Rats Run Wild in KFC-Taco Bell in N.Y.

Excuse me, ma'am...What is that meat in my tacos???

rats in a restaurant?

in new york city?

i'm shocked.

good thing the cameras werent in the kitchen during off-hours. everybody would be freaking out about the roaches.

Every place you can think of has a problem with a vermin of some kind. You may not see it, but they are there.

Action shots! Even the bald guy headbutting the window...

Yes, they're vermin, but I always thought rodents were kinda cool/cute. That's a cute-as-a-puppy rat in that picture there. Yep.

This is at 14th Street and really doesn't exactly qualify as the village. I think that headline was to keep tourists from worrying that its a city wide problem, but more in the artsy bohemian Village. This is blocks from Union Square and one of the trendiest eatery areas in NYC and firsty is right, they all have "visitors" whether you see them or not.

I am sure the quiznos guys are sick at eating at their store.

Just an fyi on the corporate side YUM!!

Yum! was created on October 7, 1997, as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. an independent, publicly owned company, as a result of a spin-off from PepsiCo, who owned and franchised the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands worldwide. The chain continues to sell PepsiCo beverages and other products.

David C. Novak became Chief Executive Officer of Yum! on January 1, 2000 and Chairman of the Board on January 1, 2001. He also serves as President of Yum!, a position he has held since October 21, 1997. Mr. Novak previously served as Group President and Chief Executive Officer, KFC and Pizza Hut from August 1996 to July 1997, at which time he became acting Vice Chairman of Yum! He is a director of J.P. Morgan Chase. Novak is a member of the Yum! Brands Executive/Finance Committee.

Always a big banker behind crappy food.

I think the rats should be buried in the Bahamas.

Thank god I live in Sweden ;)

Saw a Taco Bell with a problem like this on New York Ave in Washington DC with the same problem. They were feasting on the garbage heap back by the drive through...and I DID drive through, Thank you.

It was such a problem, I had to say it twice ;-)

Man, Taco Hell just can't catch a break, can they?

Holy crap, seeing this after watching "Super Size Me" and "Fast Food Nation" makes all the difference. McDonald's ? Nevermore.
Gotta love old, rustic European food. :)

If you're eating in Taco Bell rats are the least of your problems.

Two reasons I don't eat at taco bell:
1) The rats from this article. ew.
2) I also heard they use grade F beef, which is the same grade that is used in dog food. ew.

Quick, the taco meat is getting away.

When the experts tell you that eating fast food is like eating feces, they're pretty much right.

Perhaps this was a new gonzo marketing plan designed to drum up interest in the upcoming Pixar movie, Ratataouie.

It worked for Aqua teen hunger force!

Years ago I worked a brief stint at a Taco Bell, and you will no doubt be pleased to learn that while rats are fairly common, badgers are prohibited, and can no longer be found at any Taco Bell locations in the western hemisphere. Furthermore, I have it on excellent authority that those were chihuahuas, not rats.

I was working at a Burger King where the fryer grease dripped down the wall next to a large hole broken in the hollow tile. We had at least one mouse down there living like a king on the dropped fries and the grease. Every once in a while, I'd see him scurry thorugh the dining room. I can't imagine why no one ever complained.

I talked to the manager about it and was told "Don't worry." I called in an anonymous complaint to the health department, they sent out an inspector who gave the place a clean bill of health. I can't imagine how much that must have cost them, but I guess they thought it was cheaper than cleaning up the fryer.

now we have reached the low point of the fast food industry, i can hear the stock falling now

one way to get rid of those rodents is to give them a job for a dollar a hour. soon they'll be angry and leave for somewhere else

Look at the bright side; this shows what high standards the US has for hygiene. It's nothing at all to see mice running round the restaurant here during business hours (while you're eating). I have more than once been seated at a table covered in mouse turds, first thing in the AM - because they don't wipe off the tables at night, mice come and feast on the filth all night long.