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The Social Bar & Lounge

B8-B10 2460 Brock Rd, Pickering ON L1X 2R2 · Food Safety Inspections

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Inspection summary

The Social Bar & Lounge has been inspected 7 times by Durham Region Health Department since March 6, 2025. The most recent inspection, on October 15, 2026, recorded 3 infractions.

None of the 7 inspections on record were free of infractions. In the past 12 months there were 4 inspections with 9 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Protecting food from contamination, Pests and Chemicals and toxic substances.

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.

  • 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 4 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on October 15, 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 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on October 15, 2026. For example: Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents

  • 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 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on March 18, 2026. For example: Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)

  • Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk

    Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.

    Recorded 2 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on May 22, 2025. For example: Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred

  • Food safety training and certificationLower risk

    Most jurisdictions require a certified food handler or manager on site, and some require allergen or food-worker training. These findings mean the paperwork or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean food was handled unsafely.

    Recorded 3 times across 2 separate inspections, most recently on October 15, 2026. For example: Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers

About this data

These results come from Durham Region Health Department, 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.

7 inspections

  1. Routine

    3 infractions

    • 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
    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed scoops/utensils not being stored in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
      • Operator to ensure scoops/utensils are stored and maintained in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Fail to prevent the entrance of insect / rodent / pest
      • Operator to ensure food premise shall be protected against the entry of pest
  2. Routine

    2 infractions

    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed scoops/utensils not being stored in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
      • Operator to ensure scoops/utensils are stored and maintained in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Fail to prevent the entrance of insect / rodent / pest
      • Operator to ensure food premise shall be protected against the entry of pest
  3. Routine

    2 infractions

    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed scoop / dipper not kept in a manner preventing bacterial growth
      • Operator to ensure scoop / dipper well is kept in a manner preventing bacterial growth
    • Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
      • * Fail to use equipment/utensils/dishes/food containers/multi-service articles in good repair (i.e. free from cracks/crevices/chips/open seams)
      • Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces, utensils and/or multi-service articles are cleaned and sanitized after each use and are maintained in good repair
  4. Routine

    2 infractions

    • Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
      • * Observed scoops/utensils not being stored in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
      • Operator to ensure scoops/utensils are stored and maintained in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination and/or adulteration
    • 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
  5. Re-Inspection

    3 infractions

    • Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
      • * Fail to ensure sanitizing solution contains the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength of sanitizer
    • 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
    • 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
  6. Routine & Complaint

    4 infractions

    • Food contact surfaces properly designed, constructed, installed, maintained, located (smooth, non-absorbent, cleanable, corrosion resistant and non-toxic)
      • * Fail to maintain utensils, multi-service articles and/or food contact surfaces in a clean and sanitary manner and/or in good repair
      • * Fail to use equipment/utensils/dishes/food containers/multi-service articles in good repair (i.e. free from cracks/crevices/chips/open seams)
      • Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces, utensils and/or multi-service articles are cleaned and sanitized after each use and are maintained in good repair
    • 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 adjust or repair the malfunctioning cooler immediately. Do not store any potentially hazardous foods in the malfunctioning unit until it is able to maintain hazardous foods at 4° C or lower
    • Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
      • * Fail to ensure sanitizing solution contains the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength of sanitizer
      • Operator to ensure sanitizing solution contain the appropriate type of chemical solution and/or concentration/strength for sanitizing
    • Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
      • * Evidence of pests observed
      • Provide proof of contract with licensed pest control operator to control and remove insect/pest infestation
  7. Routine

    3 infractions

    • Washing hands thoroughly before and after handling food
      • Operator to wash hands before putting on disposable gloves
    • 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
    • Food handler (does not use tobacco while handling food, has clean outer garments, good personal hygiene, hair confined, free from infectious agent of a 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

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