10 Germiest Places in a Restaurant (Hint: Bathroom Isn’t No. 1)

ABC News Consumer Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy went undercover at 10 restaurants in three states and took swab samples from 10 surfaces at each restaurant. Then the New York University Microbiology Department lab tested the samples. After reading these results, you may never feel the same about handling a restaurant menu. It turns out, sometimes the spotless-looking surfaces

ABC News Consumer Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy went undercover at 10 restaurants in three states and took swab samples from 10 surfaces at each restaurant. Then the New York University Microbiology Department lab tested the samples. After reading these results, you may never feel the same about handling a restaurant menu. It turns out, sometimes the spotless-looking surfaces are the germiest, while the places you'd expect to be the worst aren't actually that bad.

ABC News, 11/16/2012

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