Montreal is a foodie town littered with incredible eateries on every corner of the island. But how safe is your go-to spot?
The Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (MAPAQ) inspects restaurants regularly to ensure compliance with health and safety standards. Since the start of 2025, several well-known Montreal restaurants have been hit with fines ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for various infractions, including improper food handling, cleanliness issues, and pest control violations.
Each week, several establishments and restaurants are inspected by the MAPAQ and may receive warnings or fines following quality controls. These inspections focus on an establishment's food and conservation methods, labour practices, equipment and environment.
Despite the fines, these restaurants are still open to the public. Presumably, they’ve since addressed the issues flagged by the inspectors. To keep you updated, we've rounded up the key details.
It's worth noting that some of these violations occurred months ago due to the delay between inspection and the court's judgment. However, all of the judgments listed below were issued in January 2025.
La Fraîcheur Tropicale - Casse-croûte créole et crèmerie
La Fraîcheur Tropicale received a $5,000 fine.
Address: 6654 rue Sherbrooke E, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $5,000
Reason for the offence: "No one may, without holding a valid permit, operate a place or vehicle where the activity of a restaurateur is carried out."
Date of Offense: 2024-01-08
Date of judgment: 2025-01-24
Second Cup Café & Co
Second Cup was hit with a $4,500 fine last February.
Address: 1166 Sainte-Catherine O, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $4,500
Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."
Date of Offense: 2024-02-13
Date of judgment: 2025-01-31
La Paan Villa
La Paan Villa got fined $3,000 in November.
Address: 717 rue Jean-Talon O, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $3,000
Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."
Date of Offense: 2023-11-16
Date of judgment: 2025-01-24
Mr. Puffs
Mr. Puffs in LaSalle got a $2,000 fine.
Address: 7775 blvd Newman, LaSalle, QC
Total fines: $2,000
Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."
Date of Offense: 2024-01-30
Date of judgment: 2025-01-31
Wendy's
This Wendy's received a $1,500 fine.
Address: 5180 blvd Décarie, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $1,500
Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."
Date of Offense: 2023-10-30
Date of judgment: 2025-01-29
Frite Alors!
Frites Alors!, fined by MAPAQ.
Address: 1562, ave Laurier E, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $1,000
Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."
Date of Offense: 2024-01-30
Date of judgment: 2025-01-27
Le Platana
Le Platana was fined $1,000 last April.
Address: 361 rue Bernard O, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $1,000
Reason for the violation: "Premises, vehicles, equipment, materials and utensils used for the preparation, packaging, storage, transport, labelling and service of products, as well as other sanitary facilities and premises, must be clean."
Date of Offense: 2024-04-12
Date of judgment: 2025-01-27
Tommy Café
Tommy Café, fined by MAPAQ.
Address: 200 rue Notre-Dame O, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $1,000
Reason for the violation: "The heat-damaging product, with the exception of whole fresh fruits and vegetables, must be cooled without delay and maintained constantly at an internal and ambient temperature not exceeding 4 °C until its delivery to the consumer, except during the time required for the application of a manufacturing process or a treatment recognized in the food industry and which requires a higher temperature."
Date of Offense: 2024-05-29
Date of judgment: 2025-01-31
Pizza Georges
Pizza Georges received a $1,000 fine last March.
Address: 844 rue Sauvé E, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $1,000
Reason for violation: "The owner or operator of a restaurant or business engaged in the preparation of food must ensure that all water from the restaurant or business that may come into contact with fat is, before being discharged into a sewerage system, treated by a properly maintained, installed and used grease trap."
Date of Offense: 2024-03-19
Date of judgment: 2025-01-24
Pizza Chicken New York
This Place Pascal eatery was fined $1,000.
Address: 6352, rue Pascal, Montréal, QC
Total fines: $1,000
Reason for violation: "Perishable product sold hot or served hot to the consumer must be kept at an internal temperature of at least 60°C until delivery."
Date of Offense: 2024-09-10
Date of judgment: 2025-01-16
Chopstix
Chopstix Restaurant fined by Mapaq.
Address: 325 blvd Henri-Bourassa E, Montreal, QC
Total fines: $1,000
Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."
Date of Offense: 2024-01-05
Date of judgment: 2025-01-31
This story was adapted from the article "11 restos à Montréal qui ont eu jusqu'à 5 000 $ d'amendes aux inspections du MAPAQ en 2025" which was originally published on Narcity Quebec by Izabelle Bee.
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