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5hift
10-10-2006, 11:01 AM
In the Calgary Herald today, theres an alarming article mentioning food saftey violations, and a lot of restuarants I've heard about on Beyond.

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=19b8bf4f-f338-44d8-b4ea-09b34f237468&k=35374&p=1


Some of the more well known places:




Dairy Queen

24-11625 Elbow Dr. S.W.

The Calgary Health Region ordered this southwest Dairy Queen closed for one day, Dec. 27, 2005, after an inspector found mouse droppings "everywhere."

"This food establishment is not being kept clean and in good repair," said the inspection report.



Harbour City Restaurant

302 Centre St. S.E.

Harbour City was closed for one day in September 2005 for violations that ranged from foods thawing on unfinished concrete floors to mould in the walk-in cooler.

A report from the health inspector found chicken in old laundry buckets and flies in the kitchen.


Imperial Palace

1120 Centre St. N.E.

This restaurant was closed temporarily on Jan. 6 after CHR staff found extensive grease buildup around the kitchen, a freezer in poor condition and tempura batter sitting under the sink.

Other issues noted in the inspector's report include motor oil stored above open dry goods and running shoes in the dish- washing area.

During a follow-up visit in April, an inspector saw live cockroaches.


Shawarma King

1423 Kensington Rd. N.W.

On Sept. 27, 2006, this restaurant was closed after inspectors found flies in the restaurant and a cooler fan that was dripping onto lettuce.

Reports from inspectors say a lamb spit in the restaurant was also cooler than the required 60 degrees and staff weren't cooking meat a second time after cutting it from the chicken shawarma -- a required step.


Singapore Sam's

2825 32nd Ave. N.E.

Inspectors closed this restaurant for two days in July after noting 19 problems.

"This food establishment is not being kept clean and in good repair," said the report.

CHR staff wrote in their report that garbage was attracting flies and pork and chicken was not being stored at the correct temperature to prevent food-borne illness.



All of a sudden making my own food at home is a lot more appealing.

l8braker
10-10-2006, 11:09 AM
Add Krispy Kreme and The Fry Guy (infront of Canadian Tire Macleod Tr.) to the list.

There was another (Big H pizza) When they went in the inspector found a comb on the food preperation area.

:barf:

edit: Here is the list from Calgaryherald.com:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e212/rmkf550/getimage.jpg

jacelin
10-10-2006, 11:13 AM
singapore sam's has ALWAYS been dirty, i worked there about a year ago...the kitchen was pretty gross :barf:

B17a
10-10-2006, 11:18 AM
Sometimes I'd just rather not know....:barf: :barf:

QuasarCav
10-10-2006, 11:26 AM
I ate at that Dairy Queen on the weekend.

:barf:

Weapon_R
10-10-2006, 11:27 AM
damn i went to Shawarma King in Kensington about 2 weeks ago :barf:

Sometimes it really is better to not know.

01RedDX
10-10-2006, 11:29 AM
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1-Bar
10-10-2006, 11:29 AM
^werd, ignorance is bliss....

Weapon_R
10-10-2006, 11:33 AM
Originally posted by 01RedDX
The one time I entered Shawarma King I knew I wouldn't ever want to eat there. Sometimes you just know.

haha i've never witnessed this myself, but have you ever seen the guy eat a piece off your sandwich? For example, if there's a pickle hanging out of the sandwich, he'll pull it out and pop it in his mouth?

I've never seen it but many others claim its true, just wondering if anyone can confirm it :rofl:

5hift
10-10-2006, 11:43 AM
When I looked through the entire list, it was even worse than I orginally thought. I'd expect these levels of sanitation from some of the smaller no name places but not from well known franchises.

The following 48 restaurants faced temporary closure orders in the past year from the Calgary Health Region's environmental health department.

EDO JAPAN 2640 52 ST. N.E.
MR. SUB 3804 17 AVE. S.W.
BANANA JAK'S 1623 CENTRE ST. N.W.
BUBBLEMANIA CAFE 459 16 AVE. N.E.
ROBIN'S DONUTS 5404 DALTON DR. N.W.
MOO'S JUICE 4604 37 ST. S.W.
PIZZA HUT #4750 10 CROWFOOT CI. N.W.
DENNY'S RESTAURANT 5015 4 ST. N.E.
DOMINO'S PIZZA 214 GRANDE BV. COCHRANE

01RedDX
10-10-2006, 11:48 AM
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Street_Soldier
10-10-2006, 10:33 PM
When I used to work in the food industry the restaurant i worked at got closed for the day. The place was always really clean and stuff but that afternoon someone left the hotwater running and we had no more hot water to wash dishes. Some of the offenses are pretty bad but usually they are just small things that people forget to fix in between visits.