According to the FBI affidavit of the comet ping pong 'shooter' there is a 'rear door into the restaurant' (6) leading to 'a freezer in an alley behind the restaurant' (20).
Where is the rear door, and where is the freezer? If the freezer is to the left of Comet in these pictures, it must be the cubic structure at the back of Little Red Fox. But where is the door? If the freezer is to the right of Comet there, the rear door must be on the short side (hard to see whether there is one). But there's no freezer in the parking lot on McCullough's side.
So if the rear entrance is indeed on the short side, the freezer can really only be inside McCullough, entered through its back door.
We can see that, at least as far as the DC Health Department is concerned, there is no localized walk-in freezer being inspected, meaning it's not on the plans the DoH has. Any walk-in freezer would be discovered by a routine inspection unless well-hidden (tough due to evaporators and ventilation needed, but not impossible).
So it does follow that if there is a walk-in freezer, it being inside a different building explains why the Health Department never records inspecting it (as they never see it).
I want to also note that Buck's Fishing and Camping DOES have a noted walk-in freezer being inspected:
Comet could be using the walk-in freezer at Buck's, but on those satellite images it's hard to see a logical route walked by employees many times a day from the rear exit to Buck's.
Agreed -- I mentioned it so that one could compare a restaurant from the same area (ward) that does have a walk-in to see how the DoH notates them. Bottom line -- the DC DoH is not aware of a walk-in freezer as part of CPP.
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anolegion ago
According to the FBI affidavit of the comet ping pong 'shooter' there is a 'rear door into the restaurant' (6) leading to 'a freezer in an alley behind the restaurant' (20).
Where is the rear door, and where is the freezer? If the freezer is to the left of Comet in these pictures, it must be the cubic structure at the back of Little Red Fox. But where is the door? If the freezer is to the right of Comet there, the rear door must be on the short side (hard to see whether there is one). But there's no freezer in the parking lot on McCullough's side.
So if the rear entrance is indeed on the short side, the freezer can really only be inside McCullough, entered through its back door.
Spindle ago
This is posted elsewhere in this thread (buried), but here are links to the most recent DoH inspections:
Routine: http://dc.healthinspections.us/webadmin/DHD_431/lib/mod/inspection/paper/_paper_food_inspection_report.cfm?inspectionID=830960&wguid=1367&wgunm=sysact&wgdmn=431
Followup: http://dc.healthinspections.us/webadmin/DHD_431/lib/mod/inspection/paper/_paper_food_inspection_report.cfm?inspectionID=831396&wguid=1367&wgunm=sysact&wgdmn=431
We can see that, at least as far as the DC Health Department is concerned, there is no localized walk-in freezer being inspected, meaning it's not on the plans the DoH has. Any walk-in freezer would be discovered by a routine inspection unless well-hidden (tough due to evaporators and ventilation needed, but not impossible).
So it does follow that if there is a walk-in freezer, it being inside a different building explains why the Health Department never records inspecting it (as they never see it).
I want to also note that Buck's Fishing and Camping DOES have a noted walk-in freezer being inspected:
http://dc.healthinspections.us/webadmin/DHD_431/lib/mod/inspection/paper/_paper_food_inspection_report.cfm?inspectionID=831015&wguid=1367&wgunm=sysact&wgdmn=431
anolegion ago
Comet could be using the walk-in freezer at Buck's, but on those satellite images it's hard to see a logical route walked by employees many times a day from the rear exit to Buck's.
Spindle ago
Agreed -- I mentioned it so that one could compare a restaurant from the same area (ward) that does have a walk-in to see how the DoH notates them. Bottom line -- the DC DoH is not aware of a walk-in freezer as part of CPP.