Fifteen restaurants closed, fined for health violations in recent months
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Winnipeg Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*$1 will be added to your next bill. After your 4 weeks access is complete your rate will increase by $0.00 a X percent off the regular rate.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 14/07/2017 (2989 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Turns out the Healthy Chef wasn’t as healthy as health inspectors wanted it to be.
The restaurant, located inside the Eriksdale Inn on Highway 6 in Eriksdale, was ordered closed for 10 days starting May 19, after provincial health inspectors found it had rodents inside and the establishment was in an insanitary condition.
It’s just one of nine restaurants and food-service establishments that have been closed in Manitoba for health violations since the Free Press last looked at the province’s health protection report in February.
During the same time period, six other restaurants were convicted of health violations and fined.
The Free Press left a request for comment at the Healthy Chef restaurant, but a manager or owner did not call back.
A worker at the restaurant said in the wake of the shutdown, it is no longer called the Healthy Chef. It has now reopened as the Kitchen, with a scaled-back menu.
Peter Parys, Manitoba Health’s director of environmental health, said it doesn’t matter where a restaurant is located for health inspectors to order them closed: rural restaurants are held to the same standards as urban ones.
“We apply the same risk-assessment criteria,” he said. “We determine whether it is a high risk, a medium risk or a low risk. Depending on which assessment, a restaurant is inspected three, two or one inspection per year.
“We are there doing regular inspections to make sure the public is protected.”
Parys said 49 inspectors fan out across the province to inspect 6,264 restaurants, including 3,256 in Winnipeg, but also swimming pools and hot tubs in hotels and other public places, and personal-services outlets, including tattoo studios and hair salons.
“When you look at the number of establishments we close compared to the total number in the province, it is a very small number. For most of our inspections we find they are well-run.”
kevin.rollason@freepress.mb.ca
wfppdf:http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/documents/closures.pdf| Manitoba Health Establishment Closures July 13, 2017: wfppdfwfppdf:http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/documents/convictions.pdf| Manitoba Health Establishment Convictions July 11, 2017:wfppdf
Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
Every piece of reporting Kevin produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Restaurants and other food service establishments closed due to Manitoba health violations, Jan – July 2017
Bimi Japanese Restaurant (1893 Grant Ave.), July 4-6 — Food-contacted surfaces of equipment not thoroughly cleaned and sanitized.
Coconut Island Thai Cuisine (1607 Pembina Hwy.), June 28-July 13 — Poor general sanitation, didn’t take effective measures to stop entry of pests.
Sub Shop (510 1st St., Brandon), April 4-May 2— Failed to ensure utensils are washed in first sink, rinsed in second and sanitized in third.
Eriksdale Inn, a.k.a. The Healthy Chef (Highway 6, Eriksdale), May 19-29 — Rodent infestation and insanitary conditions.
Panda Restaurant (3512 Roblin Blvd.), April 26-28, 2017 — Failed to protect food from potential contamination and to keep establishment clean and in good repair.
Dim Sum Garden Restaurant (268 King St.), March 29-April 3 — Prepared food under insanitary conditions and operating with poor general sanitation.
Oriental Pearl (407 Marion St.), March 16-17 — Evidence of rodent infestation and preparing food under insanitary conditions.
Didar Grocery Mart (1-110 Adamar Rd.), March 16-20 — Failed to take effective measures to stop rodents from entering and failed to protect food from contamination.
Chicken Delight (788 Ellice Ave.), Feb. 27-28 — Failed to take effective measures to stop rodents from entering, failed to protected food from contamination, and served food prepared under insanitary conditions.
Kum Koon Garden Restaurant (257 King St.), Feb. 13-15 —Failed to take effective measures to prevent entry of rodents; evidence of mice infestation.
After Dark (D-121 Osborne St.), Jan. 5-10 —Poor general sanitation, failed to ensure dishwasher sanitized utensils and tableware.
Convictions and fines imposed on restaurants and other food service establishments(Conviction dates between January and July 2017; Offence dates provided below)
Baldur Motor Hotel (123 2nd St., Baldur), July 25, 2016 — $1,273.95 in fines for failing to maintain safe internal temperature of potentially hazardous food, failing to ensure the dishwasher was capable of sanitizing utensils and tableware, and failing to ensure potentially hazardous food was correctly thawed. (Current management says infraction occurred under previous ownership.)
Pizza Pizza (510 1st St., Brandon), April 19, 2017 — $307 in fines for failing to maintain safe internal temperature of potentially hazardous foods.
Meiji Sushi and G Martini Bar (5-454 River Ave.), Oct. 12, 2016 — $537.15 in fines for failing to take effective measures against entry and presence of rodents.
Toad in the Hole Pub and Eatery (B112 Osborne St.), Aug. 10, 2016 — $1,422.95 in fines for operating an establishment with poor sanitation and not maintained in good repair, toilet facilities not kept in good repair, and serving food stored under insanitary conditions.
Boulevard Pub & Bistro (3670 Roblin Blvd.), July 26, 2016 — $349.65 in fines for poor general sanitation, including filthy equipment, floors, walls and ceiling.
Sorrento’s Pizza (529 Ellice Ave.), Jan. 31, 2017 — $1,177.10 in fines for not having soap at hand-washing sink, not keeping surfaces and equipment clean, and not washing hands as often as necessary to keep them clean.
The Nook and Cranny (3106 Portage Ave.), Feb. 10, 2017 — $600 in fines for handling and selling food under unsanitary conditions, failing to ensure potentially hazardous food is correctly thawed.
Tokyo Sushi (2-3140 Portage Ave.), Jan. 20, 2017 — $100 fine for operating a food handling establishment without a permit.
D’Jays Restaurant (3354 Portage Ave.), Jan. 16, 2017 — $500 fine for storing and selling food under unsanitary conditions.
Aristocrat Restaurant (D-210 Tyndall Ave.), Jan 17, 2017 —$487.15 fine for failing to maintain safe internal temperature of potentially hazardous foods.
Roblin Choice Meats (4492 Roblin Blvd), Dec. 9, 2016 and Jan. 17, 2017 — $1,544.40 in fines for failing to ensure lights are shielded, failint to ensure a food contact surface is sanitized after use, failing to ensure equipment surfaces are smooth, cleanable and in good repair, and handling or selling food under unsanitary conditions.
Source: Manitoba Health
Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
Every piece of reporting Kevin produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Advertisement Advertise With Us
Advertisement Advertise With Us
History
Updated on Friday, July 14, 2017 2:48 PM CDT: fixed typo
Updated on Friday, July 14, 2017 3:23 PM CDT: Formatting change; adds note from management at Baldur Motor Hotel.
Updated on Friday, July 14, 2017 4:09 PM CDT: Clarifies dates in sidebar