10/20/2026
Updated 10/21 to graciously say thank you for the overwhelming love and support we continue to receive! The amount of caring public and private messages received has been astounding! Food service inspections serve as much needed checkpoints at any given time. It’s a tough job to manage, and The Dubois County Health Department inspectors are courteous and professional at all times. That’s why we love them! They help maintain high expectations within our community while refraining from purposefully degrading our local businesses and owners when situations arise that cause hiccups. We understand their job doesn’t include analyzing surrounding circumstances like equipment failures and deliveries outside of regularly scheduled times. While businesses owners strive to do their best, perfection is very difficult. Humans managing humans while serving humans is complex. We all navigate continuous evolving areas for improvement, and take constructive feedback well. Finally, we enjoy celebrating successes with all of you and appreciate all the love you continue to give! God Bless!
Good morning to our wonderful community! Given the circumstances surrounding a disgruntled individual posting an outdated Department of Health inspection and berating us, I wanted to openly provide our current report. We have learned this individual has a solid public reputation for trying to ruin others. Sadly, restaurants come under attack when unhappy people are, well, unhappy. Maintaining a flawless report is very difficult, so we are proud to present it. Our team is dedicated to quality and safety of both staff and customers. The Department of Health does a wonderful job of protecting our community through routine inspections. Should anyone ever question a survey finding, I encourage them to reach out respectfully to us, and I will happily have a conversation with them. For the discrepancies on the outdated report the individual posted, the “no soap at the bar sink” was noted because our dispenser for that sink was indeed broken and we were waiting on a replacement from our supplier. Meanwhile, there was indeed soap, but in an unmarked bottle. There was also hand sanitizer. For the food storage discrepancy, the survey was conducted immediately after a food supply delivery during a lunch rush hour, and food was placed immediately into the appropriate walk-ins coolers for temperature control, to be organized more properly after the rush. Since then, we have communicated with our suppliers to try to deliver earlier. However, even that is beyond our control. We consider all feedback as opportunities for improving processes. Friends, please remember any report can be twisted into a false representation meant to cause the business/business owner reputational harm by a disgruntled individual. Give grace, and simply reach out to the business owners personally for concerns. The business owners I know would happily have conversations with you 🤗
