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Au Bon Pain
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2019
- address26 Park Plaza, Boston 02110
Is Au Bon Pain clean?
Au Bon Pain is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 16, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Au Bon Pain?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide written procedures and kitClean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • Provide written procedures and kit
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Use utensil sign worn on self service pastry caseMiscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Use utensil sign worn on self service pastry case
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Tuna 50 F Removed from servicecritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Tuna 50 F Removed from service
- ⚠️Food Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Food thermometers not workingFood Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf) • Food thermometers not working
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Worn cutting boardsCutting Surfaces (C) • Worn cutting boards
When was Au Bon Pain last inspected?
Au Bon Pain has 50 inspections on record going back to September 11, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 28, 2021 | — | |
| October 1, 2020 | — | |
| October 16, 2019 | Pass | |
| October 3, 2019 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 21, 2018 | Fail | |
| May 29, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2018 | Fail | |
| September 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| August 30, 2017 | Fail |
Au Bon Pain 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 12% of them.
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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 October 16, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.