St. Elmo violated public health order last summer, report says

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24 thoughts on “St. Elmo violated public health order last summer, report says

  1. How is this news? There was an issue 9 months ago, nothing has been found to be out of place since. You’re trying to create drama out of NOTHING here. I have no connection to this issue, but this is drama journalism with no substance. I expect more from the IBJ.

  2. I agree w/T.S. How about finding out details on the 9 cases? Cooks, wait staff, management, other? Any new case reports since Saturday? All they did was dredge up old news.

  3. Could we please use the temperature scans before employees enter restaurants and bars. If running a temperature, they need to get a COVID test or find out the issue before returning. Treat the sick not the healthy. Avoid people if you don’t feel well. Don’t keep it a secret. It would be amazing how quickly a lot of this spread would slow or stop if people cared enough to use common sense.

    1. Neil, I agree taking temp is a good idea, but it is insufficient to maintain safety. Symptoms occur on average 5-7 days after exposure. People may spread COVID-19 as soon as 2-3 days before developing symptoms. That means for people who develop symptoms, day 1 of exposure you are not contagious, days 2-4 you are contagious but still not symptomatic, and then your symptoms (like temp) finally show up. Then there are those who are never symptomatic. About 20% of people exposed are and remain asymptomatic, though evidence is strong that they are still contagious.

  4. Correct Headline: St. Elmo’s in compliance with health standards at time of outbreak. When out of compliance in 2020, no connected cases were reported.

  5. The IBJ is AS BAD as the rest of the media. The staff there is so stupid, they don’t realize that targeting local successful businesses with misleading clickbait is bad for their newspaper.

  6. I agree with the comments on why is this news. So many businesses have been dealing with the COVID issues effecting staff and why the IBJ chooses to single out a long standing pillar of community restaurants is beyond me. I’ve considered dropping my 30+ year subscription to the IBJ and this will certainly be a reason if this continues. IBJ should be PRO-Business without this kind of drama.

  7. After reading the story, I was planning to comment, but everyone on here is spot on. No need for me to jump in! New headline for the author, “St. Elmo’s closed down in March 2020 because of COVID mandated closure”.

  8. Old news, corrected ever since, but that doesn’t stop IBJ from trying to stir the pot. What was the intent of this story, other than to throw out of date shade on a venerable Indy institution?

  9. Foolish reporting. The incident in August was due to a communication error many Marion County restaurants had with the Mayor’s office on what constitutes a “bar” area. Two weeks later they were given the all clear. Why is this report even coming out, other than to besmirch the reputation of, as others have mentioned, a cornerstone of the food landscape for over 100 years in our City. I applaud the management at St. Elmo for being proactive in closing the restaurant and alerting the Health Department. Perhaps an article about how handling a business in this particular way sets the standard of how restaurants should operate during the pandemic?

  10. I agree with all of the comments, this publication is quickly becoming another subscription that is not necessary, worthless articles like this with no real value. Somehow they feel it is news to report an 8 month old non-story as if that has some relevance to the recent events. This brand of restaurants does not operate in every major metro area like many others, their image in this area is all that they have so I would say that they go above and beyond to keep guests safe. I have visited their north side location a few times and was always impressed by their attention to the safety details. I also recall reading that the Owner of the chain had a very long and rough fight with COVID in Florida, if I am not mistaken.

  11. I agree w all here. They VOLUNTARILY closed after their employees were sick to help protect the public and the families of their employees. This was done during one of the most profitable times for our city. Kudos to them. I’m sure it was a tough decision, and I applaud them for taking this step and to do the deep cleaning. The headline and overall feel of the story is terrible.

  12. Haha. You might well be right about the contributions, Jeffery R. I sent an email to Susan Orr, the author and will let you know what or if she responds.

    1. perhaps a few more dinners on the house for Mayor Joe could’ve averted this!

  13. Please email author and owners of IBJ with your thoughts. Zero facts to make claim made in article. On verge of canceling my 20+ year subscription due to this article.

  14. Disappointed in your reporting….don’t be like others just searching how to make something worse than it already is. Let’s focus on the fact they closed for the safety of their employees and guests. Like other establishments in our city….trying to stay afloat while doing what’s right.

  15. This is a legitimate story since it had not been reported earlier.

    The MISSING story is what is the restaurant doing for the customers who ate there this weekend? We did, and have not heard a thing from them, i.e. no contact tracing.

    Surprised and disappointed. Nothing on Elmo’s twitter page and the website still shows the restaurant as open.

    As badly handled and the Park Tudor debacle of a few years ago.

  16. This reporting is entirely accurate and acceptable. It’s no different than reporting the driving record of a truck driver involved in a serious crash.

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