Choice's By Au Bon Pain

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: replace/resurface all worn white cutting boards
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: sandwich bar/provide proper cover to condensor bakery area/resurface/replace worn wooden blocks at soup station replace missing cabinet handles resurface all worn white shelving at front line
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: repair/replace hot water tank and provide proper documentation from licensed plumber/ new hot water tank will be installed
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Hot Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: spinach croissant 134 degrees/provide proper temperature of140 degrees or above
  code 03-3-501.16*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Cold Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: 2 door drawer/egg 51 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below
  code 03-3-501.16(A)*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Hot and Cold Watercritical
  Inspector note: all handsinks/provide hot running water at sink/tested at 100 degrees must be 110 degrees
  code 27-5-103.11-.12*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: ice machine/clean/sanitize interior of unit clean/sanitize slicer
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Cross Connection Back Siphonage Backflow
  Inspector note: prep sink/remove black hose or provide proper backflow preventor
  code 30-5-203.14** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Clean Cloths Hair Restraint
  Inspector note: provide proper hair restraints
  code 13-2-304/402.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: bakery/1 door reach in/provide internal thermometer sandwich station/provide internal thermometer walk in/provide internal thermometer
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: kitchen handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: clean dust from fixtures above salad bar
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on February 13, 2014: 3 findings recurred. 9 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.