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Bend Burrito Joint Serves Cockroaches With Food

Simone was hungry. Based on the premise that, quite frequently, the little hole-in-the-wall places have the best food, she decides to try out a little Mexican place in downtown Bend called "Super Burrito." She was enjoying the food until it happened: She saw a cockroach.

There, on the woodboard-covered wall right above our little table, sat possibly the most hated animal in the universe: a cockroach. It was brown, about an inch long, and quite obviously a youngster (I've come across adult cockroaches in my travels, and they are significantly larger).

My first reaction was one of astonishment. Then, as I fully realized what I was looking at, there was horror and deep disgust. I instantly dropped my burrito. Jeff dropped his fork.

We were out of that joint faster than you can say "cockroach". Worst is - you just *know* that that little roach wasn't a loner. I bet there is a Mama Roach, a Papa Roach, and several, if not hundreds, of Sister and Brother roaches. Maybe even an Uncle Roach, and a Grandpa Roach.

It's a damn scary thought, but to be quite honest with you, I'm pretty damn sure that Super Burrito has been shut down in the past for health violations, as I distinctly remember seeing the familiar "Closed for Health Violation" sign on their door at one point in the past.I can't confirm that with any thing on Deschutes County's hard-to-navigate site, as they don't have a database for violators listed there (which they really should, as a service to the local community -- we do have 290 or so restaurants here, after all).

Simone's going to file a complaint with the health inspector tomorrow. Stay tuned...

Update on 9/13: Simone has posted a follow up. According the the county health inspector, all three restaurants in that building (corner of Wall & Minnesota) have had problems with cockroaches, partially because the building is very old. The restaurant owners claimed the "little pets" (as the inspector called them) had imported themselves with some produce. "Usually", he said, "this area has little to no problems with roaches."

What that also means, however, is that some of the yuppie fancy restaurants in that block might also have roaches.

When Simone asked him if the Super Burrito place had had past health code violations, he said yes, but only very minor.

Again, I stand by what I said above: Health code violations should be publicly available, period. I'm sure a FOIA request would get the information, but damned if I've got the time to do a formal request.

Posted by Jake on 09/12/04 @ 09:32 AM
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Jon's wife said on 09/12/04 @ 03:52 PM:
A few years ago, Jon's brother had an incident with a booger on the employee's hand....ICK!

I *almost* tried it again a few weeks ago since hearing Ben's story, however, after this...I'll be sure NOT to go EVER! (Jon's mom still eats there, but I'm sure may not EVER since we'll tell her this story)

kasey said on 09/12/04 @ 07:39 PM:
oh good god .. i love that place :(

Simone said on 09/13/04 @ 09:30 AM:
Good to know that people are paying attention to the story. I hope I can shut down that place for good - a cockroach is just unacceptable in an eating establishment. I'll let y'all know how the thing plays out....

Val said on 09/13/04 @ 03:46 PM:
But... it wasn't IN the burrito.

So what?

Gee's

People like that should just eat at home.

Jesse Thompson said on 09/13/04 @ 07:11 PM:
At home or at Joe's Apartment? ;) (good movie actually :)

monkeyinabox said on 09/13/04 @ 11:26 PM:
I was at Cafe Rosemary and had this yummy yummy sandwich. I set it on the plate and a small green worm crawled out. I got an explanation about the lettuce being organic and the sandwich for free (well the half I ate), but that's it. I don't think I've been back since.

Jon said on 09/13/04 @ 11:30 PM:
Well, for myself, cutworms on lettuce wouldn't bother me; when you grow up rural and eating out of a garden, you get used to seeing things like that.

I don't know what I'd do about seeing a cockroach, though. I actually used to like eating at Super Burrito from time to time.

Jett said on 09/18/04 @ 02:35 PM:
My first job was working at KahNeeTa. One of the guests in the main dining room found a leach in her salad. Sitting on top like it belonged there. No one is exempt from things like this. At the grocery store, I found a bottle of pickled peppers with a grasshopper inside. You could see it on the shelf. Stuff happens. Cleanliness does not eliminate roaches either. They get into the ceiling and walls and are difficult to get rid of because the little suckers know how to run and hide. I hope this doesn't ruin the livlihood of so many people. Will I eat there? Probably not....

Jett said on 09/18/04 @ 02:39 PM:
Thanks for the opportunity to post my two bits worth..... and OH yeah,
Also at Taco Bell, an employee reported to me that they recently had sewage leaking into the kitchen and nothing was being done about it. Things were dropped on the floor and then used again. ICK!!!. I don't eat there any more either. She was reporting it to the health department

WES said on 12/13/05 @ 10:00 AM:
If you found a roach in your house would you stop eating there. Dont be petty. pick the spiders out of your nose and eat some good food.

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