Better Bagels

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Cooler holding ice at service line with visible soils. Clean to remove. Maintain all food contact surfaces in clean condition too the sight and touch. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Protection
  Inspector note: Ice being kept in cooler on floor with visible particles and crumbs in ice. Remove. Store foods in protected areas away from potential sources of contamination.
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
  Inspector note: No test kit for quats sanitizer. Provide.
  code 17-4-302.14* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Floors in back area with visible crumbs & soils. Clean to remove. Clean floors under around & behind equipment.
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 6, 2017: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Analyze Boston.