Uncategorized
Madrid’s “Duck” Disaster: Restaurant Closed After Inspectors Find Street Pigeons Drying on a Clothesline
What began as a routine health check at Jin Gu (Usera district) ended with police tape, gas masks, and a question no diner wants asked: “Was that actually duck?”
Inspectors followed months of resident complaints about a rotting-seafood stench and boxes left curbside. Inside they discovered:
-
Eight freezers stuffed with unlabeled, expired meat (species unknown)
-
Plucked pigeons hung like laundry above rat traps
-
A hidden back room: 300 kg of spoiled seafood, mold-coated walls, zero working thermometers
-
Missing fire extinguishers, blocked exits, grease dripping into vents
Preliminary DNA tests confirm pigeon meat in multiple “roast duck” dishes.
Legal Fallout
-
Owner faces public-health endangerment, animal cruelty, consumer fraud
-
City vows tighter inspections; animal-rights groups demand urban-wildlife protections
Customer Fallout
Former regulars react with disgust and betrayal:
“We ordered every Sunday. I’ll never eat out without peeking in the kitchen again.”
Former regulars react with disgust and betrayal:
“We ordered every Sunday. I’ll never eat out without peeking in the kitchen again.”
Jin Gu’s 4.2-star Google rating has crashed to 1.2 overnight; the top review now reads simply: “It was pigeons. Pigeons.”
