My husband Cy and I never miss the Health Code Violations blurbs in the Washington
Post every Thursday. While it seems a bit ghoulish, they shine a light on how local government functions. Admittedly, it’s not nice to read that a favorite restaurant or grocery store had a rodent or insect infestation. But some entries are for alcohol-related violations, and the citations and fines are issued by the city’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulatory Administration, or ABRA, which also regulates First Vine.
Health Code Violations get reported in the Washington
Post every Thursday. Interestingly, many of them are related to alcohol regulation which seems to apply in areas you wouldn’t think it did. Some of the listings are real head-scratchers, but this one about axe throwing really stood out.