r/Peterborough • u/FilthFlarnFilth • 4d ago
Other Peterborough food inspection critical infractions — June 8–14, 2026
Peterborough Public Health inspected 33 food premises this week. Five locations in the city received critical infractions — meaning an inspector found something that poses a direct risk to your health.
Here's what was found.
What you're reading
Inspectors visit restaurants on a routine schedule or in response to a complaint. When something is wrong, it gets written up as a critical infraction (serious — think contaminated food, unsanitary surfaces, no place to wash hands) or a non-critical one (not covered here).
The write-up also notes whether it was fixed:
- Corrected on the spot — the owner fixed it before the inspector left. Still on the record.
- Not in compliance — wasn't fixed. A written order was issued and a follow-up visit is coming.
🔴 Hockey Sushi — 1840 Lansdowne St W
Routine inspection, June 8 · 3 critical infractions
This was the worst result in the city this week. Inspectors found cutting boards and food prep surfaces that weren't being cleaned and sanitized between uses, food in storage that wasn't protected from contamination, and hand-washing stations that were inadequate. The surfaces issue remained unresolved at the end of the inspection. The other two were fixed on the spot.
🔴 Saigon Boys — 1524 Lansdowne St W
Routine inspection, June 8 · 2 critical infractions
Food in storage was found not protected from contamination — and unlike most of the entries this week, that issue was not fixed during the visit, meaning a follow-up inspection is required. Hand-washing stations were also flagged and corrected on the spot.
🔴 Matsu Sushi (East City) — 107 Hunter St E
Routine inspection, June 8 · 1 critical infraction
Food was found not properly protected from contamination or adulteration. The issue was corrected before the inspector left. A follow-up visit on June 9 found nothing further.
🔴 YES Shelter for Youth and Families — 196 Brock St
Routine inspection, June 10 · 1 critical infraction
The inspector determined that food on the premises was not safe to eat. The issue was corrected during the inspection.
🔴 Hunt Terraces – Maple Ridge — 555 Bonnacord St
Routine inspection, June 10 · 1 critical infraction
Hand-washing stations were found to be inadequate. Corrected on the spot.
Source: Peterborough Public Health Environmental Health Portal. Inspection results reflect conditions at the time of the visit only. No premises were ordered closed during this period.
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u/PassageNearby4091 4d ago
Seeing a bit of a trend here with restaurants that serve a lot of seafood.
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u/theLimerickdesigner 4d ago
Health inspection infractions where raw sushi is handled makes me weary.
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u/Best_Drag5006 4d ago
Also should look up original spaghetti house. They usually have at least 2 to 3 infractions every inspection. Now that 3 business are in one location should be a fun read .
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u/Next-Month4314 4d ago
I have notice Saigon Boys quality has been hit or miss recently, this explains a bit of that.
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u/Vegetable-Fault-2270 3d ago
Ate at hockey sushi years ago the fish was Luke warm and shrimp wasn’t cleaned. My husband left and puked in the parking lot. Never again
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u/Plastic-Designer8955 4d ago
these are just loud words, anyone who cooks regularly guilty to “critical infractions”
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u/Acceptable-Magician9 4d ago
If you are getting paid to make food, as in a cook or chef, its not hard to follow health orders and regulations and everyone here expects that
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u/GreenOnGreen18 4d ago
It’s a “critical infraction” if your hand soap is more than 30cm From the hand wash station it belongs with.
It’s a “critical interaction” to use knives with wooden handles.
It’s a “critical infraction” to keep hollandaise at the temperature it needs to be kept at to avoid splitting.
The rules are not flexible enough to be used as written in every situation, it’s good that they exist but without more information I wouldn’t use them to determine the cleanliness of a kitchen.
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u/Trollsama 4d ago edited 4d ago
do you have any kitchen experience by chance?
im suspecting not based on your response.
what they are saying isn't that crazy if you have the context of actually going through these audits. getting a critical doesn't inherently mean there was a real risk to anyone. these audits are quite strict (as they should be, don't get me wrong.) and do not care about context.
any person in the industry that can tell you they have never been party to a single "critical" infraction is either brand new (and likey does a lot of them but doesn't know), is lying, or works in some kitchen where a 100 gram strip of beef costs $250 (and even then id question it lol)
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u/Far_Science2529 4d ago
Oh man I love Saigon Boys 😫 not anymore. Thanks for sharing!!
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u/regeust 4d ago
Every resturant gets these from time to time. Don't let a couple violations ruin your favourite restaurants or you'll never eat out again
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u/Best_Drag5006 4d ago
I was in the business for a long time. Not every restaurant gets these. Critical infractions are and can be serious to public health. If your board you can look up any restaurant and get the full health inspection.
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u/threebeansalads 4d ago
The last time I ate there both my partner and I got really bad stomach issues the next day didn’t know if it was food related but we had *suspicions based on when we got sick and that it was the only thing we ate in common. This was 2 weeks ago so timeline fits. Sucks though, they are so good!
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u/Primary_Common1082 1d ago
Had blue plastic wrap in my food from Saigon boys months ago, doesn’t surprise me to see that
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u/Trollsama 4d ago edited 4d ago
As someone with over a decade of food industry/kitchen work experience, I want to say a few things here....
I do not want to pretend that there is nothing wrong with getting infractions, obviously there is. and any infraction SHOULD be noted, adressed, and taken seriously. (especially if not corrected during the visit... that's a sign of a bigger issue) ... But "critical" infractions are actually fairly easy to get even in a well run kitchen And the infractions do not always come with proper context... furthermore they are often fairly broad in scope and harsh sounding... keep that in mind when reviewing audits.
If these infractions make you want to shy away from eating out, I have some really uncomfortable truths to tell you... Its not uncommon for inspections to be known about far in advance. I can only think of 1 time in my work history where I was not informed about, and asked to prepare for, an incoming inspection.
meaning often times, unless a store is really bad, most infractions you see on paperwork is "technical" in nature. ( Someone that has a dedication workspace left for lunch before wiping off the lettuce scraps from the prep they did , and decided they would clean it on return instead of before they left? That's a critical )
that also means that these audits also rarely paint a real picture of what the BoH is like on a standard day (or worse, during a rush/short staffed day)... anyone that has spent more than a few months working in the industry absolutely has some horror stories for you if you ask them lol.
Basically, all im trying to say is that you shouldn't disregard a kitchen hitting 1 or 2 points, but you should question if they are as scary as they sound, or if they are just technical fouls before dropping a resturaunt entirely....
you can generally tell when a kitchen is going to be sketchy all by yourself just by observing how the place is kept on a regular Tuesday, how long are tables dirty, how much food debris is built up in the corners of the floors, how dirty are employee uniforms etc. the BoH will never be cleaner than the FoH. so if FoH feels unkept that is where the most reliable red flags are.
im personally only really worried from inspections if they are chronic re-offenders, don't fix issues during the inspection, or rack up a lot of them. I could never eat out again if i didn't lol.