Riverbowl
310 Ontario St Burk's Falls ON P0A 1C0 · Bar
Inspection summary
Riverbowl has been inspected 14 times by North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit since April 9, 2024. The most recent inspection, on June 18, 2026, recorded 1 infraction.
1 of 14 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 5 inspections with 13 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Food temperature control, Chemicals and toxic substances and Protecting food from contamination.
Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
Food temperature controlHigher risk
Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.
Recorded 10 times across 9 separate inspections, most recently on June 3, 2026. For example:
Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
Chemicals and toxic substancesHigher risk
Cleaning products, sanitizers and pesticides must be labelled and stored away from food and food-contact surfaces. Inspectors flag chemicals that could end up in food, as well as pest treatments applied without proper supervision.
Recorded 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on April 1, 2025. For example:
Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk
This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.
Recorded once on February 3, 2026. For example:
Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
PestsHigher risk
Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.
Recorded once on August 12, 2025. For example:
Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk
Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.
Recorded 17 times across 11 separate inspections, most recently on June 18, 2026. For example:
Floors clean and in good repair
About this data
These results come from North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
14 inspections
- Re-inspection
1 infraction
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
- * Fail to maintain food premise with tight, smooth and non-absorbent floor or floor coverings
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure floor or floor coverings are tight, smooth and non-absorbent
- Floors clean and in good repair
- Compliance (Required)
3 infractions
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
- * Fail to maintain food premise with tight, smooth and non-absorbent floor or floor coverings
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure floor or floor coverings are tight, smooth and non-absorbent
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- * Fail to ensure adequate sanitizer concentration are achieved for sanitizing
- Chlorine sanitizer concentration must be at least 100 parts per million at 24°C or greater for at least 45 seconds
- Operator to ensure the appropriate chemicals and/or temperatures are used for proper washing and sanitizing
- Floors clean and in good repair
- Re-inspection
3 infractions
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to maintain food premise with tight, smooth and non-absorbent floor or floor coverings
- Operator to ensure floor or floor coverings are tight, smooth and non-absorbent
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are of sound and tight construction
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
- Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
- * Fail to provide a minimum of 1 certified food handler per hour of operation
- Operator to ensure a minimum of 1 certified food handler is present during every hour of operation
- Floors clean and in good repair
- Compliance (Required)
5 infractions
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floor of dishwashing area kept clean and in good repair
- * Fail to maintain food premise with tight, smooth and non-absorbent floor or floor coverings
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure floor or floor coverings are tight, smooth and non-absorbent
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- * Fail to protect food from contamination and/or adulteration
- Operator to ensure all food is properly stored, displayed, transported and served to prevent contamination
- Operator to ensure all foods are covered in storage
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- * Fail to provide sufficient detergent, chemicals, or required water temperatures for washing and sanitizing
- Chlorine sanitizer concentration must be at least 100 parts per million at 24°C or greater for at least 45 seconds
- Operator to ensure the appropriate chemicals and/or temperatures are used for proper washing and sanitizing
- Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
- * Fail to provide a minimum of 1 certified food handler per hour of operation
- Operator to ensure a minimum of 1 certified food handler is present during every hour of operation
- Floors clean and in good repair
- Compliance (Required)
1 infraction
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- Re-inspection
0 infractions
- Compliance (Required)
4 infractions
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
- * Fail to ensure storage areas are clean and organized to facilitate monitoring of pest control
- * Evidence of pests observed
- Operator to ensure storage areas are maintained clean and organized to facilitate the monitoring of pest control
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- * Fail to provide sufficient detergent, chemicals, or required water temperatures for washing and sanitizing
- Chlorine sanitizer concentration must be at least 100 parts per million at 24°C or greater for at least 45 seconds
- Operator to ensure the appropriate chemicals and/or temperatures are used for proper washing and sanitizing
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- * Fail to use equipment/non-food contact surfaces for its intended purpose
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Floors clean and in good repair
- Compliance (Required)
2 infractions
- Frequency of garbage removal adequate to maintain the premises in a sanitary condition
- * Fail to remove garbage / wastes when necessary to maintain sanitary condition
- Operator to ensure garbage is removed as often as necessary to maintain premise in a sanitary manner
- Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
- * Fail to keep toxic / poisonous substance in container bearing identifying label
- Operator to ensure toxic/poisonous substances are stored in a manner preventing contamination
- Frequency of garbage removal adequate to maintain the premises in a sanitary condition
- Re-inspection
1 infraction
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- * Fail to provide mechanical dishwasher in good repair
- Operator to ensure mechanical dishwasher is maintained in good repair
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- Compliance (Required)
7 infractions
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Sanitary maintenance of and provision of required supplies in staff / public washroom facilities
- * Fail to keep washroom in good repair, clean and sanitary condition
- Operator to ensure the washroom facilities are maintained clean and in good repair
- Food handler (not use tobacco while so engaged, clean, clean outer garments, hair confined, Free of infectious disease / skin disease / submit medical exams and tests as required)
- * Food handler fail to take reasonable precautions to ensure that food is not contaminated by hair
- Operator to ensure food handler’s hair is properly confined while handling food
- Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
- * Fail to ensure hand washing basin is easily accessible
- Operator to ensure a designated hand washing basin is provided and/or accessible in each food preparation area
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- * Fail to provide mechanical dishwasher in good repair
- Operator to ensure mechanical dishwasher is maintained in good repair
- Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
- * Fail to keep toxic / poisonous substance in container bearing identifying label
- Operator to ensure toxic/poisonous substances are stored in a manner preventing contamination
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- Re-inspection
2 infractions
- General housekeeping is satisfactory
- * Fail to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of the food premise
- Operator to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of food premise
- Thermometers used to verify food preparation and storage temperatures
- * Fail to provide easily readable thermometer
- Operator to provide accurate and easily readable indicating thermometers in temperature controlled rooms/equipment used for storage of potentially hazardous foods
- General housekeeping is satisfactory
- Compliance (Required)
4 infractions
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Thermometers used to verify food preparation and storage temperatures
- * Fail to provide easily readable thermometer
- Operator to provide accurate and easily readable indicating thermometers in temperature controlled rooms/equipment used for storage of potentially hazardous foods
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- General housekeeping is satisfactory
- * Fail to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of the food premise
- Operator to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of food premise
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- Re-inspection
4 infractions
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- * Fail to ensure adequate sanitizer concentration are achieved for sanitizing
- Chlorine sanitizer concentration must be at least 100 parts per million at 24°C or greater for at least 45 seconds
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to maintain food premise with tight, smooth and non-absorbent floor or floor coverings
- Operator to ensure floor or floor coverings are tight, smooth and non-absorbent
- General housekeeping is satisfactory
- * Fail to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of the food premise
- Operator to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of food premise
- Walls clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure walls of food premise kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure walls of food premise are maintained in a sanitary condition and in good repair
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- Compliance (Required)
7 infractions
- Walls clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure walls of food premise kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure walls of food premise are maintained in a sanitary condition and in good repair
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to maintain food premise with tight, smooth and non-absorbent floor or floor coverings
- Operator to ensure floor or floor coverings are tight, smooth and non-absorbent
- General housekeeping is satisfactory
- * Fail to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of the food premise
- Operator to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of food premise
- Toxic / poisonous substances (chemicals / pesticides) to be stored separately from food
- * Fail to keep toxic / poisonous substance in container bearing identifying label
- Operator to ensure toxic/poisonous substances are stored in a manner preventing contamination
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Mechanical dishwashing: Wash / rinse water clean, water temperature, timing cycles, sanitizer
- * Fail to ensure adequate sanitizer concentration are achieved for sanitizing
- Chlorine sanitizer concentration must be at least 100 parts per million at 24°C or greater for at least 45 seconds
- Thermometers used to verify food preparation and storage temperatures
- * Fail to provide easily readable thermometer
- Operator to provide accurate and easily readable indicating thermometers in temperature controlled rooms/equipment used for storage of potentially hazardous foods
- Walls clean and in good repair
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