Top Chef’s Good Stuff Eatery Hit By Health Department

Spike Mendelsohn, season 4 Top Chef “cheftestant”, had recently opened an eatery in the Washington DC area called the Good Stuff Eatery.  The new venture has begun to have some problems which I am sure has given Chef Spike a headache or two.

The DC Health Inspector has cited the eatery with several violations and some of them don’t sound very appetizing.  Some of the violations include allegedly storing meat in the alley, not having hand-washing facilities for employees and not correctly sanitizing prep areas and cutting boards.

Spike initially denied that the eatery was cited but then stated that the food in the alley had recently been delivered and was only out there for about 7 minutes.  He also stated that he would never have unsanitary stations and spoke to WTOP news radio, “”I know how to run a restaurant, and I know how to keep it clean.  You can come right here and you can eat off the floor. I don’t run anything unhealthy.”

The health department says that they make notations if food is out due to recent delivery and no notations were placed on the citations. 

Spike has been smart about it though by poking a little fun at the health department controversy by adding a new menu item, the Back Alley Burger.

You can read the whole story on E! on-line.