Boston Beer Works

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Rear door to outside area with daylight emmiting through threshold and perimeter of door. Seal all outer openings. Condensation leaking from exposed HVAC vent near ladder to dry storage room. Determine source and make necessary repairs.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: French fry cutter and can opener with food soils. Clean with proper frequency. wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: Several cutting boards at cookline heavily scored. Resurface or replace.
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: Worn cracked gasket at cookline reach in refrigerated unit. Replace all worn refrigerator gaskets. Shelving in dry storage with exposed flaking particle board. Seal/repair to maintain smooth durable non porous and easily cleanable.
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: Cookline units missing equipment thermometers. Provide.
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Test Kit Provided
  Inspector note: No test kit for bar dishwasher provided. Test kit on site missing color grid and label. Provide appropriate test kits.
  code 17-4-302.14* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage
  Inspector note: Observed ice scoop being stored in ice at bar. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry/store properly.
  code 24-4-903.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Floors Designed Constructed Installed
  Inspector note: Floors in food dry storage are with exposed raw wood. Seal to maintain smooth non porous durable and easiliy cleanable. Bottom stair tread constructed of steel diamond plate leading to upstairs prep kitchen with hole rotted through tread. Repair. Grout missing from cookline floor tiles. Seal/repair/regrout.
  code 36-6-201.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on July 26, 2016: 1 finding recurred. 7 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.