Comments on: Saba in Emory Village Sends out SOS

By: Pir8Capn

Pir8Capn — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:37:47 +0000

Yikes. Yes, a 78 on a RECHECK is absolutely disgraceful.

I’m in the food business (as a chef, a manager and a certified food safety instructor for a fortune 400 company) and have been for decades. Something is critically wrong with a restaurant if they can’t come up higher than a 72 on a recheck. For the record, if they had had below a 70 AGAIN, they would have had to close up shop immediately. Literally, as in “close your doors right now and don’t admit any customers.” That’s how badly the kitchen is being run.

Based on the health scores alone, the place has fundamental infrastructure issues. Blaming it on construction is unethical.

By: Karass

Karass — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:43:39 +0000

ICD could work. But the more I think about it, the more I like ITD, as in “Inside The Decatur”. Like “The Perimeter”, “The Donald”, “The Southside”, “The ‘burbs”, “The City” (New York usually), “The Village” (Greenich Village). The Decatur. The grammar books tell us that the use of the definite article (the) instead of the zero article (no article) in front of a place name indicates an institution, specificity, definiteness, all of which fit Decaturites’ view of their city!

By: krutz

krutz — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:28:35 +0000

Oh I understood the play on words. My point was that the “c” is vital. As you said, the ITCD gets a bit too convoluted. There are too many words to make it work exactly but what about ICD? Or does that sound too much like OCD?

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:58:59 +0000

I don’t think it’s the business model, I think it’s more likely the relentless, endless construction project. I frequent the dry cleaner, the CVS, Doc Chey, and it has been grueling.

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:54:36 +0000

Still true. I’m in Druid Hills (the very edge) but I have a Decatur mailing address. I’m even in 30030. But soul-wise, I’m Decatur all the way.