Tony's Famous Italian Express
458 Southdale Rd E, London ON N6E 1A3 · Restaurant
Inspection summary
Tony's Famous Italian Express has been inspected 9 times by Middlesex-London Health Unit since June 28, 2023. The most recent inspection, on August 12, 2026, found no infractions.
2 of 9 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 3 inspections with 4 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing, Handwashing and staff hygiene and Protecting food from contamination.
The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.
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.
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 6 times across 4 separate inspections, most recently on April 23, 2026. For example:
Multi-service articles, utensils, equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized
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 once on October 28, 2024. For example:
Handwashing stations are maintained and adequately supplied
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 May 29, 2024. For example:
Food is protected from contamination and adulteration
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 3 separate inspections, most recently on October 28, 2024. For example:
Food handler or supervisor present during operation has completed food handler training
About this data
These results come from Middlesex-London 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.
9 inspections
- Required
0 infractions
- Required
1 infraction
- Multi-service articles, utensils, equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized
- Fail to clean and sanitize equipment and facilities surfaces as often as necessary
- Multi-service articles, utensils, equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized
- Required
3 infractions
- Equipment, utensils, multi-service articles and all food contact surfaces are properly constructed and maintained
- Fail to maintain equipment, utensils and / or multi-service articles of sound and tight construction and in good repair
- Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to ensure utensils are sanitized as required
- Fail to ensure that clean chlorine solution is at least 100 parts per million at 24°C (75°F) or greater for at least 45 seconds
- Multi-service articles, utensils, equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized
- Fail to clean and sanitize utensils, other than multi-service articles, as often as necessary
- Equipment, utensils, multi-service articles and all food contact surfaces are properly constructed and maintained
- Required
1 infraction
- Multi-service articles, utensils, equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized
- Fail to clean and sanitize equipment and facilities surfaces as often as necessary
- Multi-service articles, utensils, equipment and facilities are cleaned and sanitized
- Required
2 infractions
- Handwashing stations are maintained and adequately supplied
- Fail to use handwashing station only for handwashing of employees
- Food handler or supervisor present during operation has completed food handler training
- Fail to ensure the presence of a food handler or supervisor, who has completed food handler training, during every hour of operation in a food service premises
- Handwashing stations are maintained and adequately supplied
- Required
2 infractions
- Food is protected from contamination and adulteration
- Fail to protect food from contamination and adulteration
- Food handler or supervisor present during operation has completed food handler training
- Fail to ensure the presence of a food handler or supervisor, who has completed food handler training, during every hour of operation in a food service premises
- Food is protected from contamination and adulteration
- Required
1 infraction
- Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to ensure utensils are sanitized as required
- Fail to ensure that clean chlorine solution is at least 100 parts per million at 24°C (75°F) or greater for at least 45 seconds
- Mechanical dishwashers are constructed, designed and maintained to ensure utensils are sanitized as required
- Follow-up
0 infractions
- Required
1 infraction
- Records, receipts, certificates maintained as required
- Fail to retain records of pest control measures taken for one year
- Fail to produce food handler certificate at the request of the Officer as per the local by-law
- Records, receipts, certificates maintained as required
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