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This week on DineSafe: Fresh, George's Deli, La Prep, Leslieville Cheese Market, Maggie's, Mangia Mangia Mangia, Smoke's Poutinerie, Subway

Posted by Robyn Urback / February 7, 2012

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DineSafe TorontoThis week on DineSafe, one of the places where I had obliviously enjoyed a meal was actually sporting a conditional pass. Gulp. Though the fact that it had boasted an impeccably clean (no pun intended) DineSafe record beforehand does provide me with some solace, especially considering the repeat offenders who often make it on this list. This week's conditional pass handouts were spread from downtown to way up north, nabbing offenders on Queen, George, and Bloor, plus one at York University and a Subway chain in North York. Here are some of the notable yellow passes that were handed out around Toronto this week.

Fresh (Spadina)
Inspected on: January 31
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control, failure to protect food from contamination

George's Deli & BBQ
Inspected on: January 30
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 6 (Minor: 1, Significant: 3, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Failure to protect food from contamination

La Prep (160 Bloor)
Inspected on: January 31
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 9 (Minor: 4, Significant: 3, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control

Leslieville Cheese Market (Queen W)
Inspected on: January 30
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 2, Significant: 1, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control, failure to protect food from contamination

Maggie's
Inspected on: January 31
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 7 (Minor: 3, Significant: 2, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate pest control

Mangia Mangia Mangia
Inspected on: January 31
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 12 (Minor: 2, Significant: 6, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Failure to protect food from contamination, inadequate food temperature control

Smoke's Poutinerie (George St)
Inspected on: Feb 1
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 1, Significant: 2, Crucial: 0)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Subway Sandwiches (Yonge & Cummer)
Inspected on: Feb 2
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 2, Significant: 1, Crucial: 0)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

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sulu / February 7, 2012 at 10:57 am
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I really appreciate these updates!
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b / February 7, 2012 at 11:29 am
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Damn, this city is going to shit. Fresh and maggies?
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Kate / February 7, 2012 at 11:34 am
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I'm so glad that Fresh is being written up in this week's report! I used to be a frequent customer at their Crawford location until, I ordered one of their wraps and noticed it STUNK like cigarettes. It was inedible, the entire wrap was essentially an ash tray. Turns out that the cook who put it together had a lengthy smoke break and didn't wash his/her hands before they made my food. Needless to say the meal was free - but I've never looked at their so-called healthy food the same way.
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yorkie / February 7, 2012 at 11:36 am
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That Mangia Mangia Mangia place is a disaster. 5 Conditional passes AND a Closure in the past 18 months. They've only passed one regular inspection in that entire time!
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Jesse / February 7, 2012 at 11:37 am
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I had a similar experience at Fresh! My burger bun reeked of cigarettes, clearly from someone smoking and not washing their hands when they came back to the kitchen. Really disgusting.
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Rob Ford / February 7, 2012 at 12:16 pm
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I did what the taxpayers want. They want Subway. That’s it. They don’t want Fresh. I was out in Scarborough over the weekend. People came up to me and said they want Subway. That’s it. It’s the taxpayers. The taxpayers want, I was elected on Subway. They want Subway. I was out on Saturday, people want Subway. That’s it. It’s all Subway. It’s all about Subway. All about Subway. So, it’s the taxpayers that elected me to get the Subway in and that’s what we’re going to do. It’s like winning an election. So if they voted me in, that means I don’t win an election? It doesn’t make sense.
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jgam / February 7, 2012 at 12:20 pm
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Pretty sure the inspector only brought Yellow cards with him this day.
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Lola / February 7, 2012 at 01:03 pm
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Not at all shocked about Leslieville Cheese Market. Saw a mouse trap out left out and haven't been able to go back since.
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dan / February 7, 2012 at 05:35 pm
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A mouse in a cheese shop!
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paul / February 7, 2012 at 06:04 pm
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everyone's a critic of fresh in this city. I've never had a problem there. But I have noticed that, from an outside perspective (I work in service), they have the most stuck up and demanding customers in the world. sucks about that place getting that rating. I'll be back..
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mayor dodge replying to a comment from Jesse / February 9, 2012 at 04:06 pm
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I agree. Smokers have NO RIGHT to be working in the food industry. If I was the owner, they would never get hired in the first place. They are walking contagion when it comes to food prep.
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Math Geek / February 11, 2012 at 10:57 am
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I'm reading the summary of infractions and they don't reflect the number of minor/significant/crucial infractions listed (inflated.) What and I missing and how does the tally work?
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J.D. / February 13, 2012 at 09:46 pm
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I used to work at Fresh and I find it hard to believe they got a yellow card. It was one of the cleanest kitchens I've seen in my years in the restaurant industry. I've worked in places much worse and seen them get green passes. Also keeping smokers out of the industry is ridiculous. Keeping idiots off the Internet seems like a better idea.
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Tess replying to a comment from Lola / March 13, 2012 at 02:13 pm
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Isn't it better to see a mouse trap, than not see a mouse trap?
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