Montreal keeps a list of all of the restaurants that have received health infractions. The list exists to help inform consumers and keep them safe. It's also an important check on restaurants, as the threat of a health inspection is a strong motivator to keep their kitchens clean and tidy. Restaurants can get infractions for all kinds of things, from more benign infractions like not keeping produce at the right temperature or chipping paint. Infractions can also be for more serious things, like the presence of rodents or insects or unsanitary kitchenware. The website DO101 (open data 101), has used information from the City of Montreal and MAPAQ to make a list of the establishments that have received the most infractions in recent years. Of course, some restaurants that feature near the top have many franchises, so it makes sense that they may also have more infractions. Other factors that may affect this number and skew the results somewhat include how long a restaurant has been open and how serious the infractions are (for example, it's hard to compare 5 infractions for keeping food at the wrong temperature to 3 infractions for the presence of rodents). Read on for a list of the 20 establishments with the most health infractions in Montreal. 1. Basha Address: Different locations across the city. Number of fines: 20 Total amount fined: $14,400 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-08-11 to 2019-01-10 Special mentions: A particularly heavily fined franchise was the now-closed restaurant at 930 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest. 2. Double Pizza Address: Different locations across the city. Number of fines: 17 Total amount fined: $17,350 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-01-08 to 2019-01-31 3. Super Marché Tropic Address: 8075 Av. André-Ampère, Montreal Number of fines: 15 Total amount fined: $56,450 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-04-01 to 2018-12-11 Special mentions: This place is so infamous it was even featured on the Journal de Montréal. 4. Saint-Jean Bagel Address: 3702 Boul. Saint-Jean, DDO, Montreal Number of fines: 11 Total amount fined: $25,100 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-05-25 to 2018-08-27 Special mention: Last month, the bagels from this DDO shop were hit with a "do not consume" advisory. 5. Restaurant Le Sommet Address: 4767 Rue Sainte-Catherine Est, Montreal Number of fines: 10 Total amount fined: $20,200 Earliest and latest fine: 2017-11-24 to 2018-12-13 6. Restaurant Amir Address: Different locations across the city. Number of fines: 10 Total amount fined: $12,400 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-10-17 to 2018-07-27 Special mentions: The bulk of these fines came from a now-closed franchise. 7. Imperial Address: 998 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal Number of fines: 10 Total amount fined: $12,800 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-03-15 to 2018-02-23 8. Vincent Sous-Marin Address: Different locations across the city. Number of fines: 9 Total amount fined: $10,700 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-05-11 to 2018-04-11 Special mentions: 9 of these infractions were at the address 3855 Rue Sainte-Catherine Est. 9. Thai Express Address: Different locations across the city. Number of fines: 9 Total amount fined: $7,800 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-01-08 to 2018-01-30 Special mentions: Thai Express has over 70 locations in and around Montreal and these infractions may have occurred at locations that are now closed. 10. Le Cristal Chinois Address: 1002 Boul. Saint-Laurent, Montreal Number of fines: 9 Total amount fined: $13,750 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-03-15 to 2018-02-23 11. Le Cristal Chinois BBQ Express Address: 12230 Boul. Laurentien, Montreal Number of fines: 9 Total amount fined: $16,100 Earliest and latest fine: 2017-05-25 to 2018-10-04 12. Kaido Sushi Address: 8616 Av. Chaumont, Anjou, Montreal Number of fines: 9 Total amount fined: $9,250 Earliest and latest fine: 2017-01-30 to 2018-05-25 13. Wok Cafe Address: 3510 Boul. des Sources, DDO, Montreal Number of fines: 8 Total amount fined: $10,700 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-03-29 to 2017-10-27 14. Restaurant Kalohin Address: 1240 Rue Stanley, Montreal Number of fines: 8 Total amount fined: $18,050 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-11-17 to 2017-09-26 Special mentions: This restaurant is now closed. 15. Restaurant Cari Masala Address: 9194 Rue Sherbrooke Est, Montreal Number of fines: 8 Total amount fined: $10,000 Earliest and latest fine: 2017-09-13 to 2018-05-25 16. Produits Alimentaires Oriental Enr. Address: 6909 Rue Marconi, Montreal Number of fines: 8 Total amount fined: $15,250 Earliest and latest fine: 2017-04-28 to 2018-11-12 17. Lahmadjounes Arméniens Address: 420 Rue Faillon, Montreal Number of fines: 8 Total amount fined: $9,000 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-05-09 to 2017-12-15 18. L'Euromarché Latina Address: 11847 Boul. Laurentien, Montreal Number of fines: 8 Total amount fined: $19,500 Earliest and latest fine: 2016-09-12 to 2018-01-10 19. Qinghua Dumplings Address: 1676 Av. Lincoln, Montreal Number of fines: 8 Total amount fined: $13,800. Earliest and latest fine: 2016-04-15 to 2018-02-15 20. Buffet Chinois Fu Lam Address: 2 restaurants by this name: 4275 Rue Jean-Talon Est (now closed) and 3500 Boul. de la Côte-Vertu Number of fines: 7 Total amount fined: $18,550 Earliest and latest fine: 2017-01-27 to 2018-08-27 For more information about the infractions, when they were issued, and what the fines were for, you can search the city's website. Source
