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I just heard a sad story about one of my former favorite spots – Dojo. When I first moved to the city, I loved Dojo since it’s super cheap and has plenty of veggie options for me. Now that I’m working in the West Village, I mentioned to a coworker that I might have lunch there sometime soon. He responded by relating a disturbing incident his friend had experienced while dining there. She had ordered a salad (something I had frequently ordered to get the tasty carrot ginger dressing). When it arrived, she saw a live cockroach crawling in it! When she pointed this out to the server, the server’s response was, “Oh, yeah. They like the salad.”

Now I realize cockroaches probably inhabit many NYC restaurant kitchens. But to have one actually in your dish and a server who doesn’t seem particularly concerned about the situation, that’s disturbing. I don’t think I’ll be going there again!