Vancouver Coastal cites 32 food outlets this year for rodent, pest or cockroach infestation
You're not likely to find any of these Madagascar hissing cockroaches in your salad, but other pests have been discovered in Lower Mainland eateries.
The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority publishes a list of restaurants and other food outlets that have been temporarily closed at different times this year because of health concerns.
In the Vancouver Coastal Health region, the following food establishments have been cited for "rodent infestation" at some point during 2010:
- Doc's Restaurant & Pub (Bowen Island)
- Persia Food Products Inc. (West Vancouver)
- India Bistro (Vancouver).
Vancouver Coastal Health has cited the following food establishments for "pest infestation" at some point during 2010:
- Szechwan Restaurant (Richmond)
- G&H Vegetarian Food Ltd. (Richmond)
- Yung Ho Soy Drink (Richmond)
- Leading Food Co. (Richmond)
- Red Lantern (Richmond)
- Always Good (Richmond)
- Ning Bo Fang (Richmond)
- Veggie Delight Cafe (Richmond)
- O'Tray Noodle (Richmond)
- Dosa Grill (Richmond)
- 21 Century Trading Inc. (Richmond)
- Super Happiness Seafood (Vancouver)
- Vancouver U Sushi Japanese Restaurant (Vancouver)
- Kitanoya Guu in Gastown (Vancouver)
- Traditional Chinese BBQ House (Vancouver)
- Tan Tan Food Products (Vancouver)
- Taste of Paradise Cafe Restaurant (Vancouver)
- Sushi Bang (Vancouver)
- Ivanhoe Hotel-Kitchen (Vancouver)
- Tiny Flower BBQ (Vancouver)
- Big Johnny's (Vancouver)
- Rice World (Vancouver)
- Al Basha (Vancouver)
- Kimono Japanese Restaurant (Vancouver)
- Ham Sem Food Industries Ltd. (Vancouver)
- Imperial Chinese Seafood Restaurant (Vancouver)
- Pho Hoa (Vancouver)
- Red Star Seafood Restaurant (Vancouver)
One restaurant, Sakana Sushi (West Vancouver), was cited for "cockroach infestation".
All but three of the food establishments (Dosa Grill, Pho Hoa Restaurant, and Red Star Seafood Restaurant) have been permitted to reopen, according to a statement on the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Web site.
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Comments
I was planning on checking out one of those places
too bad vancouver coastal hides the offending restaurants in pdf instead of user friendly & search engine friendly html text (with option of a downloadable pdf) so it's easy and quick for people to find out without downloading.
wonder why they're hiding the data like that instead of putting up as text?
very user hostile. wonder why
Keep looking, and don't overlook the back alley.