A look at downtown Santa Ana’s hip restaurants and bars’ health violation record

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• such a scrooge you are.

  • Hey it is the public's right to know about these health violations. I don't want anyone to get sick eating at these joints.

    • Well then you'll also want the public to know that these restaurants received health violations in 2013;

      Adalbertos Mexican Food
      Albertos
      Alvaros Mexican Food
      Antojitos Clemente
      Britos Taqueria & Restaurant
      Cafe Calacas
      Colima Mexican Restaurant
      Dulceria Rodas
      El Amanecer Cafe
      Festival Hall/Diegos
      Golden Gate Chinese Fast Food
      Izalco Restaurant
      La Reyna De Michoacan
      Mariscos La Sirena
      McDonald's
      Mil Jugos
      Norm's
      Pop's Cafe

      etc, etc, etc, ie. pretty much every restaurant in Santa Ana, including Downtown, at some point in 2013.

      Source; same as yours.

      • The difference is that the hipster restaurants are charging an arm and a leg for their food - and their executive chef's are supposed to know better. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.

        • Hipsters go to all kinds of restaurants. In fact, it's well-known that they like to seek out excellent, hole-in-the-wall, mom-n-pop restaurants delivering cuisine of various ethnicities.

        • Good for them. It is too bad the restaurants they own are such pigsties.

        • Well then so are all those restaurants I listed.

        • Sigh. Must I repeat myself? The difference is that the hipster joints OVERCHARGE for their food and drinks and their executive chefs are supposed to know better. But obviously they don't.

• Thank you, Art! Great way to keep the public aware. I have been in downtown SanTana since July and I must admit I am disappointed. My plan was to observe the growth of the area and possibly invest in a small gastropub. I plan to do three more months of research, but I suspect I will take my business elsewhere.

  Everything from the smell of unkept drains at the Chapter 1 to flat-out being ignored TWICE at the Memphis counter, the "hipster joints" over promise and under deliver. You are correct that when you charge over $8 for a beer and over $10 for a sandwich, you would expect that the hipsters chefs were at least wearing something to cover up their beards. (How dare they make a cool hipster look uncool when they cook?) We don't have this beard problem at Gallo Giro because Mexicans don't have beards. Look at the reports and it is uncanny how many hipster joints have beard violations and very similar hygiene violations!

  I'm starting to go eat in Fullerton. Can I get an update on the inspections there, Art? hahaha

  Thanks again and Happy New Year

  PS I love how the guilty comment as anonymous and then point the finger at other restaurants that are supposed to be inferior to theirs. Are you really saying that Dulceria Rodas should be held to the same standard as the hipster joints? It says a lot about who they really are.... the same as everyone else.