MILWAUKEE - Do you know what's in your favorite drink? The same health rules apply to restaurants and bars; so we wanted to see what's going on behind the bar. We're not talking about just pouring and mixing here but twists, garnish, shaking and stirring. We wanted to know how clean is your local watering hole? Special drinks and special ingredients especially in a Milwaukee Bloody Mary. It comes loaded with garnish. Guess what? Alcohol doesn't completely kill off germs. We randomly visited some local hot spots with a hidden camera to see how they deal with the food part of the bar tending job. We then collected samples from our drinks. Lemons, limes and cherries. We took those samples to a local lab for testing. The good news: there were no dangerous bacteria, but we did find some unsanitary conditions that could lead to contamination. "We had one sample that was considerably higher than the rest," microbiologist Gil Kelley from SF Analytical Laboratories told us. All the samples showed some bacteria. Kelly pointed out the number of reasons why. "They may not have been handled properly as they were cut. Something may have been spilled on them, and they may not have been washed very well to start with." The worst bacteria at mi-key's in downtown Milwaukee. The lemon/lime we tested had a 7540 bacteria count. Our control was also a lemon/lime. We washed and cut it with a clean knife and hands. Bacteria count, less than 10. We looked at mi-key's latest health report to see if it's an ongoing issue. Inspectors found no soap at the back bar sink and fruit flies. A 2007 inspection had some of the same issues. mi-key's didn't want to talk to us on camera, but they did look into our test results and released this statement. "We are proud of our restaurant and bar operations and strive for only the best in service, quality and cleanliness. We appreciate the station bringing these results to our attention ... while the test results raised no health concerns, we still take such information seriously and used it as an opportunity to enhance our procedures." These types of violations are not unique to mi-key's. Recent inspections of area bars show no hand washing, mishandling of ice and picking up condiments with bare hands. All things that can make bar patrons sick. Paul Biedrzycki is a disease control specialist with the City of Milwaukee. He says, "Bars enjoy the same scrutiny of public health attention during an inspection. We consider the condiments and ice food." Biedrzycki is an expert when he comes to bacteria and how it spreads. "Either contaminated ice, contaminated condiments or poorly washed bar ware." What did concern him, what our hidden cam picked up. An employee digging in a big jar of cherries. "That's considered unsanitary practice," Biedrzycki commented. The woman's hand touches the cherries, the string to her sweatshirt gets caught in the jar and, "the forearm is rubbing against the entire jar too which would be considered undesirable," Biedrzycki noted. The bottom line here, not too bad but there's always room for improvement.