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What happened...
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was hastily torn off, was left
by the local department of
Public Health.
On December 15. 2005, The
Mills Restaurant was shut
down by the department
after it discovered a number
of violations during a routine
inspection, four of which were
critical.
Accordingto the inspection
form on file at 200 Main Street
in Hyannis, critical violations
included no sanitizer being
used in the low-temperature
dishwasher, an inadequate
supply of hot water in the
kitchen,aleakingfaucet at the
handsink, and water "pouring
out of men's and ladies' room
faucets."
Other non-critical viola-
tions included foreign debris
in the ice machine,improperly
hung mops and brooms, and
missingand damaged flooring
that did not meet code.
Calls to the Freitas'various
telephones revealed that all
numbers have been discon-
nected with no forwarding
information.
Heather Reilly had worked
at The Millsfor sixyears when
the Freitas' assumed owner-
ship.At first shewelcomed the
change. "Ithought everything
would be great.I did so much
for her," she said of Fabienne
Freitas who ranthe restaurant
while her husband, Matthew,
worked as an engineer off-
Cape.
Recounting her experiences
following Freitas' ownership,
Reilly's face darkens and her
eyes well. "I was there for
eight years. I loved my job so
much,"she said, softly. "It was
so difficult. "
The Freitas'had only owned
The Mills a few weeks when
Reilly began to notice drastic
differences. "There were just
so many things that were
wrong," she said.
According to Reilly and
fellow waitress Jen Bohnen-
berger, Fabienne Freitas was
extremely unpleasantto work
for. "She made every one of us
cry at some point,"said Reilly.
"She wasn't a very nice per-
son." Added Bohnenberger,
"That's putting it mildly."
Reilly and Bohnenberger
watched helplessly as-the
conditions in the once well-
maintained restaurant grew
worse with each passing day.
"When Nick got an order ,
if it was tomatoes or fish ,
he'd check every fish, every
tomato ," explained Bohnen-
berger. "If one was bad he'd
refuse the order.Fabiennejust
didn't care."
The women knew things
were bad when the longtime
cook finally quit because he
was unable to work under
such questionable conditions.
"We knew that once Nathan
left we were done," Bohnen-
berger said.
Indeed , the two women
packed it in not long after. For
Reilly the decision to leave af-
ter so many years was agoniz-
ing."It gave menightmares for
three months,"she explained.
"I couldn't sleep."
Her mind was clouded with
images of meats and eggs
sitting out on countertops
all day in the warm kitchen.
"Customers were complaining
about getting violently illfrom
eating the food ," Reilly said,
noting that she was moved
on one occasion to document
conditions with the camera on
her cell phone.
"Heather and I truly loved
our customers andkept think-
ing it would get better," said
Bohnenberger of the duo's
hesitancy to leave. "We went
from lovingourjobs to dread-
ing our jobs."
It got to the point where the
women were bringing their
own lunches, fearful of con-
suming meals being prepared
in The Mills' kitchen. "We
couldn't even recommend the
food any more," said Reilly.
The women didn 't have
to. It didn't take long before
devoted customers noticed
that the food quality was
growing increasingly poor.
"You used to go there and
wait and wait for a table,"
said Ron Nash alluding to the
restaurant's popularity. "The
food was phenomenal before
she owned it."
Peter Epstein used to visit
The Mills when he would visit
during vactions from work in
Asia. "The Mills was a place
that I always looked forward
to going.When Idid it wastyp-
icallywithgreat satisfaction,"
explained Epstein. "When
I moved back to the States
I made it one of my regular
spots for breakfast and some-
times lunch. A substandard
mealhere and there was easily
forgiveable but they became
more frequent, to the point
where I felt less enthusiastic
about goingthere."Eventually
Epstein stopped going to The
Millsinfavor of higher-quality
restaurants such as Breaking
Grounds in Osterville.
It helped that both Reilly
and Bohnenberger ended up
at Breaking Grounds. Their
loyal clientele now had aplace
to visit them. "It's such anice
change cominghere after her,"
said Reilly. "You wake up and
you're happy you are going
to work."
Because the relationship
between the customers at The
Mills and the two waitresses
was so strong, their employ-
ment at Breaking Grounds
has been a bonus for owner
Timothy McDonough. "He's
definitely benefited ," said
Bohnenberger. Added Reilly,
"We could have been her big-
gest assets."
To see the once-successful
restaurant closed is disap-
pointing for former owner
Colleen Korniotis. "It was
a great place ," she said. "It
was a community, a gather-
ing place."
Korniotis and her husband.
Nick, hope that there will be
another restaurant there in
time. "We need it," said Col-
leen.
Bohnenberger and Reil-
ly share those sentiments.
"People drove from all over
for the food ," said Reilly. "It
was a landmark for so many
years."
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classrooms and awiderlook at
all the system's aging "Baby
Boomer" schools.
Marina Brock, senior envi-
ronmental specialist for envi-
ronmental health and safety
for the county, conducted the
surveys and willreport back to
the administration shortly.
Starting in next year'sbud-
get, the school committee set
aside funding to thoroughly
clean two or three schools a
year, including HVAC equip-
ment and ducts.
McDonald proposed a five-
year full cleaning rotation for
10 of the district's 11 school
buildings. Absent from the
list was Osterville Bay El-
ementary School,whichis set
to be closed at the end of the
2006-'07 school year.
As outlined by McDonald,
who said the order remains
subject to change, the rota-
tion would see HyannisWest,
Centerville and Barnstable-
West Barnstable cleaned this
summer; Year 2 - Osterville,
Cotuit and Marstons Mills;
Year 3 - Marstons Mills East
and the Barnstable Horace
Mann Charter School; Year4
- the high school; Year5 - the
middle school and back to
Hyannis East.
The proposal was termed
a draft and is subject to any
immediate health and safety
issues that could be identified
in Brock's review.
"Inmost of the schools,this
has never been done," school
committee chairman Ralph
Cahoon said.
In addition to the fullbuild-
ing cleaning, McDonald said,
there willbe money available
to address unique issues at
various school buildings.
McDonald alsosaidthat the
proposal will be reviewed by
the new district-widefacilities
manager when hired. Final
interviews for that post are
scheduled for next week,with
a decision to follow shortly.
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