Following the inspector around with a video camera might just make him/her determined to cite you for something. And more generally, it’s easy to be Mr. Big Balls when it’s not your business and your livelihood on the line. 

And all that time I thought the Raisins on the  bagels were moving cause they were fresh!

 I think it’s ridiculous to judge a place by one DOH problem…. two huge ones in a year is something else…  I’ve a few really good sandwiches at Catskill, but I’ve also had some really terrible ones.  The last sandwich I had from there, maybe three weeks ago, it was the Brooklyn Bridge.  It tasted like a dirty fry cook apron, no joke.  It had that really old fryer grease taste to it…. and there’s nothing on there that should have been deep fried. This is also the place where I’ve seen orders get lost between the large amounts of people behind the counter.  When they’re ‘on’, they really make some good food, but more often than not they don’t have it together. The kitchen seems completely disorganized if they have more than two orders in at the same time.  They need a good manager and some consistency in their food quality.  Unfortunately the damage is already done for me.  I can’t see going back there unless they make major changes.  It’s a shame because there aren’t really any solid breakfast places on Cortelyou where you can sit down and have a quick bite. (please correct me if I’m wrong, and George’s doesn’t count).

Love John’s bagels.
He’s been here before anyone else and never gets closed down.