Hendersons is really crap. The portions are small, the food is bland and
they put grated cheese on everything unless you firmly ask them not to.
...
> I WON'T be returning to Henderson's...
> Roy
> http://www.news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=529302002
> THE owners of Edinburgh's best-known vegetarian restaurant have been fined
> £7,500 after inspectors found filthy and unhygienic conditions in the
firm's
> bakery.
> The family behind Henderson's Salad Table, whose motto is "Eat better,
live
> better", pleaded guilty to four charges of breaching food safety laws.
> A sheriff condemned the breaches, which included the presence of pigeons,
> rodent droppings, dirt on trays and mouldy fruit. The firm was fined
£2,500
> for similar breaches at the bakery in August last year.
> During an inspection last May, officers found dirty floors and walls, as
> well as milk past its use-by date at the bakery, on the Stewartfield
> industrial estate.
> Prosecutor Neil Allan told Edinburgh Sheriff Court that trays and bread
pans
> were filthy and there was no hot water in the washbasin. Rodent droppings
> were found on food shelves and in food containers next to baking
> ingredients, including flour, and a box of tomatoes had become misshapen
and
> mouldy.
> There were loaves and rolls stored in trays on the floor, where they were
> contaminated, while milk in the refrigerator, past its use-by date, was
> stored alongside other food.
> "However, none of these factors seemed to put the pigeons off," Mr Allan
> said.
> The bakery was closed following the inspection and cleaned until it was
> ready to re-open a few days later. Staff have also been retrained in
health
> and safety practices.
> Councillor Brian Fallon, the executive member for the environment at
> Edinburgh City Council, said: "These were not minor blips, but a premise
> with no regard for hygiene and a serious threat to the safety and health
of
> customers."
> Sheriff Douglas Allan was shown a series of photographs highlighting the
> health hazard. He said: "The evidence does not suggest an isolated matter
> which could have slipped over a matter of a day or so."
> None of the four partners in the firm, Nicholas, Oliver and Peter
Henderson
> and Catherine Home, was available for comment yesterday, but a spokesman
> said: "This case relates to an incident that occurred on 11 May last year
> where Henderson's Bakery was requested to undertake certain health
> improvements by the Environmental Health department of the City of
Edinburgh
> Council.
> "Immediate action was taken by the owners, including retraining of all
staff
> in all health and safety practices.
> "The bakery has since operated with a substantially increased level of
> supervision, and other additional improvements have subsequently been
made."
