Popular Osborne Village dessert spot temporarily closed after falling short of health expectations
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When you’re eating a piece of torte, cheesecake or pie, you don’t want to take the chance it’s on a dirty dish or that it was prepared by someone who hasn’t washed their hands properly.
The province’s Health Department was forced to shut down Baked Expectations on Sept. 20, when inspectors discovered the Osborne Village mainstay restaurant had been operating without hot water.
The restaurant was allowed to reopen the next day, after the hot water heater was fixed or replaced.
Mike LeBlanc, veteran health inspector and manager with the health protection unit, said it wasn’t a case of his inspectors stumbling into the place and discovering the hot water heater was broken.
“We received a complaint the day before and we went there the next,” LeBlanc said Thursday. “There was no hot water at all.”
LeBlanc said inspectors have flexibility in such cases.
“It really depends on the situation,” he said. “How long it has been out? Is there a person there repairing it? But what it means when there is no hot water is they wouldn’t be doing proper handwashing and cleaning.”
No illnesses were reported, he said.
No one from Baked Expectations returned a call from the Free Press.
The restaurant was one of six restaurants and food service establishments in Winnipeg and eight elsewhere in the province to be closed for health violations since July when the Free Press last reported the provincial lists of closures, fines and convictions.
As well, there were 13 swimming pools, wading pools and whirlpools closed for violations during the same time period.
Provincial health officials say every year 45 field inspectors fan out to check all 9,500 food establishments in the province. Because there are some deemed to have higher risks, the number of individual inspections is estimated at more than 17,000.
The field inspectors check not only restaurants, grocery stores and swimming pools, but also tattooing and body-piercing parlours, mobile food carts and trucks, summer camps and festivals and farmers markets.
LeBlanc said a very small percentage of restaurants and pools are closed or are charged with health violations, and the people running them should know better.
“We offer food-handling training programs,” he said. “The onus is on you to shut down when you have no hot water. Do the right thing and close down yourself.
“You don’t have to wait for us.”
kevin.rollason@freepress.mb.ca
Closures and fines, July to October
Closed for health violations in Winnipeg:
Lisbon Bakery (717 Sargent Ave.), July 26-Aug. 1, operated with poor general sanitation.
Super Taste Pizza (789 Ellice Ave.), Aug. 22-24, operated with poor general sanitation.
Thai Express (11-1485 Portage Ave.), Sept. 5-7, prepared food under insanitary conditions.
Opa Souvlaki (8-1485 Portage Ave.), Sept. 5-10, prepared food under insanitary conditions.
Baked Expectations (161 Osborne St.), Sept. 20-21, operated with no hot water.
Cathay House (1631 Regent Ave. W.), Oct. 25-Nov. 1, failed to prevent presence of rodents and operated with poor general sanitation.
Closures outside Winnipeg:
Jolly Green Thumb (6905 Roblin Blvd., Headingley), July 23-31, failed to register before opening and operating without a permit.
Crystal Cafe (838 Pacific Ave., Brandon), Aug. 3-20, failed to register before opening and operating without a permit.
Brennivins Pizza (70 1st Ave., Gimli), Aug. 10-11, failed to maintain safe internal temperature of potentially hazardous food, that mechanical dishwasher could clean all utensils and tableware, and to that the floor was well maintained.
Bobby Jo’s (Arnes Road and Hwy. 222, Arnes), Aug. 11-present, operated without a permit and failed to register before opening.
Nana’s Chilean Empanadas (120018 Hwy. 222, Arnes), Aug. 11-18, operated without a permit and failed to register before opening.
Springroll Heaven and More (120018 Hwy. 222, Arnes), Aug. 11-18, operated without a permit and failed to register before opening.
Friendship Chinese Restaurant (38 Rue Principale, La Salle), Aug. 14-15, failed to maintain safe internal temperatures of potentially hazardous food and lack of functioning refrigeration.
Sing Fei (7-333 Main St., Stonewall), Sept. 25-26, prepared food under insanitary conditions, failed to ensure dishwasher was working correctly – no sanitizer detected.
Closures of swimming pools:
Seven Evergreen Place (7 Evergreen Pl.), July 10 – Aug. 8, operated a whirlpool with inadequate water quality.
Central Corydon Community Centre-Crescentwood Wading Pool (1170 Corydon Ave.), July 10 to 11, operated a wading pool with inadequate water quality.
Buffalo Resorts (116 Ta-Wa-Pit Dr., Wasagaming), July 13 to present, operated a pool without a permit, failed to ensure drains and recirculation facilities were designed, constructed and operated to prevent entrapment of bathers.
Sturgeon Heights Wading Pool (210 Rita St.), July 16-17, operated a wading pool with inadequate water quality.
Boulton Estates (690 Kenaston Blvd.), July 24-25, operated a swimming pool with inadequate water quality.
Plaza on the Red (110 Plaza Dr.), July 30-31, operated a swimming pool with inadequate water quality.
Canad Inns Destination Centre Fort Garry (1824 Pembina Hwy.), Aug. 9-10, operated a wading pool with inadequate water quality.
Lakeshore Park (3030 Pembina Hwy.), Aug. 10-16, operated a swimming pool with inadequate water quality.
Westminster Court (2945 Pembina Hwy.), Aug. 14-22, operated a swimming pool with inadequate water quality.
The Burntwood Hotel (146 Selkirk Ave., Thompson), Aug. 15-present, failed to provide readily available telephone and operated a pool with inadequate water quality.
Best Western Plus Brandon Inn (205 Middleton Ave., Brandon), Aug. 21-24, ran an altered water facility without providing an engineer’s certificate, operated a whirlpool and pool without a permit, operated a pool with inadequate water quality, and failed to take water quality tests as required.
Best Western Plus Pembina Inn and Suites (1714 Pembina Hwy.), Sept. 30-Oct. 10, operated a pool with inadequate water quality.
Falcon Lake Hotel (Falcon Lake), Oct. 23-present, operated a pool with insanitary conditions including pool decking and basin in state of disrepair.
Convictions and fines imposed on Winnipeg restaurants and food service establishments
Conviction dates between Sept. 2017 and Oct. 2018. Offence dates provided below:
Hong Hing (685 Ellice Ave.), May 3 – $203 fine for failing to store wiping cloths in sanitizing solution.
99 Cent Pizza (102-417 Selkirk Ave.), Sept. 27, 2017 – $400 fine for failing to stop pests from entering.
The Toad in the Hole Pub and Eatery (B-112 Osborne St.), Dec. 6, 2017 – $722 fine for storing food under insanitary conditions and $348 for not keeping toilet facilities in good condition.
Phoenix Square (E-1765 Kenaston Blvd.), June 4 – $298 fine for having an inaccessible hand washing sink and $298 fine for failing to maintain equipment in clean condition.
China Garden (2740 Pembina Hwy.), July 6 – $298 fine for storing food in an improper manner and not ensuring it was protected from contamination.
Panda Tea (2999 Pembina Hwy.), July 26 – $298 fine for failing to ensure food is protected from contamination.
Lisbon Bakery (717 Sargent Ave.), Aug. 29 – $723 fine for not providing conveniently located handwashing facilities.
Lin Lan Grocery (843 Ellice Ave.), Sept. 5, 2017 – $253 fine for a worker failing to wear a hair covering or restraint.
Convictions and fines outside Winnipeg:
Freshii (6-930 18th St., Brandon), April 5 – Reprimand for operating without a permit.
Princess Grocery (416 10th St., Brandon), May 16 – $672 fine for failing to ensure food came from an approved source.
Rest’n Inn (307 6th Ave., Reston), April 27 – $672 and $486 fines for two counts of not ensuring food came from an approved source.
Chicken Chef (54 1st South, Souris), June 12 – $298 fine for not keeping the place clean and in good repair.
Shawarma Queen (908 Rosser Ave., Brandon), May 17 – $486 fine for failing to maintain safe internal temperatures of food.
Sabor Latino (6A-457 9th St., Brandon), May 23 – $486 fine for failing to maintain safe internal temperatures of food.
The Dock on Princess (1133 Princess Ave., Brandon), Feb. 15 – $486 fine for failing to maintain safe internal temperatures of food.
McDonald’s Restaurant (903-18th St. N., Brandon), Aug. 2 – $203 fine for not storing wiping cloths in an acceptable level of sanitizing solution.
Arrowhead Family Resort (116 Wasagaming Dr., Wasagaming), Aug. 7 – $672 fine for operating a pool and not maintaining records.
Lake House (128 Wasagaming Dr., Wasagaming), Aug. 7 – $672 fine for operating a pool and not maintaining records.
Birchwood Motor Hotel (Hwy. 59, Traverse Bay), July 24 – $298 fine for failing to ensure dishwasher was sanitizing dishes.
Elkhorn Esso (Hwy. 1 Service Road, Elkhorn), July 13 – $486 fine for failing to maintain food with a safe internal temperature.
Well Dressed Cakes by Brett (1250 Richmond Ave., Brandon), April 17 – $203 fine for failing to remove cooking equipment from the food handling establishment when required because cooking is prohibited there.
Little Europe (mobile cart, Brandon), July 21 – $486 fine for not keeping food at a safe internal temperature.
Dutch Drive Inn (1445 Gordon Ave., The Pas), July 18 – $486 fine for failing to make sure an ash tray was not allowed to be in a non-smoking area.
The Dock on Princess (1133 Princess Ave., Brandon), Aug. 23 – $672 fine for obstructing handwashing sink.
Boss Burger (49 1st South, Souris), Aug. 23 – $672 fine for obstructing handwashing sink and failing to provide hand soap at sink for handwashing.
Source: Manitoba Health
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