Diners grilling restos over seafood sourcing

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June 22, 2010

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Distance doesn’t seem to matter. No matter how far they are from the Gulf, waiters and waitresses throughout the nation are getting the same grilling by diners. Is your seafood clean? After months of watching news coverage of tar balls washing up on beaches and oil-soaked wildlife, customers are asking questions about the where their food was fished from, especially items closely associated with the Gulf, such as shrimp and oysters. “We have two oyster dishes on our menu and people want to know where they are from,” said Bryce Statham owner of the Blue Moon Fish Co., in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla.

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Diners grilling restos over seafood sourcing. (2010, June 22). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A20.