28 Degrees

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 10, 2012
• address1 Appleton St, Boston 02116

Is 28 Degrees clean?

28 Degrees is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 10, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at 28 Degrees?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 10, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holding • beets 90 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or belowcritical
  Cold Holding • beets 90 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below
• ⚠️Food Protection • store all opened bulk food bags in covered containers
  Food Protection • store all opened bulk food bags in covered containers
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • resurface all worn white cutting boards
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • resurface all worn white cutting boards
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • storage room/properly secure all co2 tanks
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • storage room/properly secure all co2 tanks
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/provide proper set up of sink
  Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/provide proper set up of sink
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • 4 door drawer/provide accurate internal thermometer
  Equipment Thermometers • 4 door drawer/provide accurate internal thermometer
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • low temp at bar/tested at 0 ppm/provide proper sanitizer to unitcritical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • low temp at bar/tested at 0 ppm/provide proper sanitizer to unit
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ice machine/properly clean and sanitize interior of unit
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ice machine/properly clean and sanitize interior of unit
• ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • bar/provide drain hoses to soda guns remove all utensils from stagnate water
  Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • bar/provide drain hoses to soda guns remove all utensils from stagnate water
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • 3 bay sink/repair leak to sink
  Installed and Maintained • 3 bay sink/repair leak to sink
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • handsink/bar/provide liquid soap and paper towels in dispenser/clean sink dishroom handsink/provide liquid soap/paper towels in dispenser and employee must wash hands signage kitchen handsink/provide liquid soap and paper towels in dispenser with proper handwash signage restroom/provide paper towels in dispenser
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • handsink/bar/provide liquid soap and paper towels in dispenser/clean sink dishroom handsink/provide liquid soap/paper towels in dispenser and employee must wash hands signage kitchen handsink/provide liquid soap and paper towels in dispenser with proper handwash signage restroom/provide paper towels in dispenser
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • dumpster/provide tightly sealed covers
  Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • dumpster/provide tightly sealed covers
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • dishroom/repair walls clean walls clean ceiling and light shields
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • dishroom/repair walls clean walls clean ceiling and light shields
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • dishroom/replace cracked light shields • storage room/provide light shields with endcaps
  Fixture's not properly shielded • dishroom/replace cracked light shields • storage room/provide light shields with endcaps
• ⚠️Mop Sink not Provided • provide proper mop sink
  Mop Sink not Provided • provide proper mop sink

When was 28 Degrees last inspected?

28 Degrees has 6 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2011.

28 Degrees vs Bay Village

Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.

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• ✓ Tantric India Bistro
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• ✓ Dunkin Donuts/Watermark
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• ✓ Avila
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• ✓ Courtyard Cafe
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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 10, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.