Darryls Diner

[swooner]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?

[JSR22]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?

The violations were very bad. Staying far away!

[CWGUY]

:icon_wink: There are several..... which one are we bashing or all of them? :popcorn:

[JSR22]

:icon_wink: There are several..... which one are we bashing or all of them? :popcorn:

There were violations at more then one. I will not go back.

[Dana1963]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?
Just stay away poor management if they can’t even keep the employee wash sink in operation, clean microwave be thankful for county food inspectors!

[EdFNJ]

:icon_wink: There are several..... which one are we bashing or all of them? :popcorn: So far (according to the "other" news site) Bichara Blvd (Lady Lake) and Southern Trace.

Some highlights from the 2 locations per the V News:
A spray bottle containing a toxic substance that was not labeled. (That is scary).

There was raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in a walk-in cooler.

The inspector also found that there was no soap at an employee hand-wash station.

The hand-wash sink for employees was not available due to items being stored in the sink.

At least there were no roaches or animal droppings, just don't spray the grill with an unlabeled spray bottle of toxic substance by mistake.

[ficoguy]

No worse than the average Chinese take out....

[bagboy]

I don't make excuses for anyone BUT, I can tell you we have been to Darrells on Wedgewood Ln several times, and probably due to Covid they are extremely shorthanded. Max two servers, one cook, and maybe a busser. They work very hard, they do the best they can, and there are probably some things that get overlooked. I'll leave it at that...

[ficoguy]

No meow mix in the corned beef hash?

[davem4616]

so, so disappointing to learn of a small business that hasn't been taking care of business earned a negative
...everyone loses when this happens

satisfying the routine board of health inspections (if that is what it was) is fundamental stuff

[Topspinmo]

Very few restaurants pass pop in inspection. If you knew what went on behind closed doors At some you would eat TV dinners at home? Then again, Do we really know how there made and what in TV dinners? Nothing beats fresh cooked breakfast at home, or lunch, or dinner.

[ficoguy]

Mama Leone's in NYC....gawd, they had rats in the kitchen that could stare down a bob cat

[trav]

There is never an excuse for sanitation violations of that magnitude.

[Garwood1]

Having been certified in food safety at the state level , those violations are easily reversed and are the result of everyone being in a hurry , they are serious if continue daily but in reality are very minor fixes that can easily be remedied in a matter of minutes, so I’d not be afraid to eat there because I’m sure they have been corrected within minutes of the check, temp violations are extremely more serious as are pest infestation

[drgoofy]

In other states where I have lived, I have been able to view the most recent inspection grade posted on the entrance of the establishment. Since moving to FL, I have looked carefully and have not seen a grade on any restaurant entrance.

[Leadbone1]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?

Neither one concerns me. I think Darrell‘s is one of the best breakfast places in the villages. Really good food and priced very moderately. If you don’t like them go somewhere else! Easy!

[Dilligas]

One begets the other. Today, a restaurant must be squeaky clean to even be open for 25% occupancy to avoid virus infections between customers. To flunk, after being closed for so long says there’s a management problem.

[Northerner52]

From Darrell email to me: I do see how disturbing this sounds, Although I can assure you that it is made to sound worse than it actually was.
We use a RTU (ready to use) sanitizer for our tables and food service areas. One of our servers made up some vinegar water in an empty bottle to clean windows with and did not properly change the label but was not using that for sanitation purposes.
The thing that they do not post is the very next day when the inspector returned it was graded 100% with Zero violations.

[Nick B]

Darryl is a good guy hires mostly felons and druggies.

[banjobob]

At last a sane comment , compared to the “Hair on Fire” from the ones that have only had experience of eating a restaurant.

[aces_04]

I eat at the Pinella Plaza Location. The management is super, food is great and staff pays attention to their customers.

[Girlcopper]

There is never an excuse for sanitation violations of that magnitude.
These are minor violations and can be fixed in minutes.

[hamsterfay]

In other states where I have lived, I have been able to view the most recent inspection grade posted on the entrance of the establishment. Since moving to FL, I have looked carefully and have not seen a grade on any restaurant entrance.

Us too, used to seeing grades in the windows back in Calif. Has always bothered us here that they are not posted. Wish it was the rule in every state.

[Mapuha17]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?

No worse than the average Chinese take out....

But, it is an American diner!

[stadry]

,,,probably the cleanest place in town right now !

[Dan9871]

In other states where I have lived, I have been able to view the most recent inspection grade posted on the entrance of the establishment. Since moving to FL, I have looked carefully and have not seen a grade on any restaurant entrance.

Food Hygiene | Florida Department of Health (http://www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/eh-tracking-and-reporting/food-hygiene.html)

[pattytracey]

Was there yesterday still my favorite place to go

[noslices1]

I had breakfast at Darrell’s diner in Pinellas Plaza last week. Best breakfast burrito I’ve had in a long time. The place was clean and the servers all had masks, so I shall be back.

[retiredguy123]

This thread is helping my diet.

[HelenLCSW]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?
COVID — food poisoning is yucky but it doesn’t kill you, I’m 88 years old —good chance I’d die from COVID

[UpNorth]

They use the image of a dog in their logo. Nuff said!!

[Kerry Azz]

A disgusting place to go to. I’ll never go there!

[Joe C.]

I think Darrell's is the best place in the Villages for breakfast. I've been all over the world, and let me tell you .. Darrell's has the BEST BACON in the world! And onions in the homefries?. Fantastic !! (but you have to order them that way).
Cleanliness ? Just fine for me. (A good clue of kitchen cleanliness is by checking the rest rooms. Clean rest room = clean kitchen.)
Covid?? not worried about it one bit.
I'll be at Darrell's (SS) tomorrow for sure.

[Bjeanj]

I saw that report, and agree that the issues are easily fixable. Next day re-inspection shows this was just a blip that I am willing to overlook. I plan on eating there soon.

[DonH57]

I think Darrell's is the best place in the Villages for breakfast. I've been all over the world, and let me tell you .. Darrell's has the BEST BACON in the world! And onions in the homefries?. Fantastic !! (but you have to order them that way).
Cleanliness ? Just fine for me. (A good clue of kitchen cleanliness is by checking the rest rooms. Clean rest room = clean kitchen.)
Covid?? not worried about it one bit.
I'll be at Darrell's (SS) tomorrow for sure.

I've eaten breakfast in a few of the Darrell's before playing golf. Never witnessed anything but the employees cleaning after customers, keeping the restrooms and kitchen clean. Never gotten bad service or bad food there.:)

[1couple]

For the quality of the food and the service and price we will never go back Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?

[Daddymac]

Darryl is a good guy hires mostly felons and druggies.

They are the best Two, They want to get things done:1rotfl:
:clap2: :bigbow:

[Stu from NYC]

This thread is helping my diet.

Me too but now might be going there to try it

[PugMom]

Me too but now might be going there to try it

go to th 1 in pinellas

[rugbyjohn]

Obvious systemic problems caused by unconcerned management. Have lost my wife and I as customers.

[Dana1963]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?
Food inspection seems they can’t keep employees wash sink up to standards multiple visits!
Darrell's Diner 15 | Sumter County | Restaurant Inspections | tallahassee.com (https://data.tallahassee.com/restaurant-inspections/sumter/darrells-diner-15/sea7000444/7218826/)

[LoisR]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?
In either case the local morticians must be smiling.

[Summerhouse]

Being certified in Food Safety, these are very minor violations and corrected in just a few moments. As stated earlier, simply the result of rushing. I wouldn’t hesitate to eat there again.

[Ladygolfer93]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?

The number of violations is interesting. I tried two locations in the area quite a long time ago. Both experiences bothered me a great deal. I tend to observe, probably more than the average consumer, little things you know. The restrooms of places give a good hint always in my opinion, but I don't judge just on that. But when you really watch the little things you can get a good idea of the standards, another is watching the staff that stands behind a restaurant on their smoke breaks.... that can also be a very interesting observation. In one location I saw a waitress drop some things off a tray she was taking to a table to set it up. I doubt many others noticed when she stopped, picked up what appeared to be tableware wrapped in a napkin, and out of curiosity, I watched. I suppose thinking she would go deposit it in a bus pan. But no, continued to the table and set it up ? When I see those little things, always makes me wonder what else is going on that you can't see ? Not a big fast food patron, but sometimes I wonder if maybe those establishments are (somewhat ?) cleaner and "safer", than many full service restaurants. More seems to be insight, but that does not tell the whole story either ! Son once worked in country club (in another state) where blood from raw chicken was allowed to drop down onto large pans below that contained the lettuce for the side salads ! Trouble was, it was the country club WE belonged to ! :ohdear::ohdear::ohdear: We all eat out, and on the whole, I think we are fortunate that so few really terrible incidents of illness happen, but no matter what kind of house keeper you are, I think the home kitchen is cleaner...LOL !

[p.boyle48@yahoo.com]

Mama Leone's in NYC....gawd, they had rats in the kitchen that could stare down a bob cat

My Dad used to deliver there and he has said the same thing and that was many years ago.

[Topspinmo]

Darryl is a good guy hires mostly felons and druggies.

Who else going get work for minimum wage and will at least be giving chance to try to turn around. Let’s see? Fast foods, muffler shops, roofing, landscaping, grocery store stocker, moving companies ( especially those handling you’re personnel property)

[Number 10 GI]

Very few restaurants pass pop in inspection. If you knew what went on behind closed doors At some you would eat TV dinners at home? Then again, Do we really know how there made and what in TV dinners? Nothing beats fresh cooked breakfast at home, or lunch, or dinner.

Breakfast cereals are allowed to contain a certain percentage of mice and rat droppings.

[Stu from NYC]

Breakfast cereals are allowed to contain a certain percentage of mice and rat droppings.

Remind me to stop eating it than.

[JoMar]

I think Darrell's has 13 locations, 2 had an issue which was corrected in 24 hours. They run a good operation and will continue to have my business.

[Red Rose]

They're all dirty at one time or another. If we went into any of their kitchens, we would never eat out again.

[Shoolie]

I eat at the Pinellas Plaza Location. The management is super, food is great and staff pays attention to their customers. I also eat at the Pinellas location & altho I did not know about any problems with any of the Darryl's locations, I'll still eat there. Good food, good fast service. If there aren't any bugs mentioned in the report, it place scores high with me.

[jswirs]

Well, I worked in a Pa. country club, for years. The health inspections there were a joke. I would bet that at least half of the restaurants in the U.S. would fail a complete and accurate health inspection. What you don't know won't hurt you!

[Stu from NYC]

Well, I worked in a Pa. country club, for years. The health inspections there were a joke. I would bet that at least half of the restaurants in the U.S. would fail a complete and accurate health inspection. What you don't know won't hurt you!

It wont hurt you unless it does.

Food poisoning is rather unpleasant.

[Leadbone1]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?

I sold food to restaurants and other institutions for 25 years. The violations that were named at Darrell‘s restaurant are relatively minor, and I assure you many of them can be found in just about any restaurant you go into. The people out here that are absolutely overreacting don’t have a clue. I’ve eaten at Darrell’s several times and found the restaurant to be clean and the food good. Also at a very reasonable price. My advice would be to ignore the people out here that just enjoy bashing.

[Leadbone1]

Well, I worked in a Pa. country club, for years. The health inspections there were a joke. I would bet that at least half of the restaurants in the U.S. would fail a complete and accurate health inspection. What you don't know won't hurt you!

Exactly! I sold food for 25 years to restaurants, country clubs and other institutions. None of them were perfect and in many of them you could find the types of violations that were levied against Darrell’s. There are many naïve people out here and those that just like to bash businesses when they can. We’ve already lost enough restaurants in the area.

[taruffi57]

I ate breakfast in Darryls once...years ago..............................

[Leadbone1]

From Darrell email to me: I do see how disturbing this sounds, Although I can assure you that it is made to sound worse than it actually was.
We use a RTU (ready to use) sanitizer for our tables and food service areas. One of our servers made up some vinegar water in an empty bottle to clean windows with and did not properly change the label but was not using that for sanitation purposes.
The thing that they do not post is the very next day when the inspector returned it was graded 100% with Zero violations.

Exactly! These violations were minor and easily fixable. They also can be found in almost any restaurant in the villages. There are just so many people out here that wake up every day looking for something to bitch about. Pathetic!

[jbrown132]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?
Maybe the right people did not get the right envelope on time.

[Girlcopper]

Having been certified in food safety at the state level , those violations are easily reversed and are the result of everyone being in a hurry , they are serious if continue daily but in reality are very minor fixes that can easily be remedied in a matter of minutes, so I’d not be afraid to eat there because I’m sure they have been corrected within minutes of the check, temp violations are extremely more serious as are pest infestation
Exactly. Everyone goes haywire when they hear a place failed inspection. This is nothing. Worse goes on behind closed doors and you know nothing about it until someone tells you. If youre so worried, cook yourself

[Mardarlowe]

Everyone should work in a restaurant at some point in their lives. Might change a few folks prospectives. Restaurant work has to rank way up there as a challenge during these times. On a given day, one might be afraid to dine in the most reputable establishment. I will continue to support them for now.

[giorgio1948]

Anyone wanna meet me there for breakfast? Which concerns you more? Covid 19 or the recent disclosures about sanitation violations?
Both ~ All health department inspections grades should be posted on-line for the public to see & follow up inspection grade. Sounds like Darryls needs professional “hands on” management.

[Buckeye Bleau]

I held a state sanitarian certification for years and I was often called on by state health inspectors when there were sanitation issues.
I can tell you that it is the job of the inspector to find issues, they could be horsndous and glaring or hidden and subtle, but they will find violations.
I have not seen the report, but most of this seems to be just a day to day violation. Are you really going to stop eating there because the employee hand sink was out of soap? Do you know that most of those sinks are there because the laws require it? Most employees don’t use THAT sink. That sink was not useable because there were items in it? Yes, because it is a quick place to place things for later resolution, because nobody uses that sink.
Sure other things were more serious, but these are really not an issue and most were likely resolved before the inspector left.

[DecaturFargo]

Keep them shut down and fines heavily. Inexcusable.

[P&WBryant]

What bothers me mostly are the political signs at most of their locations. They have every right to hang them, and I have every right to go elsewhere.

[Kgcetm]

Anyone surprised by the poor sanitation problems at Darells has never eaten there. It’s dangerous place to eat. Hold the mayo, please!

[chuckk281]

Just stay away poor management if they can’t even keep the employee wash sink in operation, clean microwave be thankful for county food inspectors!

Always been clean and good food for me. Will continue to patronize.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Tried the one on 441 a few years back. Food was too salty to eat.

[Juliebythesea]

I'll never go because of those awful political signs outside his restaurants

[Joe C.]

BOY! I'll bet those political signs outside make the food really taste lousy.

I went to Darrell's at Spanish Springs this morning for breakfast . Had the usual,
eggs, bacon, homefries with onions and a biscuit and coffee. It was great as always.
I go there about three times a week. There's NOTHING there that is bad for you. Only good food, good employees, and a good time.:icon_wink:

[bagboy]

We went to Darrells at Pinellas. All was good, service was very good. I have to admit, I didn't notice any political signs.

[valuemkt]

My favorite breakfast place. Am there in Pinella's place several times a week. If you want to pay twice as much, go across the street to First Watch. If you;re a Waffle House person or a Northeast Diner person, Daryll's is a short drive away for most Villagers. I'm guessing most people that are "staying away" have never been there. I've gotten sick after dining in some upscale places, never at Daryll's or a Waffle House)

[coffeebean]

Very few restaurants pass pop in inspection. If you knew what went on behind closed doors At some you would eat TV dinners at home? Then again, Do we really know how there made and what in TV dinners? Nothing beats fresh cooked breakfast at home, or lunch, or dinner.

Eating out keeps my immune system in tip top order.

[Stu from NYC]

Eating out keeps my immune system in tip top order.

Can see that to be true but can it fight two things at once?:icon_wink:

[Number 10 GI]

I wonder how many home kitchens would pass a food health inspection.

[gbs317]

Darryls on 301 good breakfast nice people will go again and again.

[Topspinmo]

Breakfast cereals are allowed to contain a certain percentage of mice and rat droppings.

Nothing tastes better with little spice added :shocked:

Just think what added to canned products? And Especially the fresh cut field prepared lettuce!

[Bjeanj]

Both ~ All health department inspections grades should be posted on-line for the public to see & follow up inspection grade. Sounds like Darryls needs professional “hands on” management.

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