A restaurant within the coronary heart of Montreal’s Chinatown has been ordered to pay $5,000 in fines from Quebec’s Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ) throughout two violations, in keeping with records published within the provincial meals security registry.
Chez Chili, situated at 1050B Rue Clark, was cited for failing to maintain its premises, tools and utensils clear, and for failing to maintain the area freed from contaminants and animals, a class that explicitly consists of bugs, rodents and their droppings.
One notice earlier than diving in: the inspections cited right here didn’t essentially happen just lately. In lots of instances, a number of months or extra can move between the date of the infraction and the official publication of the judgment, because the authorized course of runs its course.
Here is a breakdown of the 2 most up-to-date violations, each stemming from the identical inspection.
September 9, 2025 — $3,000
Inspectors discovered that the premises, autos, tools, supplies and utensils used for meals preparation, packaging, storage, transport, labelling and repair weren’t being saved clear. The judgment was issued June 8, 2026.
September 9, 2025 — $2,000
A second positive was issued from the identical inspection after inspectors discovered the premises weren’t freed from contaminants, pollution and animals, a class that features bugs, rodents and their droppings. The judgment was issued June 8, 2026.
Earlier fines on report
The 2 violations above aren’t the primary time Chez Chili has appeared within the MAPAQ registry. Data present two extra infractions on file for this handle.
The restaurant was fined $1,000 over an October 10, 2025 infraction, after inspectors discovered heat-sensitive perishable merchandise weren’t being cooled promptly or saved at or beneath 4°C. That judgment was issued December 5, 2025.
Earlier, an infraction dated December 18, 2023 introduced a $2,000 positive for failing to maintain its premises and tools clear, the identical violation cited in the latest spherical. That judgment was issued October 15, 2024. Mixed with the latest fines, the whole on report for this handle involves $8,000.
What prospects say
Chez Chili holds a 4.5-star score throughout greater than 2,700 Google evaluations, which locations it among the many better-rated spots within the neighbourhood.
Most prospects are enthusiastic, praising the Szechuan cooking, the service and the pleasant employees.
Others have been much less beneficiant. One reviewer who left two stars described a pointy drop in meals high quality, writing {that a} beef chow enjoyable arrived soggy and bland and {that a} beef and broccoli dish was ready in a manner that they had by no means come throughout earlier than. One other, in a one-star evaluation, claimed two folks acquired sick after consuming there and warned others to remain away. That account is an unverified buyer declare and never a discovering by inspectors.
MAPAQ fines are issued by the Montreal Municipal Courtroom and printed within the provincial meals security registry. The violations listed don’t essentially replicate the present situations on the institution, as points are sometimes corrected earlier than a case is resolved in court docket. A positive showing within the registry isn’t a closure order.