Watching a chef at a San Francisco restaurant slam frozen meat into the sidewalk is enough to make your stomach turn, not to mention the customers who may have had the misfortune of eating it. Captured on video outside Lucky River, a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco's Sunnyside neighborhood, the chef appears to lift and slam two slabs of beef up and down onto the ground. When a concerned inspector from the city's health department arrived to question the apparently bemused staff, they simply said the man was attempting to tenderize the meat and 'defrost' it by beating it off the concrete. Food prep: The staff member at Lucky River restaurant in San Francisco prepares to slam the meat to the ground . Crash: The man was simply trying to tenderize the frozen meat before cooking it he and the restaurant later explained . However, when local news made the trip down to examine the exact section of sidewalk they discovered it was covered in gum, cigarette butts and general filth. The owner of the restaurant said that the defrosting incident was an isolated one and that the meat was never used in any meals. KPIX showed the gross footage to neighbors, Steve Vender and London Lacey. 'It's highly unsanitary, I don't know how they're gonna clean the meat off after that. They're gonna wash it but it certainly doesn't look very appealing,' said Vender. Gross: The residue and general muck on any given sidewalk is seen languishing outside the Lucky River restaurant exactly where the meat was being slammed down . Reviews: The Lucky River Restaurant has a satisfactory sanitation score with the San Francisco Public Health Department . Cancerous: A cigarette butt lies on the sidewalk outside the restaurant where the staff member threw down the meat . According to KPIX, Lucky River scored a satisfactory rating on its last health inspection. However, reviews on Yelp have been less than generous, with one person mentioning a boiled caterpillar in the vegetables. 'Yup. They boiled a caterpillar, Extra protein I guess,' they wrote. 'I won't eat there again,' said Lacey. 'I will not eat there at all.' After seeing the shocking video, the San Francisco Public Health Department gave the owners of Lucky River just one month to clean up their act or face closure. If the owners do not get their staff to enroll in an eight-hour Food Manager Class, earn and print food handlers cards and go on remedial food safety courses within one month, the restaurant will be forced to close.
Lucky River restaurant in San Francisco caught practicing questionable food preparation techniques .
Chef was filmed beating the meat on the street in the Sunnyside neighborhood .
Apparently staff didn't think anything was wrong with the practice when they were confronted about it .
Owner later said the meat wasn't served at the restaurant .
Watching a chef at a San Francisco restaurant slam frozen meat into the sidewalk is enough to make your stomach turn, not to mention the customers who may have had the misfortune of eating it. Captured on video outside Lucky River, a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco's Sunnyside neighborhood, the chef appears to lift and slam two slabs of beef up and down onto the ground. When a concerned inspector from the city's health department arrived to question the apparently bemused staff, they simply said the man was attempting to tenderize the meat and 'defrost' it by beating it off the concrete. Food prep: The staff member at Lucky River restaurant in San Francisco prepares to slam the meat to the ground . Crash: The man was simply trying to tenderize the frozen meat before cooking it he and the restaurant later explained . However, when local news made the trip down to examine the exact section of sidewalk they discovered it was covered in gum, cigarette butts and general filth. The owner of the restaurant said that the defrosting incident was an isolated one and that the meat was never used in any meals. KPIX showed the gross footage to neighbors, Steve Vender and London Lacey. 'It's highly unsanitary, I don't know how they're gonna clean the meat off after that. They're gonna wash it but it certainly doesn't look very appealing,' said Vender. Gross: The residue and general muck on any given sidewalk is seen languishing outside the Lucky River restaurant exactly where the meat was being slammed down . Reviews: The Lucky River Restaurant has a satisfactory sanitation score with the San Francisco Public Health Department . Cancerous: A cigarette butt lies on the sidewalk outside the restaurant where the staff member threw down the meat . According to KPIX, Lucky River scored a satisfactory rating on its last health inspection. However, reviews on Yelp have been less than generous, with one person mentioning a boiled caterpillar in the vegetables. 'Yup. They boiled a caterpillar, Extra protein I guess,' they wrote. 'I won't eat there again,' said Lacey. 'I will not eat there at all.' After seeing the shocking video, the San Francisco Public Health Department gave the owners of Lucky River just one month to clean up their act or face closure. If the owners do not get their staff to enroll in an eight-hour Food Manager Class, earn and print food handlers cards and go on remedial food safety courses within one month, the restaurant will be forced to close.
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