food cleanliness could be a major
breakthrough with restaurateurs and
the Oakland County Health Division
getting together as a common body in
That looks like a long-term unity.
It is important that they are pulling
together to help each other in airing
their respective grievances.
Almost everybody wanted this ...
with the valuable bottom line sure
to be happier and healthier cus-
tomers that come with such a firm
restaurant/health department togeth-
erness.
First meeting of the Food Focus
Group was in January at the Birming-
ham Community House ... Food-
borne outbreaks were discussed, along
with consumer complaints, scoring on
inspections, discussions on how to
improve relationships between the
health division and restaurant indus-
try, etc.
The group felt that media reporting
was unfair and that writers not under-
standing the restaurant business was a
factor ... Scoring by the Oakland
County Health inspectors was dis-
cussed and how its misuse led to bad
TV and newspaper coverage.
The most important issue by the
group will be promotion of food han-
dling cleanliness.
Attendees included Norm LePage,
Big Rock Chop & Brew; Rick Rogow,
Big Daddy's Parthenon; Dennis
Brinker, Sign of the Beefcarver; Andy
Kotsozos, Leo's Coney Island; Glenn
Serafini, Elias Brothers Restaurants;
Dan Schuyler, Mr. B's Restaurants;
Ray Lance, East Side Mario's; Johnny
Ginopolis, Ginopolis'; Terry Beach,
Olive Garden; Bill Carlson, Galen
Garst, Kathy Forzley and Alan
Drenchen, Oakland County Health
Division, and others.
The next meeting is set for March
31, at Big Rock Chop & Brew, 245
Eton St. in Birmingham.
Many restaurants and health
departments of yesteryears never
seemed to work together ... or wanted
to ... As a result, the lack of cohesion
always presented problems that could
not be amicably resolved because nei-
ther wanted to give in to the other.
Now they have grown up ... And
thankfully, everyone will benefit ...
The restaurants ... The Oakland
County Health Division ... And the
consumer.
Isn't this great?
Restaurateurs who have an interest
in being part of the Food Focus
Group ... and well they should ... can
contact Bill Carlson at the Oakland

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