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This week on DineSafe: Bulk Barn, Cafe St. Germain, Farm Fresh Supermarket, Miao Ke Hong, Mr. Sub, Rose's Vietnamese Sandwiches, London Tap House, Wise Guys

Posted by Robyn Urback / September 11, 2012

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Dinesafe TorontoThis week on DineSafe was a strange one — no closures, few conditional passes, and infraction tallies in the single digits! I know, I'm skeptical too. For whatever reason, the offenders were few following this week's inspections, with a couple of chain spots (Bulk Barn, Mr. Sub) beefing up the list of delinquents. Worst of all this week was London Tap House, with a still-not-too-bad report of seven infractions. Here's a glimpse of some of the reports on DineSafe this week.

Bulk Barn (Rexdale Blvd)
Inspected on: September 6
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1, Crucial: 0)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Café St. Germain
Inspected on: September 6
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 6 (Minor: 1, Significant: 3, Crucial: 0)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Farm Fresh Supermarket
Inspected on: September 4
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 6 (Minor: 2, Significant: 1, Crucial: 3)
Crucial infractions include: Failure to protect food from contamination, inadequate food temperature control

Miao Ke Hong Bakery
Inspected on: September 7
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control

Mr. Sub (Lake Shore/Kipling)
Inspected on: September 6
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 0, Significant: 1, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control

Rose's Vietnamese Sandwiches
Inspected on: September 6
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 0, Significant: 1, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control

London Tap House
Inspected on: September 4
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 7 (Minor: 2, Significant: 5, Crucial: 0)
Condition(s) for closure: N/A

Wise Guys
Inspected on: September 7
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 0, Significant: 0, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Inadequate food temperature control, failure to protect food from contamination

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cathie / September 11, 2012 at 09:23 am
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Wow, just click on Cafe St. Germain and read some of the comments. Won't be going there anytime soon.
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Will / September 11, 2012 at 10:19 am
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Sub shops are being nabbed a lot lately..

Most sub shops I have walked into, have extreme high heat in them from baking the bread, or from the employees wanting high heat. The vast amount of time, they keep those toppings out in the open - The meat, tuna, Bacon, sitting there in room temperature conditions... Yuck!

They really need to do a better job, keeping their stuff fresh! Sliding refrigerator doors, like they have in real deli's would help, instead of having it wide open.
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Eva / September 11, 2012 at 10:28 am
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I honestly don't know how good of a job "Dinesafe" actually does from preventing restaurants/grocery stores and the like from problems. I had filed a complaint regarding a restaurant I lived beside who had serious violations. They were keeping raw meat/vegetables outside in their back alley way which faced my apartment. There were flies everywhere during the summer, constantly and I can't really imagine how contaminated their food must have been. Dinesafe got back to me promptly and visited the restaurant promptly in which case they supposedly discovered numerous other violations which they did not give me details about. Then there was a pest control van in the restaurants back alley, and soon after that MY apt had a cockroach problem. Of which I also brought to the attention of Dinesafe. They kept visiting, issuing them fines, and then leaving and that was it. I find that pretty deplorable as I have NO IDEA how bad a restaurant could possibly be before closure. I don't know how bars get shut down easily for over capacity and yet these places continue operating when they are a hazard to the communities health. Suffice to say, we had to move out of that apartment primarily due to not wanting to be in the vicinity of that restaurant and its problems.
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Sandman replying to a comment from Eva / September 11, 2012 at 11:21 am
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@Eva, can you tell us the name of the restaurant or the area? Street address or intersection? Thanks in advance.
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RS / September 11, 2012 at 11:36 am
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If that's the Bulk Barn in Woodbine Centre, I'm not surprised. Worked there years ago, and even then it was a cesspit. Was told by the managers to skip over bins that 'looked clean' during closing procedures. And there were mouse traps in the backroom.
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Greg / September 11, 2012 at 12:12 pm
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I found a dead mummified mouse in one of the bins when I worked there.. The manager told me to toss it out and carry on.
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Gregger / September 12, 2012 at 12:00 am
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No I think the manager said - TOSS OFF!!! ENJOY YOURSELVESQ!!!
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Wolfgang / September 17, 2012 at 03:14 pm
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At this time I am ready to do my breakfast, once having my
breakfast coming over again to read further news.
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Ex Employee replying to a comment from cathie / January 5, 2013 at 12:19 am
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Yeah, there used to be a lot more comments on the page but the owner must have had them purged and the commenting disabled. The place went bankrupt back in November after not being able (or choosing not) to pay rent.

They also don't pay their employees and are extremely unsanitary in the workplace. The owner didn't even know what a Food Handler's Certification was or if they even needed one!
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