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This Week on DineSafe: Asian Legend, Greens Vegetarian, Belljar Cafe, Sam Woo BBQ

This week on DineSafe there are no restaurant closures to report. However, one of Toronto's most popular vegetarian Chinese restaurants got busted for an alarming eight infractions. Among the infractions Green Vegetarian Restaurant failed to provide adequate pest control and failed to properly maintain its equipment.

Find out who else got busted by the food police on DineSafe this week.

Belljar Cafe (2072 Dundas St. West)
  • Inspected on: December 12, 2016
  • Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
  • Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 1, Significant: 4)
  • Crucial infractions include: N/A

Rocco's Plum Tomato (1068 Islington Ave.)
  • Inspected on: December 12, 2016
  • Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
  • Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1)
  • Crucial infractions include: N/A

Asian Legend (418 Dundas St. West)
  • Inspected on: December 14, 2016
  • Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
  • Number of infractions: 2 (Minor: 1, Significant: 1)
  • Crucial infractions include: N/A

Lee Namjang (4846 Yonge St.)
  • Inspected on: December 14, 2016
  • Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
  • Number of infractions: 3 (Significant: 3)
  • Crucial infractions include: N/A

Sichuan Landscape (416 Spadina Ave.)
  • Inspected on: December 14, 2016
  • Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
  • Number of infractions: 5 (Minor: 3, Significant: 2)
  • Crucial infractions include: N/A

Greens Vegetarian Restaurant (638 Dundas St. West)
  • Inspected on: December 15, 2016
  • Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
  • Number of infractions: 8 (Minor: 2, Significant: 6)
  • Crucial infractions include: N/A

Sam Woo BBQ (375 Bamburgh Cir.)
  • Inspected on: December 16, 2016
  • Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
  • Number of infractions: 4 (Significant: 3, Crucial: 1)
  • Crucial infractions include: Operator failed to maintain hazardous foods.

Sashimi Island (635 College St.)
  • Inspected on: December 16, 2016
  • Inspection finding: Yellow (Conditional)
  • Number of infractions: 4 (Minor: 2, Significant: 2)
  • 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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