by Tim Zagat, Zagat Survey

The New York City Board of Health has voted to require the city’s 24,000-plus restaurants to post at their front doors letter grades reflecting the results of their sanitary inspections. The grades range from A (for the highest level of cleanliness) to B (passing) to C (failing).

Not surprisingly, some restaurateurs and their trade association, the New York State Restaurant Association, have reacted with alarm, claiming that the new system will give a “black eye” to the industry. The association’s representatives have hinted that they may challenge the regulation in court.

They’re woefully misguided.

This system can only benefit the restaurant industry, and the health board has been eminently reasonable in what it proposes to do. What’s more, the public overwhelmingly favors the idea. In a recent survey by my company, 83 percent of respondents said that they would like to have grades posted.

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