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Bisq Meat & Sandwiches
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 3, 2023
- address201 Brookline Av, Boston 02215
Is Bisq Meat & Sandwiches clean?
Bisq Meat & Sandwiches is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 3, 2023. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bisq Meat & Sandwiches?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 3, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • At this time PIC was unableto answer food temperature questions. Food Safety and Allergen posted are for the two owners and are also posted at another location. Someone that works at the location will need to have Food Safety and allergen to monitor food temperatures and review with staff on hand. Eacg location will need to have a person and not just a copy of the certificate. Please provide both for this location.(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf) • At this time PIC was unableto answer food temperature questions. Food Safety and Allergen posted are for the two owners and are also posted at another location. Someone that works at the location will need to have Food Safety and allergen to monitor food temperatures and review with staff on hand. Eacg location will need to have a person and not just a copy of the certificate. Please provide both for this location.
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • In walk in found container of chicken and drinks no the floor. Must be stored 6 inches off the floor.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • In walk in found container of chicken and drinks no the floor. Must be stored 6 inches off the floor.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean hood and filters above deep fry as discussed.Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean hood and filters above deep fry as discussed.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting board at the flip top will need to be bleach or resurfaced to remove deep dark scores.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting board at the flip top will need to be bleach or resurfaced to remove deep dark scores.
When was Bisq Meat & Sandwiches last inspected?
Bisq Meat & Sandwiches has 11 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2019.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| April 28, 2022 | — | |
| April 21, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| September 2, 2021 | — | |
| August 16, 2019 | — | |
| June 20, 2019 | Pass |
Bisq Meat & Sandwiches vs Fenway
Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 May 3, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.