The Los Angeles Department of Public Health (L.A. Public Health) has received reports of more than 40 restaurants across the Southland and in Las Vegas serving raw oysters that made people sick, according to data obtained from the health department by L.A. TACO through a public records request.
Locations, where people have reportedly been served contaminated oysters, range from swanky fine dining establishments and major grocery outlets to some of the city’s hottest new restaurants.
In most cases, the health department only received one complaint about each particular business.
Restaurants that people reported to the health department more than once include Blue Water Grill, the casual seafood fine dining chain with locations across the county, and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouses. Mexico City-influenced mariscos spots Loreto and LA Cha Cha Cha were also reported more than once.
The reports were filed after L.A. Public Health warned consumers about eating raw oysters from “certain areas of Mexico” in early January.