Centre Street Cafe

• 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: Hood vent sticker shows that it was due for a cleaning in Dec 2013. Address. Last done in Aug. 2013. PIC stated that she has date of Feb 9th to have it cleaned.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Separation Segregation Cross Contaminationcritical
  Inspector note: Products stored on floor in walk in. Discontinue and store 6 inches off the floor at all times.
  code 08-3-302.11/3-304.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Container Labels
  Inspector note: Not all bulk food containers in basement labeled. Provide labels for all bulk food containers.
  code 02-3-602.11-.12/3-302.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: Cutting boards in kitchen and in basement with deep dark scores. Clean to remove or resurface to remove.
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: Shelves in basement lines with paper. Discontinue. Cover to large freezer in basement falling apart. Repair cover or replace.
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Shelves in both walk ins visibly soiled and peeling or rusty. Clean to remove. Exterior of bulk food containers in basement visibly soiled. Clean to remove. Interior and exterior of freezers and refrigerators visibly soiled with dry food and frost. Clean to remove. Shelves in kitchen and basement prep visibly soiled. Clean to remove.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: Water leaking from dishwasher in kitchen in buckets in basement next to prep table. PIC made call to have leak repaired.
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Floor under cooking equipment soiled with dry food and grease. Clean to remove. Floors in basement under prep tables walk in visible soiled with dry food and water. Clean to remove. Floor in basement peeling in spots. PIC stated that she is working on having repaired.
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 14, 2014: 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.

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