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This Week on DineSafe: Starving Artist, L'Avenue, Swatow, Mainsha, Stratengers, Taste of Tandooree

This week on DineSafe city health inspectors shutdown Taste of Tandooree for failing to provide adequate pest control and failing to prevent an insect infestation. Less severe offences racked up yellow cards for Starving Artist, L'Avenue, and Swatow.

See which other establishments landed on DineSafe this week.

L'Avenue (1568 Bayview Ave.)
Inspected on: August 4, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 6 (Minor: 2, Significant: 4)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Taste of Tandooree (1330 Gerrard St. East)
Inspected on: August 4, 2015
Inspection finding: Red (Closed)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 3, Significant: 3, Crucial: 2)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous foods at 60C (140F) or hotter.

Mainsha (3275 Dufferin St.)
Inspected on: August 5, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 1, Significant: 3, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous foods at 60C (140F) or hotter.

Arepa Market (214 Augusta Ave.)
Inspected on: August 5, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Mutual St. Deli (152 Dundas St. East)
Inspected on: August 7, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 6 (Minor: 2, Significant: 4)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Starving Artist (584 Lansdowne Ave.)
Inspected on: August 6, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1, 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.

Stratengers (1130 Queen St. East)
Inspected on: August 6, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2, Crucial: 1)
Crucial infractions include: Operator fail to maintain hazardous food(s) at 4C (40F) or colder.

Swatow (309 Spadina Ave.)
Inspected on: August 6, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 1, Significant: 2)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Hakka Legend Asian Cuisine (789 Warden Ave.)
Inspected on: August 7, 2015
Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
Number of infractions: 3 (Minor: 2, Significant: 1)
Crucial infractions include: N/A

Note: The above businesses each received infractions from DineSafe as originally reported on the DineSafe site. This does not imply that any of these businesses have not subsequently corrected the issue and received a passing grade by DineSafe inspectors. For the latest status for each of the mentioned businesses, including details on any subsequent inspections, please be sure to check the DineSafe site.


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