Eat & Drink
This week on DineSafe: Brick Street Bakery, Casey's, Castro's Fiestahan, MBCO Cafe, Miller Tavern, New Orleans Fast Food, Not Just Dim Sum, Spotted Dick
This week on DineSafe, The Spotted Dick was caught with an infestation (that's certainly a sentence you never want to hear). Sources say roaches were the main culprit for the two-day pub closure, though the DineSafe report indicates a handful of other health violations. Joining the Spotted Dick on the list of delinquents this week is New Orleans Fast Food (which has yet to accomplish a two-green-pass streak), Miller Tavern up at Yonge and Lawrence (with a surprisingly poor show), and Brick Street Bakery in the Distillery District (with an almost-equally poor report). Here are some of the DineSafe highlights this week.
Brick Street Bakery (Distillery)
Inspected on: August 15
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 9 (Minor: 4, Significant: 3, Crucial: 3)
Crucial infractions include: Failure to protect food from contamination, failure to ensure/provide for proper employee hygiene/handwashing
Casey's Bar & Grill (Dundas)
Inspected on: August 15
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 7 (Minor: 3, Significant: 3, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Failure to protect food from contamination
Castro's Fiestahan
Inspected on: August 15
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 10 (Minor: 4, Significant: 5, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control
MBCO Cafe
Inspected on: August 16
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 11 (Minor: 1, Significant: 6, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate temperature control, failure to ensure/provide for proper employee hygiene/handwashing
Miller Tavern (North York)
Inspected on: August 14
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 11 (Minor: 5, Significant: 5, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Failure to protect food from contamination
New Orleans Fast Food & Donuts
Inspected on: August 16
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 6 (Minor: 3, Significant: 2, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control
Not Just Dim Sum
Inspected on: August 13
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 9 (Minor: 4, Significant: 3, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Failure to protect food from contamination
The Spotted Dick
Inspected on: August 14
Inspection finding: Red (Closed)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1, Crucial: 3)
Condition(s) for closure: Operator fail to prevent a rodent infestation
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Actually the Spotted Dick was closed for an insect infestation, not rodent. According to The Star, "City health inspectors spotted more than a hundred live roaches crawling around the kitchen, Thompson said."
Pretty gross.
regrettably.
Had to go for dinner somewhere else:(
..Or so ive been told.
But their burgers are terrific. Sadly, I won't be going back.
No paper doesn't automatically mean no one is washing their hands. It means no one is drying their hands with papertowels in the washroom.
If anything, they are probably washing their hands in the kitchen in the handsink that is provided to them.
Not having full stock of paper towels isn't any kind of major infraction and it doesn't mean they have poor hygiene.
If you're that worried, why not go to St. Lawrence, purchase 3 pounds of ground steak for $7 and make 12 of your own patties with your choice of seasonings/toppings for much, much cheaper.