The Tomiko
701 Hwy 11 Tilden Lake ON P0H 2K0 · Restaurant
Inspection summary
The Tomiko has been inspected 7 times by North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit since March 7, 2024. The most recent inspection, on August 21, 2026, recorded 5 infractions.
None of the 7 inspections on record were free of infractions. In the past 12 months there were 3 inspections with 16 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Pests, Handwashing and staff hygiene and Cleaning and sanitizing.
Recent inspections have recorded more infractions than earlier ones, so it is worth reading the latest reports closely.
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.
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 4 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on August 21, 2026. For example:
Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
Handwashing and staff hygieneHigher risk
Hands are the main way germs like norovirus move from people to food. Inspectors look for stocked, accessible handwashing sinks, staff washing hands when required, hair restraints, and sick employees being kept away from food. Gaps here can spread illness quickly.
Recorded 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 21, 2026. For example:
Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
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 3 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on August 21, 2026. For example:
Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
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 October 21, 2025. For example:
Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
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 7 times across 6 separate inspections, most recently on August 21, 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.
7 inspections
- Compliance (Required)
5 infractions
- Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
- * Fail to provide adequate supplies (single-use towels, soap in a dispenser) for the hand washing basin in the food preparation area
- Operator to ensure hand washing basins are adequately supplied
- Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
- * Fail to prevent the entrance of insect / rodent / pest
- * Evidence of pests observed
- Contact licensed pest control operator for insect / rodent / pest treatment and control
- Operator to ensure food premise shall be protected against the entry of pest
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floors of food premise are kept clean and/or in good repair
- * Fail to maintain carpeting in areas where food is served in a clean and sanitary condition
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Lighting adequate for food preparation and cleaning
- * Fail to provide adequate lighting for food preparation and cleaning
- Provide adequate lighting for food preparation and cleaning
- 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
- Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
- Compliance (Required)
4 infractions
- 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
- Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
- * Fail to provide adequate supplies (single-use towels, soap in a dispenser) for the hand washing basin in the food preparation area
- Operator to ensure hand washing basins are adequately supplied
- 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
- Food contact surfaces washed / rinsed / sanitized after each use and following any operations when contamination may have occurred
- * Fail to ensure food contact surfaces are cleaned and sanitized before and after food preparation
- Operator to ensure all food contact surfaces are properly cleaned & sanitized
- Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
- Compliance (Required)
7 infractions
- 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
- 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
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- * Observed ready-to-eat foods not separate from raw food preparation surfaces and utensils to prevent contamination
- Operator to ensure cooked and ready-to-eat foods are separated and above raw foods when handled or stored
- Floors clean and in good repair
- Hand washing basin with supplies of hot and cold water, soap in a dispenser and single-use towels
- * Fail to provide adequate supplies (single-use towels, soap in a dispenser) for the hand washing basin in the food preparation area
- Operator to ensure hand washing basins are adequately supplied
- 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 as readily cleanable and non-absorbent
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Proper storage of single-service containers/articles (utensils)
- * Fail to store single-service containers and article (utensils) in a manner preventing contamination
- Operator to ensure single-service containers/articles are protected and stored in a manner to prevent contamination
- Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
- Compliance (Required)
4 infractions
- Food is prepared in a safe manner
- * Potentially hazardous foods observed at an internal temperature between 4° C (40°F) and 60°C (140°F) for greater than 2 hours
- Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are processed, prepared and manufactured at temperatures between 4°C (40°F) and 60°C (140°F) within 2 hours
- General housekeeping is satisfactory
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
- Food is prepared in a safe manner
- Compliance (Required)
2 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
- 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
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- Compliance (Required)
2 infractions
- General housekeeping is satisfactory
- * Fail to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of the food premise
- * Fail to arrange furniture, equipment and appliances as to permit thorough cleaning and the maintaining of the room or place in a clean and sanitary condition
- Operator to remove all materials not associated with the daily operation of food premise
- Operator to ensure the furniture, equipment and appliances are arranged to permit thorough cleaning and the maintaining of the room or place in a clean and sanitary condition
- 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 as readily cleanable and non-absorbent
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- * 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 maintained clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
- General housekeeping is satisfactory
- Compliance (Required)
2 infractions
- Floors clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure floor of food-handling room kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure floors are kept clean and 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 ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are readily cleanable/non-absorbent and of sound and tight construction.
- Floors clean and in good repair
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