Jon Ahagenson said the last week has been “a whole ordeal.”
As a bartender at Madre Oaxacan Restaurant & Mezcaleria in Valencia — the subject of an L.A. County Department of Public Health investigation that has yielded 40 cases of salmonella, as of Thursday, in an outbreak linked to the restaurant — he said it’s been a long eight days getting ready to reopen.
The restaurant was closed by Public Health last week following numerous reports of people experiencing symptoms of food poisoning after dining there earlier this month. A Public Health inspection conducted last week yielded a “C” rating, with 12 violations listed in the report…