Johnny B's Restaurant — Restaurant in Truth or Consequences

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I honestly have never written a bad review on a restaurant in my entire life. But after going to this place a MONTH ago and I am still dealing with stomach issues, I need to say something.

My partner and I took a dear friend of mine to T or C so she could experience hot springs for the first time! The trip was going amazing, until we came to johnny B's.

I got a roast beef sandwich, I tried to find the freshest sounding meal on the menu. My partner got a philly cheese steak and my friend got chicken fried steak. ALL of the food made us sick. My friends meal looked like a TV dinner, frozen vegetables, no flavor. The philly was okay but upset his stomach immediately, and my meal was by far the worst.

The roast beef was literally grey, the most unappetizing color you can think of. I was so hungry I didn't notice until I started feeling sick and inspected the plate. I ate maybe 4 bites of the sandwich and immediately started feeling like I got food poisoning. I was dry heaving at the table, my guts were bubbling, I was extremely nauseous. I had to go to the bathroom and throw up during our meal. And that is just the start.

My friend and partner didn't feel sick as fast as I did. But by the time I came out of the bathroom they both were nauseous as well. Id say we all finished about half of our meal or less. This was the first time Ive walked out of a restaurant, leaving food on the table, it was so bad that we just paid and left.

Furthermore, Johnny B's basically ruined the rest of our day. We were all taking turns throwing up in the bathroom and almost completely missed our soak at the Hoosier hot springs. I felt so extremely sick, like I had eaten death. We ended up going home early because I couldn't enjoy anything. On the drive back I held a puke bucket the whole way.

The next day I felt a bit better. But now I'm getting to the craziest part, the reason I am currently writing this review. Ever since that meal at Johnny B's, I cannot keep food down the same. I think they gave me a parasite or bug. The only food I can eat without feeling either extremely nauseous or actually throwing up, is fresh fruit. I am a cook myself, so it's extremely disappointing for me to not be able to enjoy my own food.

This morning I ate a tiny serving of mexican rice with some homemade sourdough bread. my Mother in law also ate with me and she is completely fine. But 15 minutes later I was on the toilet with diarrhea, and throwing up at the same time. that is how its been with almost any meal I eat since that day.

I feel scared to eat now. I know it was the restaurant because nothing like this has happened to me before. I don't know if the chef was going through something that day, or it was the meat in my sandwhich, but I have never, EVER, thought a restaurant could negatively impact me this badly.

I will be contacting the health department to do a check up on this restaurant. We spoke to a few people in town about our experience and they also agreed they have gotten sick from Johnny B's. I don't understand how they are still running. I have now been suffering the consequences for weeks, and I didn't even finish my food. Imagine if I did.

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