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Terrible, terrible news as Morningside standby Amir’s has been shuttered due to health code violations. And it only violated 11 points’ worth of your health during its last inspection in January.
Bwog tried calling the ill-fated falafel distributor for comment, but after a few rings, the phone just cut off. Close-up of the notice and the Department of Health’s list of grievances–and the fate of Amir’s!–after the jump.
Photos by Anish Bramhandkar
Jessica Scaperotti, who works in media relations at the Department of Health, talked to Bwog Culinary Bureau Chief Jon Hill about the restaurant’s specific violations, which include:
- Cold food being stored above proper temperatures
- Food not being cooled by the appropriate methods (Considering there are only so many ways to cool food, Bwog wonders what was going on)
- Roaches in the food storage area
- Evidence of a fly infestation
Says Scaperotti: “As soon as the situation is rectified, they can contact the Department of Health for a subsequent inspection.”
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@shake shack
@Bob I kind of liked Amirs. Never had any problem. They are one of the few affordable places in the area.
@i live here What is with all the people begging for this-or-that chain restaurant? You really want Broadway to look like any other main drag in America? Owner-operated small businesses are what make a place unique, you dorks!
@Idea Four Seasons restaurant?
@BURGERS WE NEED A FIVE GUYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
@ssssssssssss they should get an in and out
@... i love how they call it the department of health and mental hygiene.
it’s just so… midcentury… it totally conjurs up images of coen brothers style dudes running around in white jumpsuits with giant human nets baggin up the crazies.
@au bon pain would be amazing. seriously, lots of other colleges have one near their campus. good food, cheap, and does breakfast, lunch, dinner, and midnight snack.
@DHI Okay there’s never gonna be a commuter tax.
BUT there could possibly be a Five Guys near CU.
@Taco Bell that would be fucking epic
@I'd enjoy something vegetarian or healthy, because I can’t think of any restaurant in morningside heights that fits either of those qualifications. If not, (good) middle eastern/persian/AFGHANI would also be a great replacement.
@aaoaoao As the poster demonstrates, it could have possibly been a mental hygiene violation that closed Amir’s. any ideas on what that could mean
@likeAmir's I like Amir’s. The food was very good. I ate there so many times and I never felt bad.
@surlybastard The problem with Amir’s was that they always used stale pitas. Jerusalem Gyro was always much better, and infinitely more filthy.
@actually the problem with amir’s was that they were dirty.
@mat Jerusalem Cafe is better anyway.
@time for a really good middle eastern place. preferrably persian or afghani!
@hmmmm i wouldn’t mind an au bon pain or pret a manger around here
@agreed- a pret would be awesome
@panera??? is there a worse scourge than Panera, with its fake bread and fake cold cuts and nothing worth eating? Let’s hope to god it stays in the ‘burbs. I did not move to NYC to eat at Panera.
@dude chill out man. don’t be such a snob. panera is good shit.
@cyang please write In Defense of Amir’s Lebanese Chicken Wrap.
@Nobler You mean “Amir’s Lebanese Salmonella Wraps.”
@muzz don’t ever make the mistake and eat there. i ate there once and got terribly sick from the food. turned out to be salmonella! i hope this place gets closed down by DOH soon
@Quizno's Lover Quizno’s would dominate Columbia. I would even put some of my own money in to help it get built.
@I second JAMBA JUICE
@pico de guava no no panera blows
@oh my god PANERA WOULD BE DIVINE
@oooooh JAMBA JUICE!!!!!
@DHI Come on now nah nah we don’t need that.
@oh.hello.there au contraire!
WE NEED A JAMBA JUICE!!! or what about a PANERA?
@barnard girl they can replace it with a yogurt place!
@..... you should date a vegetarian. we taste better. or, become one yourself. food is cheaper that way
@... someone speaks the truth and they are immediately censored… i feel like an opressed male now
@Five Guys Is not possible because Morningside Heights would never allow a good, cheap restaurant to exist within its boundaries. (Excepting Roti Roll and Taqueria)
@i want no i neeeeeed a five guys near campus. there are so many back home and i miss them like crazy.
@five guys is an artery clogging gift from the heavens.
@Five Guys enthusiast I would gain about 30 pounds each semester if we had five guys, but I’d love every minute of it
@DHI Word. There are no burgers near that tasty around here.
YOU MUST BE FROM THE GREATER DC METROPOLITAN AREA LIKE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF ALL THE FIVE GUYS LOCATIONS THERE: I HOPE THAT IF YOU ARE FROM VA OR MD THAT YOU DON’T MIND PAYING A COMMUTER TAX BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT SOME DAY.
I have politicized this post!
@TOTALLY i am from the dc area and i have never craved anything from home like a five guys burger. in fact, im going to the one on 55th this weekend to satisfy my craving. but one closer to campus would seriously rock my world.
@Hamilton How about a Five Guys? Or a good kebab place?
@So, explain this Then, how has John Jay not been shut down?
@ehh most of the restaurants on morningside have health violations and get closed down at one point or another. i still like amir’s.
@At least it’s not this: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49E86N20081015?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true
@i feel... so dirty about having eaten there.
@ha ha ha HA to my roommate who ate all the time there last year. HA. HA. HA. that’s what you get
@finally fuck amir’s that place sucks. let’s get a sporting goods store or something
@seriously i’m not joking when I say this, but I found a roach in my platter from Amir’s once. good riddance.
@woooooo i dont think ive ever eaten worse falafel. this is a long time coming. we gotta get jerusalem shawarma to move up in here.
@and rats in claremont
@damn up from 11 to 77 violations?
::shudder::
@told you.
@EWWWW now I’m glad I never ate there.
and what is up with the roaches? they’ve been semi-rampant in Wien lately
@where is the ‘list of grievances’?