Food Poisoning at Larchmont Bungalow?
As if addressing the neighbors’ legal problems weren’t enough, now we have to answer questions about whether it’s even safe to eat there.
The first week of March 2011, a tip was submitted to Yelp’s iPhone app about an incident involving six people suffering food poisoning after eating at the Larchmont Bungalow.
Eggs may cause food poisoning
like they did for our entire group of 6.
Upon verification that this was an actual screenshot of the information on the app, the Twitpic was posted in the @LarchmontLA account. Immediately, other Twitter users came forward with similar reports.
@AKSchweitz tweeted “I also got food poisoned at Larchmont Bungalow!“
@JennaDowns said she had gotten sick months ago after eating a tuna burger — she returned more recently to give the restaurant another try and had a chicken salad, but again this caused her to fall ill.
A friend of @BrandaceBaker had a meat omelet and the bison chili on March 5th and was still suffering the effects of food poisoning the following day.
Daniel Kim sent DMs stating he and a friend had also fallen ill after eating at the Larchmont Bungalow in the first week of March.
Belatedly on March 14th, @damagedgears confided he had intense symptoms after eating an omelet on Labor Day.
The earliest written account of food poisoning at the Bungalow was a Yelp review by Marisa S in May 2010. Counting her case would make it eight incidents involving thirteen people.
@fairuza tweeted: “Every time I’ve eaten there I got a stomach ache!!!”
@1mexiruvian: “I suffered an allergic reaction to a beef burger I ate at Larchmont Bungalow a few months ago.”
On March 14th, Kristina M. posted on Yelp that she was served a teacup with lipstick stains on it and then a few minutes later a blackberry that had a white worm crawling out of it.
Earlier in February 2011, Kalie Rose sent a DM stating she had found hair in the bread she was served at the Bungalow.
These reports of illnesses pertain to an eatery that has been open a mere year. As hyperlocal social-media managers will tell you, it’s not uncommon to receive these reports of food poisoning at area restaurants — usually one case per restaurant per year. The number of people who have fallen sick after eating at the Larchmont Bungalow is alarming.
UPDATE: The LA County health department is asking those who have suffered food poisoning to confidentially submit details by calling 213-240-7821 (press #2).
If you’ve found hair in bread, worm in fruit, or lipstick stain on a cup (which did not result in food poisoning), such an incident can be reported by calling 888-700-9995 (please listen to entire recording).
Name of establishment: Larchmont Bungalow
Address: 107 N Larchmont Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone number: 323 461-1528
BREAKING NEWS: LarchmontLA.com is reporting that the health department sent an investigator to Larchmont Bungalow on March 23rd in response to complaints of food poisoning, and she found six violations during her visit.
This is a reworking of a report page on LarchmontLA.com that is constantly being updated. For the original article, please visit that website https://larchmontla.com