Reality TV Eatery Cited for 'Live Flies'

AP Online;  August 12, 2003 ;     188 words ......television series: a health department citation for evidence of live flies and greasy spoons. Rocco's is the subject of the NBC reality...an impromptu health department inspection for evidence of live flies in the kitchen prep area and for keeping two large metal spoons...

Rocco's attracts fans, flies.

Zap2It.com (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  August 12, 2003 ;     337 words ......greasy, stagnant water. More disturbing was the evidence of live flies in the food preparation area, though, to be fair, the violation notice only mentioned the presence of three live flies which, as anybody who has ever worked a fast food job in...

Waiter, there's a duck in my soup. (using Muscovy ducks to control flies...

The Economist (US);  November 18, 1989 ;     523 words ......old Muscovy in an eight-cubic-foot screened cage with 400 live flies. After an hour, the duck had eaten 326 of them. A subsequent...experiment involved four ducks in separate cages filled with 100 live flies each. In each case, the ducks devoured over 90% of them within...

McFLY; EXCLUSIVE Heard the buzz on the smallest model in town? Here's...

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  December 16, 2007 ;     174 words ......beach or skateboarding. The snaps were taken by Belgian photographer Nicholas Hendrickx in his bedroom - apparently using live flies and an eight-megapixel camera. Hendrickx captured one fly riding a miniature bicycle, while in the other the insect poses...

Rocco's restaurant cited for heath code violation

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 14, 2003 ;     78 words ......restaurant -- the subject of NBC's reality series "The Restaurant" -- has been cited by the health department for "evidence of live flies" and greasy spoons. "The Restaurant" follows DiSpirito and his staff through the travails of opening a Manhattan restaurant...

Hunter Cafeteria Gets A "D" for Dirty & Disgusting

The Hunter Envoy;  October 6, 2004 ;   Anonymous;   168 words ...Own Risk," experts discovered mouse droppings, live flies, dirty washcloths, and more than two pounds of ham held at unsafe temperatures. In addition, a half-gallon of expired milk had...

CELTICS TOY WITH KNICKS OUTMANNED NEW YORKERS COME UP SHORT, 113-104

The Boston Globe;  March 16, 1987 ;   Bob Ryan, Globe Staff;   651 words ...You like plucking wings off live flies? Then you'd just adore this game. The Knicks showed up without Patrick Ewing (knee), Bill Cartwright (ankle), Jawaan Oldham (knee...

Trisha Yearwood's Smash 'How Do I Live' Flies Out of Stores

PR Newswire;  July 25, 1997 ;     209 words ...NASHVILLE, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- MCA Nashville recording artist Trisha Yearwood keeps the fire burning as her limited-run single How Do I Live , from this summer's blockbuster movie Con Air , rapidly moves out of the retail stores. As the song enters the top-five this week on the country charts,

'I Wish, I Wish With All My Heart, to Fly With Dragons in a Land Apart';...

PR Newswire;  September 10, 2001 ;     577 words ...Tickets On Sale Now! DETROIT, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the top rated kids shows on PBS is coming to Detroit, live and on stage! It's the world premiere tour of Dragon Tales Live -- a kid-sized mystery with sing-along music, eye-popping special effects and non-stop fun featuring Emmy, Max,

County Restaurant Inspections

Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  June 18, 2006 ;     787 words ......back of establishment needs to be replaced. Observed some live flies in the premises. Repeat violation. Observed fly strips hung...corner away from equipment, utensils or food storage. Some live flies observed in trailer. Cutting board on three-compartment sink...

New York City Inspectors Target Restaurant Featured on Reality TV Show.

Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 12, 2003 ;     325 words ......cited by the Health Department for six health code violations. Topping the findings of the July 29 inspection is evidence of live flies in the kitchen prep area at Rocco's, located at 12 E. 22nd St., records show. The pretty-boy chef from Queens also was nailed...

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 14, 2003 ;   Compiled by Raymond A. Edel;   522 words ......subject of NBC's reality series "The Restaurant" - has been cited by the New York City Health Department for "evidence of live flies" and greasy spoons. "The Restaurant" follows DiSpirito and his staff through the travails of opening a Manhattan restaurant...

Pest problem shuts down Chinese buffet in Sunrise.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  June 15, 2005 ;     327 words ......around the restaurant, according to state records. The inspector found eight small roaches in the [food preparation] area, live flies in the back door entrance, and several [dead] small roaches on [the] cook line, the report said. Geoff Luebkemann, director...

SET REALITY ASIDE: ENJOY LITTLE THEATRE'S ``DRACULA''.(VIRGINIA BEACH...

The Virginian Pilot;  December 4, 1998 ;     564 words ......uninhibited performance as the mad Renfield. Monahan is breathtakingly energetic as the asylum resident whose passion for eating live flies and spiders allows him to connect psychically with Dracula, whose need for blood reflects a similar quest to infuse himself...

Move over, potato chips

Isthmus;  September 28, 2007 ;   Allen, Terese;   319 words ......terrorize your garden. Northern Europeans go for it in a big way, but seven out of ten Americans surveyed would rather eat live flies than kale. Myself, I'd always been ambivalent about kale - after all, it's nutritious, it's interchangeable with other hearty...