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11 Montreal Restaurants were hit with MAPAQ health fines of up to $5,000 in 2025

<img src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/a-wendy-s-restaurant-in-montreal-right-la-paan-villa-on-jean-talon-street-in-montreal.jpg?id=56313325&width=1200&height=400&coordinates=0%2C136%2C0%2C136"/><br/><br/><p>Montreal is a foodie town littered with <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/foodie-montreal-restaurants-2025" target="_blank">incredible eateries</a> on every corner of the island. But how safe is your go-to spot? </p><p>The <a href="https://media.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/condamnations/" target="_blank">Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (MAPAQ)</a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><span></span>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.</p><p>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.</p><h3>La Fraîcheur Tropicale - Casse-croûte créole et crèmerie</h3><br/><img alt="La Fra\u00eecheur Tropicale restaurant in Montreal" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fc3b96d2db903c11f63868d59e8f4d6d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="feb67" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/la-fra-u00eecheur-tropicale-restaurant-in-montreal.png?id=56313215&width=980"/><p>Address: 6654 rue Sherbrooke E, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $5,000</p><p>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."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-01-08</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-24</p><h3>Second Cup Café & Co</h3><br/><img alt="A downtown Second Cup location in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="47ed0bc3ad8ea0a69f89a6e8e5bdfba2" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="ad71f" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/a-downtown-second-cup-location-in-montreal.png?id=56313202&width=980"/><p>Address: 1166 Sainte-Catherine O, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $4,500</p><p>Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-02-13</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-31</p><h3>La Paan Villa</h3><br/><img alt="La Paan Villa on Jean-Talon Street in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="89286a6a44b477fa25117d1a7dab1a20" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="26d60" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/la-paan-villa-on-jean-talon-street-in-montreal.png?id=56313049&width=980"/><p>Address: 717 rue Jean-Talon O, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $3,000</p><p>Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2023-11-16</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-24</p><h3>Mr. Puffs</h3><br/><img alt="A Mr. Puffs restaurant in LaSalle, QC." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1de9525528abdd138cbb2a05dfe1c40f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="6389d" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/a-mr-puffs-restaurant-in-lasalle-qc.png?id=56313040&width=980"/><p>Address: 7775 blvd Newman, LaSalle, QC</p><p>Total fines: $2,000</p><p>Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-01-30</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-31</p><h3>Wendy's</h3><br/><img alt="A Wendy's franchise in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="97ac0aec35d8bd1227cbb873d8dd2072" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="8739e" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/a-wendy-s-franchise-in-montreal.png?id=56312978&width=980"/><p>Address: 5180 blvd Décarie, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $1,500</p><p>Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2023-10-30</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-29</p><h3>Frite Alors!</h3><br/><img alt="A Frite Alors! location in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="57185678795c6d591c6d56ca0ce3a1c5" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="f3a57" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/a-frite-alors-location-in-montreal.png?id=56312881&width=980"/><p>Address: 1562, ave Laurier E, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $1,000</p><p>Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-01-30</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-27</p><h3>Le Platana</h3><br/><img alt="La Platana restaurant in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="02a01eb8e138b18b5093f265a1abf824" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="94aac" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/la-platana-restaurant-in-montreal.png?id=56312872&width=980"/><p>Address: 361 rue Bernard O, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $1,000</p><p>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."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-04-12</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-27</p><h3>Tommy Café</h3><br/><img alt="Tommy Caf\u00e9 on the corner of Notre-Dame Street in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cea93e3e068fe7c09020e5d8eb423cf9" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="1acda" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/tommy-caf-u00e9-on-the-corner-of-notre-dame-street-in-montreal.png?id=56312707&width=980"/><p>Address: 200 rue Notre-Dame O, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $1,000</p><p>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."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-05-29</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-31</p><h3>Pizza Georges</h3><br/><img alt="Google Street View of Pizza Georges in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="29264259ef48e8455529389087cc9577" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="fd99d" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/google-street-view-of-pizza-georges-in-montreal.png?id=56312560&width=980"/><p>Address: 844 rue Sauvé E, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $1,000</p><p>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."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-03-19</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-24</p><h3>Pizza Chicken New York</h3><br/><img alt="Google Street View of Chopstix Restaurant in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8d7b17b03b16445cbd9f8daa6ead2bf9" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="bb8b0" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/google-street-view-of-chopstix-restaurant-in-montreal.png?id=56312548&width=980"/><p>Address: 6352, rue Pascal, Montréal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $1,000</p><p>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."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-09-10</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-16</p><h3>Chopstix</h3><br/><img alt="Google Street View of Chopstix Restaurant in Montreal." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6d20137818ed8d56121a787f527d88fc" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="ff85b" loading="lazy" src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/google-street-view-of-chopstix-restaurant-in-montreal.png?id=56312399&width=980"/><p>Address: 325 blvd Henri-Bourassa E, Montreal, QC</p><p>Total fines: $1,000</p><p>Reason for violation: "The place or vehicle must be free from contaminants, pollutants, any species of animals including insects and rodents or their excrement."</p><p>Date of Offense: 2024-01-05</p><p>Date of judgment: 2025-01-31</p><p class=""><em>This story was adapted from the article <a href="https://www.narcity.com/fr/montreal/mapaq-amendes-restaurants-montreal-insalubrite-2025-janvier" target="_blank">"11 restos à Montréal qui ont eu jusqu'à 5 000 $ d'amendes aux inspections du MAPAQ en 2025"</a> </em><em>which was originally published on Narcity Quebec by Izabelle Bee.</em></p><em>Love this? 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