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health code violations The D.C. City Council is in recess until Sept. 15.
These food establishments were closed because of health code violations. The list, compiled from health department reports, reflects actions taken by the departments.
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HEAVEN GROCERY STORE 3182 Bladensburg Rd. NE Closed Friday for failure to minimize vermin, operating without a license, circumstances that might endanger public health, gross unsanitary conditions and operating without a certified food manager. E-Z MART 922 Kennedy St. NW
Closed July 12 for circumstances that might endanger public health. Reopened July 14. FREDDY’S SUB AND FRIES 819 H St. NE Closed Friday for circumstances that might endanger public health. NEW FARM 1225 Fourth St. NE Closed last Thursday for circumstances that might endanger public health and failure to minimize vermin. RITE AID 1401 Rhode Island Ave. NE Food service closed last Thursday for
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that it’s just plain hot: It’s diffi- cult to adequately cool an in- terior space with six doors opening every couple of min- utes. We have to deal with that by dressing appropriately for the season. Temperatures in cars with working air condi- tioning are likely to be in the 80s on hot days.
failure to minimize vermin. RHUMBA CAFE 2443 18th St. NW Closed Friday for operating without a license. Reopened that day.
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MI PUEBLITO 6 N. Summit Ave., Gaithersburg Closed Friday for a power failure.
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CHIRALAGUA POLLO 4112 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria Closed July 12 for a deployed fire suppression system. Reopened July 13. ILLUSIONS THAI CAFE 1472 N. Beauregard Ave., Alexandria Closed last Thursday for an insect infestation. Reopened Saturday. LA MIGUELENA GROCERY 402 S. Washington St., Falls Church Closed July 13 for operating without hot water. Reopened that day. TEXAS BARBEQUE FACTORY 1961 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean Closed last Thursday for operating without hot water. Reopened that day. —Compiled by Terence McArdle
But the really hot cars, the
ones I’ve been saying you should abandon as quickly as possible and report to Metro, have broken equipment. You’ll know them as soon as you board. Metro should be check- ing for such cars during a walk-through at the ends of the lines. But there’s no reason we can’t be part of the solution by reporting those hot cars to the Metrorail staff and getting out of them is search of cooler cars. Now, that said, one rider who read that advice when I offered it on the Dr. Gridlock blog had this comeback: The claustrophobic rider moved from a crowded but cool car into the next one, which was almost empty. Turned out there was a reason for that: The car was miserably hot. But the rider was wearing a cool bandana just taken out of a re- frigerator and now had a seat. Then along came a Metro
staff member who told every- one to leave the car, turned off the lights and closed the doors
so that no one else could board. The rider wound up waiting on the platform for two more trains before board- ing a car that didn’t feel like a sardine can. So, the rider asks, why not let people who are willing to ride in hot cars do so? I have to agree with Metro
policy on this one. Some of those cars are 100 degrees. It’s not responsible to knowingly allow people to board them. Many riders have told me that it’s galling to see one dark- ened, empty car on a train that’s otherwise packed. But we warn each other every sum- mer about the dangers of leav- ing people or pets inside parked cars with the windows rolled up. What’s the differ- ence? Probably not the tem- perature.
Airing grievances This reader titled her letter:
“I have to vent since Metro trains apparently don’t.”
Dear Dr. Gridlock: Okay, seriously, $5 one-way (for now!) and the service is beyond awful. On July 8, when the switch was out at Vienna— why is everything always bro- ken? — and it took an hour to travel from Metro Center to Vi- enna, I was on three, yes, three train cars with no air condi- tioning. How, you ask, was I on three train cars for a single trip?
Well, I was forced to exit the first one after the constant jerk- ing stops and starts coupled with the stifling heat caused me to become truly sick. I fled the train at Clarendon
and got onto the next train, only to find myself on yet another completely packed, impossibly hot train. I thought there was no way I was going to make it all the way home like that, so at the next prolonged stop, I got off that car and went to my third car of the night, which was also without A/C. This one was less packed, and I was able to sit, albeit in my own sweat. So packed trains have no A/C because, as Metro explains it, there are too many mam- mals producing too much heat. Except, as my experience with the third car would suggest, having fewer people in a car doesn’t seem to improve the A/ C.
BARBARA J. HAMILL Vienna
DG: Crowding makes a hot car worse, but crowding doesn’t cause the air conditioner to break down.
Some of the body heat is
generated by rider anger at the junction of a fare increase, service problems with escala- tors and air conditioners, and a heat wave. At least Metro officials never told us the fare increases would make service better.
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