ONTARIO: Rat lounges in eatery

24.nov.09
Toronto Sun
Kevin Connor

Kyle Fisher almost lost his lunch when he saw a rat in a restaurant he
frequents.
The Toronto Sun obtained pictures yesterday from a reader of a large rat lounging on tables and chairs of the Famous BBQ Express at 385 Queen St. W.
"The disease aspect is scary. I don't want to catch anything with everything else going on," said Fisher, who works at a clothing store a couple of doors down from the restaurant.
"I'm shocked. They are really nice people, but I'm not going to eat there anymore."
The Sun took the photos to Toronto Public Health and it immediately arranged for a new inspection of the restaurant, which had a green pass indicating it had received a clean inspection in October.
"There isn't a major problem with rats in that area so the problem could be in the restaurant," said Jim Chan, food safety manager for public health. "It's not normal for a rat to be sitting on a chair being looked at."
Adam Wang, the manager of Famous BBQ Express, says he has an exterminator come in every month but could provide receipts for only 2008.