Unsanitary Restaurants - how many have you eaten at?

[calf]

Just one for me...a bunch of co-workers and I went to the Imperial Palace back in June. Yum!

[Eddie Bronze]

I've never eaten at any of those places. I pretty much make all the food I eat and I think with something like this, you are seeing why.

[Ozy_Flame]

Damn, Shwarma King? But it's soooooo good!

Oh well, I'm not going to STOP eating there, I'll just wait until the hype dies down. =)

[I-Hate-Hulse]

The CHR is now posting the full Executive Officer reports that condemn places for health violations online.

http://www.calgaryhealthregion.com/n...ec_orders.html

Interestingly enough it's not only restaurants, but it's got hotels, grop ops, recreational facilities. Geeze, something like 70% of the grow ops are in the north end of the city. With this being published, I'd expect restaurant owners to pay a little more attention to hygiene. Then again, with turnover what it is, it's got to be a tough task right now.

Aww crap... I ate at the Yardhouse last month... Now to be fair, not all the orders seem as bad as others.

This... not so bad...

a. Hot water not available in sufficient quantity.
b. Two compartment sink on site is not of suitable size to clean and sanitize utensils.

This... ewww...

a. Contamination of floors and possibly walls and equipment due to a sewage back up through a floor drain and a grease trap in the kitchen.
b. Possible contamination of open food due to a sewage back up through a floor drain and a grease trap in the kitchen.


EDIT - whew - Ladies and Gentleman, we have a winner for the single worst violation report received by an establishment...

a. The owner or a staff member who has care and control of the facility does not have approved food safety training. This has been an outstanding issue since January 2000 and has been noted on 19 previous inspections.
b. Perishable foods are stored at improper temperatures for extended periods of time. Such foods included hollandaise sauce made each morning and stored at room temperature until dinner time; half-cooked meat at room temperature; and garlic in oil at room temperature.
c. Whole raw shelled eggs are stored at room temperature.
d. Perishable foods are being cooled improperly.
e. Raw meat is stored directly above and next to unprotected ready-to-eat foods.
f. Foods are stored improperly. For example, unprotected food and food utensils are stored next to chemicals and among non-food related items.
g. Kitchen staff are not practicing good hygiene. For example, there is visible dirt under fingernails and/or hands are not being washed as required.
h. The hand sink near the rear food preparation area is missing hand washing supplies.
i. No hot water is available at the employee bathroom hand sink.
j. Food preparation surfaces and clean-in-place equipment are not properly cleaned and sanitized. Some equipment including the door handles of walk-in coolers are heavily contaminated with dried discoloured food debris and grime build-up.
k. Many areas in the kitchen including the walls, floors and ceiling are unsanitary. There is a gross accumulation of dust on ceiling and air change units above food preparation areas.

[Dion]

2 for me. Frankly this publishing of offenders might hurt those business owners in the pocket books. To me if a resturaunt has been caught with a violation, such as the DQ with mouse dropping, I'm inclinded to take my business elsewhere. If one needs a health inspector to point out mouse droppings I have to wonder if cleanliness is a priority to the owner.

[Winsor_Pilates]

List is down
Oh well, I guess ignorance is bliss

[Mango]

Yikes - reading some of those made my stomach turn....I can't believe the Eastgate - beatles?? Yuck. I can't believe I ate there once.

I also spent half of the time looking at the listing of houses found to be used for illegal drugs.

[Robbob]

So they break it down to inactive and active. Are the inactive ones just places that have been listed and have complied to the orders? I wonder what they have to do to get taken off that list because its definately not aomewhere you want to be.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

EDIT - whew - Ladies and Gentleman, we have a winner for the single worst violation report received by an establishment...

a. The owner or a staff member who has care and control of the facility does not have approved food safety training. This has been an outstanding issue since January 2000 and has been noted on 19 previous inspections.
b. Perishable foods are stored at improper temperatures for extended periods of time. Such foods included hollandaise sauce made each morning and stored at room temperature until dinner time; half-cooked meat at room temperature; and garlic in oil at room temperature.
c. Whole raw shelled eggs are stored at room temperature.
d. Perishable foods are being cooled improperly.
e. Raw meat is stored directly above and next to unprotected ready-to-eat foods.
f. Foods are stored improperly. For example, unprotected food and food utensils are stored next to chemicals and among non-food related items.
g. Kitchen staff are not practicing good hygiene. For example, there is visible dirt under fingernails and/or hands are not being washed as required.
h. The hand sink near the rear food preparation area is missing hand washing supplies.
i. No hot water is available at the employee bathroom hand sink.
j. Food preparation surfaces and clean-in-place equipment are not properly cleaned and sanitized. Some equipment including the door handles of walk-in coolers are heavily contaminated with dried discoloured food debris and grime build-up.
k. Many areas in the kitchen including the walls, floors and ceiling are unsanitary. There is a gross accumulation of dust on ceiling and air change units above food preparation areas.

Okay, which restaurant is this? I just want to know so that I can avoid ever going there.

[ernie]

Eaten the Earl's on 16th Ave NW. But it was awhile ago and it has long been the most inconsistent and worst Earl's in Calgary if not everywhere.

Also eaten at the Red Carpet in the last 15 months. It was complete crap...and that I guess was the problem: sewage backup.

Probably that Kernels as well but it was issued the order not for unsanitary practices but for not having a license.

[ernie]

Originally Posted by Reaper

Okay, which restaurant is this? I just want to know so that I can avoid ever going there.

Ducks on the Roof

Eastgate restaurant and Fry Guy weren't any better

[mykalberta]

1 - Kirspy Kreme - WTF - hot water? Who needs hot water when you are making donuts with the exception of cleaning the pots an pans?

2 - Shwarma King - I always thought that place was dodgy.

MYK

[getbak]

Originally Posted by mykalberta

2 - Shwarma King - I always thought that place was dodgy.

Now, the owner is worried that making this information public might hurt his business: http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/...33c016&k=54376

"To go and tell people on the Internet that (restaurants) don't handle food good . . . it's not right," Menhem said Thursday.

Violating the health code is "not right". Stop doing it and they won't be publishing your name.

[Resolute 14]

I eat at the Mayfair Garden Cafe all the time, its literally the next building over.

As for not publishing names, I agree. Keep your place clean, and you wont get published.

Though in fairness, the CHR should also publish the names of resteraunts that consistantly pass with flying colours.

[HelloHockeyFans]

If you've ever eaten in any Chinese restaurant, you've eaten in an unsanitary restaurant!

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Bump for an old thread - I was reading the Executive Orders (not to be confused with the inspection reports that are published for ALL restaurants. Executive orders mean SHUT DOWN RIGHT NOW) and found the all time epic FAIL for a restaurant..

Blood from a stabbing which occurred on June 28, 2008 is still visible on dining room carpet and on small area of brick wall. Unable to determine if dining room surfaces were cleaned and disinfected, and done in accordance with provincial infection control standards for blood and bodily fluids.

The rodent droppings elsewhere don't sound so bad after all...

It's the Little Beijing restaurant - Inactive I must point out though...

http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/pu...ments.htm#2008

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Naww..... I'm just on a low blood diet.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Blood from a stabbing which occurred on June 28, 2008 is still visible on dining room carpet and on small area of brick wall. Unable to determine if dining room surfaces were cleaned and disinfected, and done in accordance with provincial infection control standards for blood and bodily fluids.

It's the Little Beijing restaurant - Inactive I must point out though...

That's just the "Little Tiananmen" section of the restaurant.