Vancouver roadhouse reopens after 22 fell ill
SALMON CREEK, Wash. -- Billygan’s Roadhouse, a Vancouver restaurant that sickened 22 people, opened back up to patrons on Monday morning.
Clark County health officials lifted a closure order for the restaurant at 13200 N.E. Highway 99 in Salmon Creek after restaurant staff spent the weekend extensively cleaning.
The roadhouse was closed on Friday after it was confirmed that nearly two dozen patrons fell ill with gastroenteritis after eating there. County health officials suspected viral gastroenteritis because all patrons’ symptoms included nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Billygan’s staff closed the restaurant for at least 48 hours, so they could clean and sanitize all surfaces and equipment and discard potentially contaminated food.
The source of the contamination has not been specified.
"We believe transmission no longer threatens patrons and employees and we're pleased that service can resume," Clark County Health Officer Alan Melnick said in a statement released on Monday.
The roadhouse opened just after 11 a.m. Monday, said Don Strick, spokesman for Clark County Public Health.
lets all rush out and pay 4 times as much for crap we could have made at home....then, lets whine about gas and health care prices.  HELLOÂ
Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.
Kudos to the Health Department for doing their job. Â
Is that the dinner bell I just heard?
Um, no.
It's all clean now....Lets go Eat !!! ....I hope that nausea, vomiting and diarrhea are still on the Menu......
@Glenn Pierce Wonder if today's special was Salmon?
One or two getting sick, might have been the peanuts...22 getting sick, most likely from contaminated vegetables in thier salads...one bad head of lettuce, from a field in Mexico, where the workers regularly poop in the rows while working, wipe themselves with thier hands an dirt, then go back to picking....yummie....sure hope they track the source.
@flyingtime So Billygans was the only restaurant to buy this produce? The supplier needs a better sales staff!
Ya gotta wonder, of the customers that regurgitate their food onto the floor, how many are washing their hands after using the restroom and then plunging their hands back into the peanut barrel?
I happen to enjoy most of the food there. And peanuts? Love, love, love them.
And where else can you fling your shells on the floor? The less people who like this practice, the better for me. Less time waiting for a table....:)
@NotAChance Don't worry, you won't be waiting for a table in this lifetime. But hey, I respect your right to eat anywhere you want.
right on jeff, i imagine after this you can have any table you want, even at 6 on a friday night!  lol! what a dump!
Yippie, somewhere to go again and spit saliva soaked peanuts on the floor. WOW why doesn't every fine dining spot encourage this civil eating ritual?
@Jeff Harrington Five Guys Burgers And Fries has peanuts you can throw on the floor as well. Same thing.
@liberty  so what, the food at both places is crap! why not throw it on the floor?
@Liberty4_WA @Jeff Harrington Ok, now I feel better. Really,  they promote throwing food waste on the floor also? Is this promoted in the kitchen as well?
you like muchos crappius too i suppose? one in the same!
@Jeff Harrington @Liberty4_WA As far as the kitchen, don't know but I would doubt it. As far as the eating area, they encourage it.
My kind of place. so...stay away!
never could get past the peanut shells all over the floors! never will eat there!  never!