If what they feel comfortable letting you see is filthy, by an objective measure, then you can imagine what the back of the house, the PART they don't want you to see, looks like. If the front of the house if filthy, the back of the house if far worse. The exact count does not matter seriously, more than a few dirty, smelling of ancient ketchup, trays piled high near the front entrance is way more than enough. Since the place is not that large, I don't' know …it holds 50 people, -perhaps? Anyhow, the place was not crowded at a quarter to 8pm on a Friday night (for a supposedly well loved burger place, that in itself sticks out like that proverbial sore thumb), so I have no idea why there were what appeared to be hundreds and hundreds of trays up front.

And the trays there were stacks of dirty plastic cafeteria-type trays everywhere. For example: the greasy finger and hand print smeared front door, and the rough-looking staff standing up front wearing stained, overly-worn aprons that were in desperate need of laundering. Upon walking in, I immediately noticed how dirty everything looked. Golden Star, located just a few blocks north across the Toronto city line on Yonge St., on the Markham side of Thornhill, ON. I really wanted to love this place, but I don’t. I was certain I was going to be delighted by this Golden Star, but I was wrong. By Restaurantica12 JI was certain I was going to be delighted by this.

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