During my undergraduate days I frequented the Grad Lounge, a campus eatery, almost daily, ordering Indian cuisine like chana and samosas (pictured right). The food was decent, but mainly they accepted debit, while most other places on campus did not.

An Indian and Pakistani cuisine restaurant in Fredericton, New Brunswick has had its license revoked following a bad inspection Tuesday, reports Canadaeast News Service.  The restaurant, Chez Riz, was mentioned in the national Where to Eat in Canada guide, but won’t be serving up samosas until it corrects the three pages worth of items listed on the inspection report.

The Health Department’s report identified frozen samosas stored on newspaper with a metal pan on top in one freezer, and raw chicken stored on top of cooked food… The walk-in refrigerator needed cleaning and knives under a steam table were dirty… Floors, walls and ceilings, shall be cleaned regularly to prevent accumulation of dirt and food residue… No soap in the hand sink in the staff washroom…

Rizwan UI-Haq, chef at the restaurant, said aside from the chicken and samosas the rest of his food is fine,

"Our hot and cold temperatures were good. They checked it with a meter. Everything was OK. Our problem was the mess and the cleaning thing.”

In New Brunswick restaurant inspection results are summarized with colors, as seen below, and can be found on the Department of Health’s website.

UI-Haq plans on returning to his previous green status,

"I will be ready today or tomorrow. He’ll (the inspector) check everything and we’ll be fine. I will give more attention to this, because I’ve never had any problem. I was always on green until the day before yesterday.”

If only the Where to Eat in Canada guide mentioned restaurant inspection results.