‘I could not believe my eyes’: Man finds razor inside his burrito at restaurant

MILWAUKEE (WISN) – A Qdoba restaurant in Wisconsin temporarily shut its doors after a man said he found a razor in a burrito he ordered there.

Scott Siewert reported finding the razor in his food in 2023.

However, when the location’s licensing was up for renewal this month, the Milwaukee Common Council voted for the store’s closure.

Siewert said he ordered two pork burritos at the Qdoba on Brady Street in Milwaukee on Halloween this past year.

“You hear stories of Halloween with apples that have razors in them,” he said. “I never dreamed I’d have a burrito with a razor in it.”

He said the first burrito was “delicious” but the second one had an extra unexpected ingredient.

“I reached in my mouth and pulled out this razor blade,” he said. “And I could not believe my eyes.”

Siewert then called the Milwaukee Health Department, which said it took the razor Siewert found back to Qdoba and compared it to a bag cutting tool used at the restaurant.

The department said it was a match.

Siewert said he also emailed Qdoba’s corporate offices, getting a response days later which said, in part, it would offer him “2 free meals.”

Siewert said he expected a better response to his complaint.

“You know, as an owner, I would have personally called whoever and talked with them and explained how sorry I was. And find some way of making it up,” he said.

When the Qdoba location’s licensing renewal came up, the Milwaukee Common Council decided to close its doors for 10 days.

“Employees mess up sometimes. OK. That’s the world we live in. It happened to me. And I’ll never be able to eat at another Qdoba again,” Siewert said.

He said he’s blessed he didn’t swallow the razor.

At the council meeting this past Tuesday, the Qdoba restaurant’s owner said the razor incident was serious. The store now uses scissors to open food bags.

The location is set to reopen on June 21.

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