Choice's By Au Bon Pain

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings11
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Hot Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: spinach croissant 128 degrees/provide proper temperature of 140 degrees or above/discarded by manager
  code 03-3-501.16*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Cold Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: salad bar/cut melon 48 degrees/cottage cheese 44 degrees/items removed by manager
  code 03-3-501.16(A)*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: clean/sanitize knives between use clean/sanitze interior of ice machine/white panels to remve mold like substance
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
  Inspector note: dining room/floor bed and windw ledges in dining room and register area/remove from interior of register cabinets/floor area behind display cases/remove evidence of rodent droppings/clean flour bed/provide detailed up to date extermination report
  code 35-6-501.111/.115** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Protection
  Inspector note: bakery/remove cup/provide scoop with handle
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: repair damaged exterior doors/walls of salad unit repair walls to counter at bakery
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: front 2 door drawer/provide accurate internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or below
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: clean interior of salad bar cabinets and coffee cabinets/juice cabinets to remove debris/soils dining room/clean all tables
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: front line handsink/repair leak from faucet
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: bakery/mve oven and clean floor area kitchen/front line/regrout floor
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: bakery/clean/resurface ceiling to remove stains
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on March 6, 2018: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 9 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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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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