1990 RUSSELL RD · Elmvale - Canterbury
April 1, 2026
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Foods that can spoil easily must be kept either at 4°C (40°F) or colder, or at 60°C (140°F) or hotter to prevent bacterial growth.
The restaurant must ensure all food is protected from contamination and spoilage.
The refrigeration equipment is not large enough to properly store foods that can spoil and keep them cold enough. The restaurant needs to provide adequately sized refrigeration to maintain temperatures at 4°C (40°F) or below.
The restaurant must have at least one staff member with food handler training present at all times while the business is open.
The restaurant must maintain bathrooms in good condition and provide a way for employees to dry their hands, such as paper towels or an air dryer.
The restaurant must have designated handwashing stations available for employees to use.
The person opening a new food business must notify the health department with their name, contact information, and the business location.
OB & O AFRO-CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT & DAVE'S BAR is in the Elmvale - Canterbury neighbourhood. Elmvale - Canterbury, Ottawa has 44 restaurants tracked on Pass or Fail, inspected by the local public-health unit. As of June 4, 2026, there are 43 (98%) that have passed their most recent inspection, with no conditional passes or closures.
This restaurant has been inspected 6 times since October 5, 2024, with 6 green results, 0 yellow results, and 0 red results on record.
Potentially hazardous foods are distributed, maintained, stored, transported, displayed, sold and offered for sale in which the internal temperature is at 4°C (40°F) or lower or 60°C (140°F) or higher.
All food shall be protected from contamination and adulteration. Protect all food from contamination and adulteration.
The equipment used for refrigeration or hot-holding of potentially hazardous foods is sufficiently sized to store potentially hazardous food and maintain it at applicable temperature. Provide equipment used for refrigeration that is sufficiently sized to store any potentially hazardous food and maintain it at 4°C or lower.
This record comes from Ottawa Public Health for Ottawa. Inspectors record any violations of applicable health regulations on each visit. The result above is the most recent inspection on file.
Green means no significant violations. Yellow means issues were found that the operator must correct. Red means the inspector ordered the premises to stop serving customers.
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Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating. Operator must ensure that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training.
Every food premise ensures that sanitary facilities are maintained in accordance with the design, construction and installation requirements in Ontario Regulation 332/12, is properly equipped and in good repair. Equip every sanitary facility with a method of hand drying that uses single-service towels or a hot air dryer.
Every food premise shall be provided with employee hand washing stations.
A person giving notice of an intention to commence to operate a food premise to the medical officer of health under subsection 16(2) of the Health Protection and Promotion Act shall include his or her name, contact information and the location of the food premise in the notice.
Utensils shall be sanitized through the use of an approved chemical solution or hot water for the required contact time and temperature. Sanitize utensils in a clean chlorine solution of not less than 100 parts per million of available chlorine at a temperature not lower than 24°C for at least 45 seconds.
Every food premise shall be provided with employee hand washing stations. The hand washing stations must be used only for the hand washing of employees.
Multi-service utensils shall be cleaned and sanitized after each use.
Toxic and poisonous substances required for maintenance of sanitary conditions are kept separate from food, in containers bearing a label and used in a manner that does not contaminate the food. Keep toxic and poisonous substances in a container that bears a label on which the contents of the container are clearly identified.
Utensils shall be sanitized through the use of an approved chemical solution or hot water for the required contact time and temperature. Sanitize utensils in a clean quaternary ammonium solution of not less than 200 parts per million at a temperature not lower than 24°C for at least 45 seconds.
Every food premise shall be provided with employee hand washing stations. Provide an adequate number of hand washing stations that are maintained and kept adequately supplied and that are situated for convenient access by food handlers.
Every food premise shall be operated and maintained such that the floor or floor coverings, the walls and ceilings, and the premises itself are maintained in a sanitary condition. The walls and ceilings of rooms and passageways must be readily cleaned and must be maintained in a sanitary condition.
Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating. Operator must ensure that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training.
The equipment used for refrigeration or hot-holding of potentially hazardous foods contains accurate indicating thermometers that can be easily read. In compliance. Accurate indicating thermometers available in all refrigeration and hot holding units.
Every operator of a food service premise ensures that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training during every hour in which the premise is operating. Operator must ensure that there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premise who has completed food handler training.
The surfaces of equipment and facilities other than utensils that come in direct contact with food are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary to maintain such surfaces in a sanitary condition. Clean and sanitize the surfaces of equipment and facilities as often as necessary to maintain such surfaces in a sanitary conditions.