Toronto restaurants regularly undergo inspections in order to ensure that they meet certain requirements and standards, and if they don’t meet them they incur infractions, which is what’s happened to over a dozen places in the city recently.
DineSafe, an inspection system based on provincial and municipal regulations, has three types of infractions: crucial, significant and minor. If one or more significant or crucial infractions are observed at a restaurant, they are given a Conditional Pass which means that the restaurant will be reinspected.
“If the infractions are corrected and no other infractions or only Minor Infractions are found, a Pass Notice will be issued,” explains the City of Toronto. “If the infractions are not corrected by the time of the first re-inspection, a ticket will be issued and a second re-inspection will be conducted at a later date.”
Here are 15 Toronto restaurants that have received a Conditional Pass from May 1 to May 7, their addresses and how many infractions of each type they received.
- A BBQ House, 664 Yonge St. — 1 crucial, 3 significant, 2 minor
- Asmera Bar and Restaurant, 1236 Danforth Ave. — 2 significant
- Banquet Burger, 940 Bloor St W. — 1 significant
- Bantama Supermarket, 2300 Finch Ave W., Unit-48 — 1 crucial, 4 significant, 4 minor, 1 other
- Feed Scarborough, 772 Warden Ave. — 1 significant, 1 minor
- Ginger Restaurant, 212 Queen St W. — 1 crucial, 1 significant, 1 minor
- High Park Villa, 2140 Bloor St W. – 1 crucial, 2 significant, 1 minor, 1 other
- Kibo Sushi House, 2300 Keele St. — 1 significant, 2 minor
- Morgans on the Danforth, 1282 Danforth Ave. — 2 crucial, 3 significant, 2 minor, 1 other
- New Banadir Restaurant, 2007 Lawrence Ave W. — 1 crucial, 3 significant
- Owl of Minerva, 5324 Yonge St. — 1 crucial, 1 significant, 1 minor
- Papa Johns Pizza, 1269 College St., Unit-1, — 1 crucial, 2 significant
- Paramount Lebanese Kitchen, 181 Bay St. — 2 significant, 2 minor
- Subway, 1016 Pape Ave. — 7 significant, 1 minor, 1 other
- Yupdduk Bloor, 612 Bloor St W. — 1 crucial, 1 significant, 1 minor
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