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Beantown Hoagie
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 6, 2016
- address102 Water St, Boston 02109
Is Beantown Hoagie clean?
Beantown Hoagie is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on July 6, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Beantown Hoagie?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 6, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Container Labels • Squeeze bottles of dressings with no labels. Provide.Food Container Labels • Squeeze bottles of dressings with no labels. Provide.
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Sliced tomatoes and roast beef inside of the deli style cooler with elevated temperatures of 50F. Discontinue and ensure all potentially hazardous foods are being cooled at below 41F prior to being put out for service.Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • Sliced tomatoes and roast beef inside of the deli style cooler with elevated temperatures of 50F. Discontinue and ensure all potentially hazardous foods are being cooled at below 41F prior to being put out for service.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Bag of rice observed being stored on the ground in the back storage area. Boxes of produce being stored on the ground of the walk-in cooler. Discontinue and store elevated a minimum of 6 inches off the ground.Food Protection • Bag of rice observed being stored on the ground in the back storage area. Boxes of produce being stored on the ground of the walk-in cooler. Discontinue and store elevated a minimum of 6 inches off the ground.
- ⚠️Three Compartment Sink • 3 Compartment sink with only one drain plug. Discontinue and provide all 3 drain plugs in order to properly wash rinse and sanitize all equipment.Three Compartment Sink • 3 Compartment sink with only one drain plug. Discontinue and provide all 3 drain plugs in order to properly wash rinse and sanitize all equipment.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Employee observed rinsing a spoon off in the 3 compartment sink and placing it back into service without properly washing and sanitizing it. Address and properly train all staff.criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Employee observed rinsing a spoon off in the 3 compartment sink and placing it back into service without properly washing and sanitizing it. Address and properly train all staff.
- ⚠️Location Accessible • Hand sink in the main cooking are being blocked by large plastic containers. Address and ensure all hand sinks are accessible.criticalLocation Accessible • Hand sink in the main cooking are being blocked by large plastic containers. Address and ensure all hand sinks are accessible.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood and Ventilation Tags with a past expiration date of 6/22/16. Address adnd provide up to date Tags prior to the re-inspection being conducted.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood and Ventilation Tags with a past expiration date of 6/22/16. Address adnd provide up to date Tags prior to the re-inspection being conducted.
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • Light inside of the cooler storing unsliced deli meats not shielded. Provide.Fixture's not properly shielded • Light inside of the cooler storing unsliced deli meats not shielded. Provide.
When was Beantown Hoagie last inspected?
Beantown Hoagie has 21 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| July 6, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 28, 2016 | Fail | |
| March 10, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 2, 2016 | Fail | |
| November 6, 2015 | — | |
| April 23, 2015 | — | |
| July 17, 2014 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 20, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2013 | Fail | |
| April 2, 2013 | Pass |
Beantown Hoagie vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 July 6, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.