13+ Things You Shouldn't Eat at a Restaurant

Planning a romantic restaurant dinner for Valentine's Day? We asked restaurant industry insiders which foods you should skip, whether it's to avoid outrageous markups, food poisoning, or germ minefields.

By Sheri Alzeerah

1. Meat with the Bone In


Small cuts of meat, like bone-in pork or chicken breasts, are harder to cook thoroughly because their outsides easily char. This often translates to crispy on the outside and raw on the inside. Unlike undercooked beef—say, a rare burger or a steak tartare—undercooked pork and chicken are highly dangerous and could causes food-borne illnesses.

Plus, bone-in means less meat.

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5 comments

    Then..what is the point of eating at a restaurant if there is nothing to eat? This is just a load of nonsense

    Most of these problems can usually be avoided by eating at good quality restaurants.

    So, what I've learned from this is article is that I shouldn't cook my own food but instead leave it to the chefs to do, but everything they serve me in a restaurant will be a rip-off.
    Nice work...good reporting.

    Amen.  This article was total nonsense.

    Agreed 100%, nice "chefs" you interviewed, making frozen pizzas in their toaster ovens. The place I worked at for years never even had a microwave. Frozen edamame makes for a great healthy inexpensive bar snack also. Sure it's just heated up, but it's quality. This article is basically telling you what you can expect at you local run down s***hole bar and grill. For the record, chicken is great when prepared properly, and I made my bread from scratch and had customers love it so much that's all they'd order sometimes.

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