Two Toronto establishments, including one popular chain restaurant, were slammed with nine infractions each from city health inspectors.
Shoeless Joe’s has more than 25 locations across Canada, with the bulk of its restaurants in Ontario.
But it was the 249 Queens Quay W. location that received one crucial violation, two significant infractions and six minor breaches during a Feb. 19 inspection, according to Toronto Public Health.
The sports grill received a conditional pass notice and remains open to the public.
Its lone crucial infraction was storing ice in an unsanitary manner, while its two significant violations were failing to keep the sanitary facility clean and the mechanical equipment not maintained to provide clean wash water.
The bulk of its minor infractions involved the food-handling room, including it not being maintained in sanitary condition, with the floors receiving a special call-out — namely its cleanliness and also that the spaces where food is handled was “not maintained with smooth floor surface.”
The room also had equipment not regularly used in it, another no-no.
As for the restaurant itself, it was “not maintained to permit cleaning of ceilings,” while employees failed to ensure equipment surface was sanitized as necessary.
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Meanwhile, an Asian Gourmet outlet also received nine violations — two crucial, three significant and four minor.
The food court-style eatery, which has a handful of locations across the GTA, is known for its dishes prepared by wok or grill including orange chicken, short ribs and Singapore noodles.
Asian Gourmet’s 700 Lawrence Ave. W. location in Lawrence Allen Centre received a conditional pass notice on Friday and remains open to the public, TPH reported.
The two crucial infractions were failing to ensure a food handler on the premises washed their hands as necessary to prevent contamination of food and failing to protect food from contamination or adulteration.
The three significant infractions were using utensils and food equipment “not of readily cleanable form, and sanitizing utensils in a chlorine solution “of less than 100 p.p.m. (parts per million).”
The four minor issues were failing to ensure equipment surfaces were sanitized as necessary, and the food-handling room not maintained in sanitary condition, with an inspector specifically noting room’s floors and walls were not maintained in clean condition.
A detailed list of infractions at Toronto restaurants can be found on DineSafe.