DineSafe Toronto

This week on DineSafe: Victory Cafe, Izba Restaurant, Eskimo Tea House, Thai Express, Kothur Indian Cuisine

The good news? No closures this week. The bad news? Some great spots got conditional passes. Mary Browns Famous Chicken and Taters may become famous for an animal other than chicken. Their significant infraction was a failure to provide adequate pest control. Ew. Also, Thai Express got flagged with a yellow card. Maybe they have to focus less on the "express." They say that good things take time, right? Here's the weekly DineSafe round-up.

Bar Milano (207 Queens Quay W)
Inspected on: July 23
Inspections finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Cabbage Town Kitchen (292 Wellesley Street E)
Inspected on: July 25
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4C (40F) or colder, operator fail to maintain hazardous foods at 60C (140F) or hotter

Eskimo Tea House (336 Dundas Street W)
Inspected on: July 22
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 1 (Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Izba Restaurant (648 The Queensway)
Inspected on: July 25
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 7 (Minor: 3, Significant: 4)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Mary Browns Famous Chicken & Taters (3199 Dufferin Street)
Inspected on: July 25
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 4, Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Thai Express (40 King Street W)
Inspected on: July 24
Inspections finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 5 (Significant: 3, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated, employee fail to wash hands when required

Kothur Indian Cuisine (649 Yonge Street)
Inspected on: July 25
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 2, Significant: 3)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Victory Cafe (581 Markham Street)
Inspected on: July 25
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional Pass)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 2, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to ensure food is not contaminated/adulterated, operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4C (40F) or colder.


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