Any fast food restaurant with lots of uncooked ingredients will make you sick. See chipotle

Ate at Bethesda Row yesterday and enjoyed, no issues. Arugula, basamati, braised pork, hummus, eggplant, just to name some ingredients mentioned.
I get carry out there about once a month, never had a problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, more than once. I think it is because of the food sitting in those trays, just adding more to the top; an invitation for disaster as it sits. I always ask the server to change gloves at my order. The way they would grab lettuce etc with their hands was always unsettling.

Did it last for weeks? I think I picked up something more serous than food poisoning.

I am just getting over something from another restaurant that has lasted almost a month. I think there is something going around.

You could have E. coli. You can get tested for it. I once had it and my stomach would hurt after every meal. Terrible pain.

Anonymous wrote:H Pylori

I was recently diagnosed with H. Pylori and Cava is the only new addition to my diet. I'm wondering if I picked it up there??

Funny that somebody has resurrected this thread - I was just mentally thanking OP the other day: after reading this thread several months ago I also thought that it was ringing true. So I went recently again (mostly because it seemed like a healthy and reasonably tasty option in the area) and, lo and behold, horrible diarrhea. And I specifically had no romaine, no tahini, no rice - none of the suspects suggested in this thread.
My experimenting with CAVA is over - never going back.

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Anonymous wrote:I can say that I got ill very quickly after eating there,so I knew for certain it was because of cava. I also couldn’t hold anything down, I’m talking Very sick

Food poisoning doesn’t show up immediately, usually.

True, but food sensitivities do. For me if I eat red onions, eggplant or cauliflower I am in the bathroom in about 15 minutes.

Anonymous wrote:I can say that I got ill very quickly after eating there,so I knew for certain it was because of cava. I also couldn’t hold anything down, I’m talking Very sick

Food poisoning doesn’t show up immediately, usually.

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Anonymous wrote:I have this issue with Cava! Which is too bad because I love it. Happened multiple times so we have stopped going.

I wonder if it’s the warm meat on the greens?

Are you eating eggplant/dip? It’s a trigger for some.

I posted earlier. My DH thinks he’s narrowed it down to the rice. There must be something in it, because he eats home-cooked rice without issue.

Interesting. A friend of mine was just talking about this happening to her, we live on the opposite side of the country.

I have eaten at Cava four times and almost every time I feel intestinal discomfort and queasiness. Same basic ingredients I would get at sweet green so I do expect it's food safety issues

I never feel good after Cava. I have friends that absolutely adore it so I’ve tried a few times but obviously feeling ill each time I won’t return. I’m vegetarian and have only gotten vegan options. No clue what it is, as I’m not typically a sensitive belly type.

There is a problem with food prep/storage in this area

Anonymous wrote:I have this issue with Cava! Which is too bad because I love it. Happened multiple times so we have stopped going.

I wonder if it’s the warm meat on the greens?

Are you eating eggplant/dip? It’s a trigger for some.

I have this issue with Cava! Which is too bad because I love it. Happened multiple times so we have stopped going.

I wonder if it’s the warm meat on the greens?

Not Cava, but my mom gets extremely sick after Indian food and determined at some point it was the cumin (which is in a lot of different types of food).

Sometimes it's not the restaurant but even a relatively minor seasoning.