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Brother Deli Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 16, 2025
- address1636 Blue Hill Av, Mattapan 02126
Is Brother Deli Restaurant clean?
Brother Deli Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Brother Deli Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C) • Observed food items being stored with no lids/covers. Provide proper coverage on all open foods being stored in refrigeration units.Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C) • Observed food items being stored with no lids/covers. Provide proper coverage on all open foods being stored in refrigeration units.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Observed wiping clothes being stored on the counter. Provide sanitizer buckets for the wiping clothes with sanitizer.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Observed wiping clothes being stored on the counter. Provide sanitizer buckets for the wiping clothes with sanitizer.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed a broken dishmachine. Repair or remove dishmachine. Establishment has a 3 bay sink that they are using. Sanitizer 50ppmGood Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Observed a broken dishmachine. Repair or remove dishmachine. Establishment has a 3 bay sink that they are using. Sanitizer 50ppm
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Oberved soil on the outside of the kitchen equipment. Clean and sanitize kitchen equipment.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Oberved soil on the outside of the kitchen equipment. Clean and sanitize kitchen equipment.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Obseved soiled floors in the kitchen and in the walk in cooler located in the basement. Clean floors to remove soil and debris.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Obseved soiled floors in the kitchen and in the walk in cooler located in the basement. Clean floors to remove soil and debris.
- ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C) • Observed a light bulb not working under the kitchen hood. Replace light bulb and clean all the glass coverings to remove grease build up on the light shields.Intensity-Lighting (C) • Observed a light bulb not working under the kitchen hood. Replace light bulb and clean all the glass coverings to remove grease build up on the light shields.
- ⚠️Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed trash and debris around the trash area. Clean trash area and remove all debris.Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C) • Observed trash and debris around the trash area. Clean trash area and remove all debris.
When was Brother Deli Restaurant last inspected?
Brother Deli Restaurant has 74 inspections on record going back to August 4, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2025 | — | |
| January 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 15, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| June 29, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 13, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 11, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 4, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 26, 2022 | — |
Brother Deli Restaurant vs Mattapan
Mattapan runs 77% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 38 mid, 26 cooked.
Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Mattapan, 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 January 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.