Mamma Mia, Pizzeria, Someone Went To Eataria

A restaurant getting shut down by the health department because a group of people were poisoned there and it also turned out to be infested with bugs is most definitely news, but not the sort of news we generally deal with here. But when all of that happens to you and you’ve named your restaurant Eataria Unlimited, you can bet we’re on that like food poisoning on lettuce.

The spelling may be a little off, but I assure you that the word Eataria is pronounced exactly the way you think it is.

Southeast Public Health has shut down a restaurant in Carleton Place, Ont., after several people reported becoming intensely ill after eating there.
Eataria Unlimited, located at 73 Bridge St. in Carleton Place, west of Ottawa, is now shuttered following an inspection on April 14.
Amanda Wormleighton, a local personal trainer, was part of the group that called Southeast Public Health to conduct an inspection.

She says she and five other co-workers attended Eataria Unlimited April 9 for a work lunch, and shortly following their meal, many started to feel unwell.

Within 24 hours, Wormleighton says she became sicker than she has ever been before.
“I ended up violently ill. I threw up over the course of 12 hours, something like 20-some-odd times. I had a fever of 103,” she recalled. “I ended up in really bad shape, where I was almost delirious from how high my fever was getting.”
Her co-worker, Kayleigh Trudeau, says she ordered a donair wrap and suffered a similar fate.
“Throwing up lasted about eight hours. I think I threw up about 12 to 14 times,” Trudeau said.
After realizing they were suffering from the same symptoms, they contacted Eataria Unlimited to notify them. Trudeau says they were offered a refund on their meal.

Which is fair, since they had already sent it back.

And before anyone says anything (looking at you, Carin), yes, I did notice that that one woman’s last name has “Worm” in it. Hopefully that’s all of her that does.