Would you use a restaurant serving food past its sell by date?

[Bruce Wayne]

The Daily Table is a new grocery store and restaurant which puts all of its food to use — whether it’s past its sell by date or not.

Rather than focusing on branded fruit and vegetables that often come with manufacturer-imposed use by dates, The Daily Table will keep its goods on the shelf until they’re starting to wane. Once this has happened — typically a few days after the expiry date — the goods will be reused in the restaurant.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-daily-table-sells-expired-food-2013-10

 

[roydo]

Depends what I was wanting. A steak, not a problem. Seafood, not a chance.

 

[MickM86]

You wouldn't know if it was out of date or not in a restaurant

 

[Sid James]

We throw far too much food away, and what we throw is generally based on the date you get stamped on your food, this is an estimate , use your own judgement/nose to see if its edible or not. Obviously some things are riskier than others.

e.g its only recently that we've been able to buy 28 day aged steak in this country as health and safety types, previously deemed it unfit for our delicate stomachs

Good to see someone taking the risk, others might follow

 

[scratchnsurf]

You wouldn't know if it was out of date or not in a restaurant

Whilst this is true, if the people running the place didn't know, environmental health would have words, probably 'closed down' being two of them.

 

[johnnydawg68]

The Daily Table is a new grocery store and restaurant which puts all of its food to use — whether it’s past its sell by date or not.

Rather than focusing on branded fruit and vegetables that often come with manufacturer-imposed use by dates, The Daily Table will keep its goods on the shelf until they’re starting to wane. Once this has happened — typically a few days after the expiry date — the goods will be reused in the restaurant.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-daily-table-sells-expired-food-2013-10

Good for them. You want to know if food is still edible? Look at it and smell it. "Sell by" dates are simply a CYA liability thing for companies.

 

[Groucho]

If their food hygiene rating is five star, provided it's not seafood or dairy, I'd turn a blind eye.

Most use-by labels are inaccurate anyway, but they're on a sticky wicket, insurance wise, if someone gets sick.

I agree with them on principal though, I hate waste.

 

[roydo]

If their food hygiene rating is five star, provided it's not seafood or dairy, I'd turn a blind eye.

Most use-by labels are inaccurate anyway, but they're on a sticky wicket, insurance wise, if someone gets sick.

I agree with them on principal though, I hate waste.

feckin good job you were born a blue, and didnt choose that shower across the park then!

 

[ijjysmith]

I think id be ok with it.

I'd assume the food would go through some sort of 'ok' test and they don't serve left over eggs from the war.

Yeah I'd eat there.

 

[Eggs]

....yes, you wouldn't know what you were getting. Its naïve to think they throw expensive ingredients out when the date is up, just like its knowledge that soup of the day is yesterdays left overs.

 

[BlueLlama]

This is a monster law suit waiting to happen.

It is a nice idea but I cant see it working.

 

[mrs the esk]

I thought the fast food chains had been doing this for years xx

 

[Garrick]

Use by dates are meaningless. I had 'expired' cream cheese on my bagel this morning, but I inspected it carefully and gave it a good whiff before deciding it was okay.

Surprise! Not dead.

 

[steken1]

Whats the reason for going here opposed to a normal place?

I really can't see eating out of date food being a USP myself like.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Not an issue. If the ingredients are crap, the food will be crap and nobody will eat there. If the food is great, nobody will care. I've never asked how old good wine and cheese are, and I'll never ask how old the ingredients if the food is cooked fresh and tastes good.