Bruegger's

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 1, 2016
• address91 Summer St, Boston 02111

Is Bruegger's clean?

Bruegger's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on December 1, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Bruegger's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • Provide a working food thermometer
  Food Thermometers Provided • Provide a working food thermometer
• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • Knives stored in- between soiled equipment Relocate as discussed
  Food Utensil Storage • Knives stored in- between soiled equipment Relocate as discussed
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Replace wooden utensil used to remove bagels in the oven - nend is visibly burnt and splitting
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Replace wooden utensil used to remove bagels in the oven - nend is visibly burnt and splitting
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Set up as discussed
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Set up as discussed
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside / outside of all refrigeratin units - cooking equipment - food storage bins - inside microwave and all counter tops from all visible fod spilolos stains and soils
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean inside / outside of all refrigeratin units - cooking equipment - food storage bins - inside microwave and all counter tops from all visible fod spilolos stains and soils
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Obnoxious odors coming from the basement -small amounts of pooling wate [ NO RAW SEWAGE ] in various locations of the restaurant. Maintanance for the building was on site and made progress replacing some waste pipes - stated that ther was a crack in one of the waste pipes under the basement floor and will have the problem corrected by the scheduled re-inspection date.
  Installed and Maintained • Obnoxious odors coming from the basement -small amounts of pooling wate [ NO RAW SEWAGE ] in various locations of the restaurant. Maintanance for the building was on site and made progress replacing some waste pipes - stated that ther was a crack in one of the waste pipes under the basement floor and will have the problem corrected by the scheduled re-inspection date.
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of rodent activity in basement - several dead cck roache scattered throughout the basement floor - in the light fixtures and along the walls. Contact new pest control company as discussed
  Insects Rodents Animals • Evidence of rodent activity in basement - several dead cck roache scattered throughout the basement floor - in the light fixtures and along the walls. Contact new pest control company as discussed
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean all walls and ceilng tiles in the basement - clean vents in the hood - clean walls throughout the upper level kitchen area from all visible soils
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean all walls and ceilng tiles in the basement - clean vents in the hood - clean walls throughout the upper level kitchen area from all visible soils
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • Repair broken light shields where needed
  Fixture's not properly shielded • Repair broken light shields where needed
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • PIC needs to provide a new cleaning agenda to minimize the heavy rodent activity b seeds from the bagels are scattered everywhere on the floor fueling the rodents. Some equipment is heavily soiledcritical
  PIC Performing Duties • PIC needs to provide a new cleaning agenda to minimize the heavy rodent activity b seeds from the bagels are scattered everywhere on the floor fueling the rodents. Some equipment is heavily soiled

When was Bruegger's last inspected?

Bruegger's has 26 inspections on record going back to February 25, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Bruegger's vs Downtown

Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 December 1, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.