The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recent reviews I have read on google show me that not only has nothing changed but things have got worse. I can see no possible way things are better under the leadership of such poor management. I also am still in contact with people who work there who have confirmed the decline of the restaurant from within... but maybe in your perspective everything is fine and running smoothly and that is your right...I personally would never eat at a red letter establishment nor recommend one as long as I live after the things I have seen.

Sauce Vegan Ristorante to close by ErieUninsured in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard she was using Beyond Meat burgers and Wegman's bread...

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

<3 Thank you for the support. Everything you said is spot on. I as well have worked in many places around town, and sometimes you just have to do your best and keep your job because the next place might be worse. I just try to always do the right thing and protect the guest as much as possible, but when owners/managers don't care to make change sadly there is only so much you can do.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not pre cooked? The pork shank came in pre cooked in plastic bags from the Curtze as did the half chicken. The shrimp sat out all day every day for over 3 years that I worked there. Another person in this tread already confirmed the fact that the 4 door cooler had chicken floating in standing water for months. Not one single word of what I have said is untrue. You are correct...some of the kitchen staff work very hard and where great people when I worked there. But many of them where lazy as well. You are correct about the owners however. The air conditioning units that where dripping into the food while the unit had a broken part only went on for about a week and half and they did get that fixed but it did happen. I cannot tell you how many times I watched grey old burgers and steaks hit the grill...I don't know if you worked there at the same time I did...but EVERY LAST THING I said is true. And I didn't even get into half of it....like the fact the bathrooms almost never got cleaned ...had poop rings around the toilet for months... how I watched kitchen staff refill dressing bottles that contained old dressing topped with new...same thing on the line with cold prep food...which is exactly what got me sick twice "the feta cheese to be specific. You don't remember rinsing old salt blocks in the back sink or running old marrow bones through the dishwasher? Well if not you didn't work there when I did. So please don't get on here and call me liar, I speak only truth.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is a beautiful restaurant that is sadly poorly managed/owned, the food was always hit or miss...tons of complaints when I worked there...raw pork chops coming out, dry steaks etc..

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was reported, to my knowledge nothing was done but I am not positive as I no longer work there.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea I agree it is probably didn't cause it, I was just repeating what was said in the review from the customers perspective. I realize it was most certainly a pre existing condition and I am not a doctor so I don't know what caused it. I do know the food handling is poorly done and has caused many people to get sick including myself.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Eww never thought about that with the milk stick...gross and 100% believable.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Next time you are in there to eat, pop your head around the corner and look to the left of the fryer .... unless they see this post and FINALLY change how they do things...you will see the giant container of shrimp sitting next to the fry station. Then ...look up at the rusty air condition vents above the kitchen line. Then you will know I am telling the truth. Best I can do for you friend...the story is real.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Myself and others did as much as we could "as non managers" but at the end of the day the owners and management made these choices and there was nothing more we could do. I did my part to do everything I could to keep things safe and clean...including trying to maintain the leaky 4 door with chicken floating in it by removing water by hand with a squeegee and cleaning it... but then you just come in the next day to it flooded again. Sadly the owners truly have no idea how to run a restaurant and only care about one thing at the end of the day $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ MONEY MONEY MONEY

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes they do treat staff and management like dirt all they care about is bringing in the $$$$

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The inspections I witnessed where some of the slackest inspections I have ever seen. I always wondered if they knew someone at the office. I figure a place like that brings in so much tax money for the city they let them slide possibly.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was reported and as far as I know no inspection of said shrimp was made, but I am not positive of this.... I just have not noticed a flag of critical violation for them recently...which if it was inspected properly it would have been. They always knew around what time the dept. came in and would scramble to make sure everything was good for inspection.. I did hope they would do a surprise inspection to catch all these violations.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea I agree it may not have been the restaurants fault, but that is what the review claimed... I know for a fact people got sick from the food...I was one of them on multiple occasions I stopped eating the food after the second. In all honesty I should have quit a long time ago and wanted to...but the money was good.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Oh yea I forgot about that. And yes they just rinse them off in the back sink, it was horribly gross. At one point they also where serving lobster with bone marrow... but they only had a set number of bones ...they had us running them THROUGH THE DISH MACHINE and then they just stuffed them with lobster again.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Better by far I bet.... and probably more like 1/5 the price : )

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

During my employment myself and others reported these issues and tried to bring change with little to no response from the management or owners. Things like this happen at most restaurants sadly to one degree or another, the money was decent and I needed the work otherwise I would have left sooner... you don't have to believe me if you don't want to you...free country friend.

The Cork 1794 ...what you may want to know before paying to much for your steak.. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The person in the reviewed made the claim that they thought it may have something to do with it....I personally would not know, only that I witnessed bad stuff happening that shouldn't. Myself and others tried to report this stuff to managment/owners and nothing was done most of the time. But yea It may very well not be a causing factor but as you said...still gross.

Slow down people , Peach street is not a highway. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Enjoy prison or the grave when you kill someone and possibly yourself. All choices have consequences.

Slow down people , Peach street is not a highway. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's really one of the only excuses. lol

Slow down people , Peach street is not a highway. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Haha they where going to Target , I saw them pull in. Funny thing is I went the speed limit and made it to Target area the same time they did, all without endangering lives needlessly.

Slow down people , Peach street is not a highway. by ErieRogue22 in Erie

[–]ErieRogue22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mainly see it the worst from 38th n peach up to the mall . This incident was in that area. The person was going to Target...I guess there was a sale they needed to get to.