A&W #0662

17830 56th Ave, Surrey · Restaurant

20 inspections

Routine InspectionApr 13, 2026
2 infractions
- 205 - Cold potentially hazardous food stored/displayed above 4 °C. [s. 14(2)]
  - Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): 2 cartons of eggs observed to be out at room temperature. Eggs measurd at at 13.5C internal temperature.
  - Corrective Action(s): Ensure to place extra cartons in cooler able to hold an air ambienet temperature of 4C or lower. Do not allow eggs to be at room temperature if not used up within 2 hours during rush.
  - Violation Score: 5
  - 401 - Adequate handwashing stations not available for employees [s. 21(4)]
  - Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Handwashing sink at the front lack paper towels.
  - Corrective Action(s): Ensure all handwashing sinks are well equipped with hot and cold running water, liquid soap, and paper towels to facilitate proper hand hygiene.
  - Violation Score: 5
- 306 - Food premises not maintained in a sanitary condition [s. 17(1)]
  - Observation: Grease built-up noted at exhaust hood filters at the flat grill area.
  - Corrective Action(s): Clean aformentioned filters. Establish routine cleaning of filters in addition to 3rd party cleaning. Email pictures to inspector for validation. Corrected by: April 20, 2026.
  - Violation Score: 3
Routine InspectionOct 22, 2025
1 infraction
- 402 - Employee does not wash hands properly or at adequate frequency [s. 21(3)]
  - Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Observed front staff to be washing hands with just water prior to taking customer order after cleaning dine-in tables.
  - Corrective Action(s): Ensure all food handlers are to wash hands with warm water, liquid soap, and paper towels when transitioning between different tasks.
  - Violation Score: 5
Routine InspectionMay 26, 2025
0 infractions
Routine InspectionNov 29, 2024
0 infractions
Routine InspectionApr 30, 2024
0 infractions
Routine InspectionNov 3, 2023
1 infraction
- 306 - Food premises not maintained in a sanitary condition [s. 17(1)]
  - Observation: Observed built-up of grease on exhaust hood vents above the flat grill.
  - Corrective Action(s): Clean and sanitize the exhaust hood vents. Ensure exhaust hood vents are cleaned on a regular basis to prevent build-up of grease. Bi-yearly cleaning from 3rd party company is not sufficient to prevent grease build-up. Corrected by: November 13, 2023.
  - Violation Score: 3
  - 308 - Equipment/utensils/food contact surfaces are not in good working order [s. 16(b)]
  - Observation: Observed built-up of ice along the walls of the walk-in freezer.
  - Corrective Action(s): Defrost and clear the built-up of ice in the walk-in freezer. Corrected by: November 13, 2023.
  - Violation Score: 3
Routine InspectionJun 19, 2023
1 infraction
- 306 - Food premises not maintained in a sanitary condition [s. 17(1)]
  - Observation: Around the nozzle of fountain drink machines observed to have built-up of syrup.
  - Corrective Action(s): Clean and sanitize around the fountain drink nozzles daily. Conduct thorough cleaning and sanitizing around the nozzle to first remove built-up syrup. Afterwhich ensure that area is cleaned and santized daily. Corrected by: June 21, 2023.
Routine InspectionFeb 17, 2023
0 infractions
Routine InspectionAug 18, 2022
0 infractions
Routine InspectionFeb 9, 2022
0 infractions
Routine InspectionJun 23, 2021
1 infraction
- 306 - Food premises not maintained in a sanitary condition [s. 17(1)]
  - Observation: Grease build up observed behind grill and deep fryer. Manager stated these areas are cleaned daily during late night.
  - Corrective Action(s): Please ensure areas are cleaned as per scheduled cleaning.
  - Correct by: July 7
  - Violation Score: 3
Routine InspectionJan 19, 2021
0 infractions
Follow-Up InspectionNov 19, 2019
0 infractions
Routine InspectionNov 6, 2019
2 infractions
- 302 - Equipment/utensils/food contact surfaces not properly washed and sanitized [s. 17(2)]
  - Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Observed staff member wiping food contact surface (burger prep area) with a blue towel that just had water on it and no sanitizer.
  - Corrective Action(s): As discussed, staff must use the rags in the sanitizer bucket to properly sanitize all food contact surfaces.
  - Violation Score: 5
- 304 - Premises not free of pests [s. 26(a)]
  - Observation: Sticky fly trap by the back storage area is full of flies.
  - Corrective Action(s): Change out sticky fly trap.
  - Correct by: Today
  - Violation Score: 3
Routine InspectionJul 15, 2019
0 infractions
Follow-Up InspectionDec 11, 2018
0 infractions
Routine InspectionDec 3, 2018
1 infraction
- 212 - Operator has not provided acceptable written food handling procedures [s. 23]
  - Observation: Time tracking for food items in the inserts is not clear to understand. Staff are writing the times that some food items expire on a plastic sheet but not others. Also, sheets are not dated so it is not clear as to whether these times are from a previous day or not.
  - Corrective Action(s): If you are using time tracking as a method for foods left out at room temperature, then you must record date and times properly. If the foods left out are not being time tracked properly, they will be discarded.
  - Correct by: immediately
  - Violation Score: 1
  - 306 - Food premises not maintained in a sanitary condition [s. 17(1)]
  - Observation: 1) Cup dispensers in front area are dirty (debris around the top of the dispenser). Staff member said that this dispenser is not used. However, there were cups inside the dispenser at time of inspection.
  - 2) Sides of equipment in cooking area had some grease builtup.
  - Corrective Action(s): Manager removed cup dispensers entirely. Clean above mentioned items thoroughly.
  - Correct by; Today
  - Violation Score: 3
Routine InspectionJun 22, 2018
1 infraction
- 212 - Operator has not provided acceptable written food handling procedures [s. 23]
  - Observation: Foods in prep inserts which had recently been changed had not been time tracked per the food safety plan.
  - Corrective Action(s): When foods are placed in the inserts (eg. onions, sliced cheese), staff need to record the times that they are being placed in the inserts so that they know when these foods must be discarded by.
  - Correct by: immediately
  - Violation Score: 1
  - 305 - Conditions observed that may allow entrance/harbouring/breeding of pests [s. 26(b),(c)]
  - Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Back door was left open at time of inspection (was propped open with a tray).
  - Corrective Action(s): Close back door. Back door must be kept closed. If staff want to keep the back door open, then a screen must be installed to keep out pests.
  - Violation Score: 3
Follow-Up InspectionDec 20, 2017
0 infractions
Routine InspectionDec 7, 2017
1 infraction
- 302 - Equipment/utensils/food contact surfaces not properly washed and sanitized [s. 17(2)]
  - Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): 0 ppm quats residual concentration in the rag sanitizer bucket underneath the main cooking line where the burgers are cooked and put together.
  - Corrective Action(s): 1) This is a repeat violation from the previous routine inspection where the sanitizer was not changed frequently enough.
  - 2) Properly sanitizing this area of your kitchen is especially important because this is where a lot of your food is being prepped and cooked.
  - 3) Staff did not remember how long the sanitizer solution had been there for.
  - Staff changed solution during inspection and new solution reached 200 ppm quats
  - **An unannounced follow up inspection will be conducted. If sanitizer bucket is not found to be at the proper concentration, enforcement actions may be taken (ie. fines). ENSURE that staff are regularaly checking their sanitizer buckets**
  - Violation Score: 5