This week on DineSafe: Alimento, E Mart, Farm Fresh Supermarket, Hong Tai Supermarket, Pho House, Thai Express, Thai One On, The Y Cafe

Alimento received a pass 2 days later (January 11th; well before this article was actually published); it had zero infractions that day. I am disappointed with the attempt by blog to to bring down an establishment. People come to this website, like it or not, for information and when you make a statement that a restaurant/food emporium received a conditional pass with 6 significant infractions you deliberately generate a negative image of a place (especially when you forget to mention that 2 days later when they had another health inspection they had no infractions). Its just irresponsible.

I was just going to say, "OOOhhh, looks like the Alimento management/ownership is mmmmmaaaadddd. YO just adequately control your temperatures bro."

ewww. thanks for the info. On that note, it is pretty sad that they can't just be hygienic. If you want food, take a break and eat it at a table instead. the previous results will show up on DineSafe. A new "pass" 2 days later doesn't negate the previous results.

@mynamesnotmaybe
If you want your restaurant to stay out of lists like these, get your shit together.

Blame yourself, not BlogTO

Only a potato would go to Alimento! Shut er down and head back to Woodbridge where salami and cheese belongs!

Hey mynamesnotmaybe , please go read the dinesafe PAST reports on Alimento. They've actually HAD THE SAME INFRACTIONS over and over!!!
It's not a one time 'whoops'.

SMH.

only they have passed all other inspections...and the infractions were different. all prior infractions were corrected on the spot.
I will share this however; and someone who is friends with a health inspector--it is actually very easy to fail a health inspection and get infractions though very small mistakes. He always makes the joke that if I ran a restaurant the way I run my kitchen I'd fail--the standards for a lot of restaurants are much higher than what most people assume

Pho House how could you!? I'm so sad that I need to find a new pho place.

how am I failing exactly?

I know the regs inside and out dude. Did placements w/ Algoma Public Health when they had the summer student program (that got nixed recently). I still have blank inspection reports at home to refer to. I graduated from Rye High in the Environmental Health program...now to find a job. Oh wait, Mr. Ford isn't hiring.

Bob, your rant epitomizes the notion of sensationalism and aggrandizement. You subvert what otherwise is a rather pedestrian matter into scandal. An objective person would not regard this as controversial as you do. Truth is they did not fail the inspection, hence any deficiency was not egregious or cause for alarm. It ought to be considered in its totality. Upon order there was a mandate to correct them. They corrected it with dispatch and received a pass some 48 hours later. In the interim their operations were uninterrupted. This is not symptomatic of the establishment. Rather, as a patron there I can attest to these being minor one-offs. They actually answered the call of duty and rectified in exemplary fashion. Overall, their upkeep is impeccable. An overwhelming majority of establishments are deficient upon inspection in some way, shape and form. It’s ubiquitous and common throughout the city. See for yourself. Yet you are selective in who you ultimately criticize. Hmmmmm!

What in fact is gross is you making accusations without qualification or proof. Accusing hard working employees in the manner you did is irresponsible. I am a proponent of free speech and for the unfettered flow of opinions. However, there is a fine line between this and defamation. You claim that this is prevalent yet you are the only individual to have witnessed it. You are clearly in the minority in your opinion. For every one ludicrous comment like yours there are 100 glowing ones. Unsubstantiated accusations are nothing more than hot air and usually the product of spiteful and malicious folks. Conversely, what is more credible and evident in your diatribe is that you are governed by ulterior motives, perhaps even an abettor of another (competitor, enemy or otherwise), to misrepresent the situation for self interest. Are you a recruit with this agenda? If not, then there’s no accounting for myopia and subjectivity. You are an opportunistic lout who, under the veil of anonymity, projects him/her self as a crusader. Perhaps instead of being cowardly and composing an unproven, invective tirade you should approach those who you purport are responsible and convey your concerns. Perhaps even to management. To simply use this platform to accuse supports the fact that you are self-serving. How the occurrence of lack of soap in a dispenser in that one isolated moment serves as a basis for your comments is baffling. You are obliged to be more elucidating. Moreover, despite being buttressed by some others on this board (to wit, ‘alex’ or potato - who has been a past irritant of alimento), does not neutralize how reckless and negligent your piece is. You should take a page out of the propriety, tact and manners of ‘mynamesnotmaybe’. This individual is objective, unbiased and unprejudiced. You could learn much from that approach.

To discredit you further you opine that the establishment is a ‘cover’ for something. How offensive, inflammatory and provocative is that? It is nothing short of slanderous. I’d submit that you are a ‘cover’ for someone or some other. Based on all this, how anyone gives credence to anything you posit is puzzling and ought not to be dignified in any way. You are a bantering fool fortified by the fact that you cannot be subject to reparations for what you spew herein. Continue being a capricious pawn - good luck with that. Everyone at some point and to someone is responsible for their words and actions. With that, in the immortal words of the principal in Billy Madison: Bob the Builder, ‘what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul’.

dumb ass owner just won't let this die, will you?!

HJAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!makes you look even worse. seriously dude.

skippy, you are the one hanging out in an alley way and peeping through windows and yet 'rationality' looks worse???? wow! the question is, are you serious? you seem to be the cracker in this scenario. talk about a person of suspicion next time the cops are on the hunt for a stalker.

note that when you go on your 'peeping tom' crusade, your mug will also be captured by the surveillance cameras out there. so i wouldn't be too confident about maintaining your 'cover' if i were you. you won't be too hard to identify - not many sane people do these types of weirdo things!!! that is, if it hasn't been blown already - the world is a small place pal. i'd advise that you take your cuckoo meds and check yourself into a loonie bin to try and salvage your pathetic, trouble-making life. or at the very least ask your enablers for a raise - to be putting yourself out like this as a supreme irritant and nuisance, you better be making some good dough. if not, you should probably think twice about your shenanigans.

THE Y CAFE IS REALLY PRETTY GREAT I have to say this is so not a surprise to anyone who has ever worked in the food industries. it is freaking HARD to keep everything in tip top condition at all times, especially in bigger places. I'll keep going to the Y cafe. I know it's not serious.

CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND A GOOD PLACE TO EAT HOME MADE NOODLES OR DUMPLINGS?????

maybe everyone should start growing their own food in their homes using hydroponics.

Good noodles at the bright pearl too. Happy hour starts at 1pm.