Restaurant kitchens are generally safer germ wise then most home kitchens. Also when people get food poisoning, they do not realize that many types of food poisoning can take anywhere from 4 hours to 10 days to develop yet they blame it on the restaurant they ate lunch at yesterday. hat being said, yes there are lot of disgusting restaurant kitchens out there and many cities/counties publish health inspection reports on their respective websites.

If you really want to get paranoid about food borne illnesses , take a local food safety course, I had to take the course 2x....it will make you think twice about putting any food in your mouth

From this website:
Myth #3 - "Food prepared at home is much safer than restaurant food. If I get foodborne illness, it is probably because I ate something bad at a restaurant."

In fact, the opposite is true. Experts say that poor home food-handling practices cause more foodborne illness than professionally prepared food. Most professional food handlers have been trained in safe techniques and are careful about how the food is prepared, cooked and stored. After all, an outbreak of foodborne illness traced to a restaurant can permanently harm business.

At home, however, most people think they use safe practices. "I've always done it this way, and no one has gotten sick in the past," is often heard. Well, you may have gotten sick many times and thought you had the flu. (See Myth #1) Also, there are many more dangers in foods than there used to be. Salmonella has appeared in raw eggs, E. coli in ground beef, and exotic bugs on the imported fruits that have recently appeared in our supermarkets.

Educate yourself on safe food practices. Be willing to change your attitudes about handling food in your kitchen. Your family and your stomach will thank you.