Here's a palate-cleanser: An inspector visited Le Peep (5750 Woodway) and didn't find any violations. An inspector acting on a complaint issued a citation after finding 18 violations, including food employee not using suitable gloves or hand-sanitizing methods when handling ready-to-eat foods (corrected on site) food employee not wearing effective hair restraint food stored in unclean or uncovered containers food not protected from potential contamination dirty floors or floor coverings potentially hazardous foods not held at proper temperatures ice intended for consumption used as a cooling medium (corrected) food spoiled or mislabeled and a new one for us, 'employee not maintaining a high degree of personal cleanliness/not conforming to good hygiene practices.' That last one reminds us of when our mom had to have the 'deodorant talk' with our 11-year-old brother. Of the few places that got looks last week, Ruchi's (6410 Westheimer) had the worst time.
Forcing Houston's inspectors and restaurant owners to keep dancing during the holidays would have been wrong, like mixing lean with Diet Sprite. There's not much to draw from in the city's health inspection records this week, and that's all right.
