Brownstone

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 5, 2009
• address109 Dartmouth St, Boston 02116

Is Brownstone clean?

Brownstone is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 5, 2009. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Brownstone?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2009, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Container Labels • Multiple products have no labels on them.
  Food Container Labels • Multiple products have no labels on them.
• ⚠️Reheating • Multiple foods being reheated in steamtable(squash spinach).Products at 90-100F.critical
  Reheating • Multiple foods being reheated in steamtable(squash spinach).Products at 90-100F.
• ⚠️Hot Holding • Multiple products holding in DangerZone without a sufficient heat source.Soup on stovetop(turned off)at 80F-No heat source.Lemon butter sauce and cooked mushrooms holding on lip of grill at 90F.Mash potato at 120F.critical
  Hot Holding • Multiple products holding in DangerZone without a sufficient heat source.Soup on stovetop(turned off)at 80F-No heat source.Lemon butter sauce and cooked mushrooms holding on lip of grill at 90F.Mash potato at 120F.
• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • Food thawing in handsink and in prepsink in stagnant water.
  PHF's Properly Thawed • Food thawing in handsink and in prepsink in stagnant water.
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw fish stored over RTE food in Walk-in(cucumbers).critical
  Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • Raw fish stored over RTE food in Walk-in(cucumbers).
• ⚠️Food Protection • Food (cooked potatoes) in strainer in handsink next to 3 Bay sink.Frozen food in handsink.Food in prepsink with chemical stored directly overhead.
  Food Protection • Food (cooked potatoes) in strainer in handsink next to 3 Bay sink.Frozen food in handsink.Food in prepsink with chemical stored directly overhead.
• ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Inadequate handwashing observed during inspection from staff after cleaning/handling soiled dishes.(Staff who did wash hands didn't wash for 20 seconds.Their wash was a quick 3-5 seconds).critical
  Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Inadequate handwashing observed during inspection from staff after cleaning/handling soiled dishes.(Staff who did wash hands didn't wash for 20 seconds.Their wash was a quick 3-5 seconds).
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Ice scoop with handle lying directly on customer ice.(bar)Interior of ice unit in basement is worn.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Ice scoop with handle lying directly on customer ice.(bar)Interior of ice unit in basement is worn.
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Dishwasher in kitchen leaking(bucket of stagnant water underneath).
  Dishwashng Facilities • Dishwasher in kitchen leaking(bucket of stagnant water underneath).
• ⚠️Location Accessible • Multiple handsinks blocked used improperly.critical
  Location Accessible • Multiple handsinks blocked used improperly.
• ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Staff on site unable to test low temperature dishwasher in kitchen(They didn't know how).critical
  Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • Staff on site unable to test low temperature dishwasher in kitchen(They didn't know how).
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Management not performing their duties as required as evident by lack of Knowledge on behalf of staff interviewed and observed during inspection. As critical violations were noticed; staff didn't immediately correct unless prompted to do so by inspector. Staff on site including manager were unaware of basic Safe food principles ad practices.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • Management not performing their duties as required as evident by lack of Knowledge on behalf of staff interviewed and observed during inspection. As critical violations were noticed; staff didn't immediately correct unless prompted to do so by inspector. Staff on site including manager were unaware of basic Safe food principles ad practices.

When was Brownstone last inspected?

Brownstone has 6 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2006.

Brownstone vs South End

South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 February 5, 2009. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.