A preferred downtown Montreal restaurant is dealing with a big invoice after Quebec food safety inspectors flagged violations on the premises on two separate events over the previous 12 months.
In response to records published by the province’s Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ), Restaurant VIP, a Chinese language buffet at 1077 rue Clark, was ordered to pay $11,300 in fines following two latest infractions.
Each judgments had been handed down by the Montreal municipal court docket.
What had been the violations?
Each fines stem from the identical kind of infraction: failure to maintain the premises freed from contaminants, together with bugs, rodents, or their droppings. Right here is how they broke down:
- $5,300 advantageous for failure to maintain the premises freed from contaminants, together with bugs, rodents, or their droppings. Infraction dated March 7, 2024, judged September 5, 2025.
- $6,000 advantageous for a similar kind of violation. Infraction dated April 15, 2025, judged March 9, 2026.
Value noting
As is the case with all MAPAQ information, there’s usually a big hole between the date of the infraction and the date the judgment is printed. The authorized course of can take months and even years to run its course, and the violations listed right here don’t essentially replicate present circumstances on the restaurant.
Is it nonetheless suitable for eating there?
MAPAQ says that when a restaurant stays open after receiving fines, it means the problems have been corrected, and follow-up inspections have been carried out. Short-term closures are solely ordered when there’s a direct danger to public well being, and no such measure was taken on this case.
Restaurant VIP maintains a 4.2-star ranking on Google with over 1,500 critiques and is open day by day from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.