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The smell got worse when the weather got warmer. I thought we had a health department that can go all medieval on folks who let rats (a big health hazard for all the other businesses and residents in our neighborhood) run amok all frisky after eating oysters.
Class-see!
This is the sort of thing that happens when someone dies. Bring in the "crime scene cleaners"
Oh yuck...there went my appetite. Thanks, Brock. -_-
now I'm going to have to walk down the block to check this out. I've got a good mind to print this article out and stick it to the window. I'm sure the neighboring businesses would be interested.
What happened? They got a good food safety rating on April 14:
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/eh/Violations/Loc_CurrentViol.asp?LocationID=3220
ratatouille!
Here's the lot/ownership information from the county recorder's office, if anyone is motivated to investigate further.
http://tinyurl.com/4ewavp
wow...my roomate used to work there and said her paychecks bounced a couple of times. needless to say, she quit.
I'm going to get sick. As for those bouncing paychecks, you can fight it in small claims for triple the amount (or something like that), or send it to the labor commissioner.
Hold off on those phone calls: another, more up-to-date blog is reporting that the mess was cleaned up last night.
http://sf.eater.com/archives/2008/06/11/pjs_oysterbed_old_seafood_day_1.php
I'm not usually one to advocate criminal behavior, but I've been tempted to crack the windshields of cars whose alarms go off continually at night, alerting everyone except the owner apparently.
Also, I wouldn't think it should be a serious crime should someone break PJ's windows so as to grab the attention of the city and/or the owners of the putrid establishment in question.
reechard, if you look on the books of local codes & ordinances, in the mid-90s one was passed that permits a person to disable a car alarm that's been going off unattended for five minutes or more "by any reasonable means possible."
But what really is reasonable at 3am? Sleep walking? Waking rage syndrome? Ya just neva know.
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what if a brick just happend to fall from the sky and land on the windshield?
Somebody should run a Tapas restaurant at the old PJ's. It's perfect for the neighborhood -- the students, the locals, etc..