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Columbus Cafe & Bar
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 4, 2012
- address535 Columbus Av, Roxbury 02118
Is Columbus Cafe & Bar clean?
Columbus Cafe & Bar is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 4, 2012. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Columbus Cafe & Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 4, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot Holding • mashed potato 120 degrees/provide proper temperature of 140 degrees or abovecriticalHot Holding • mashed potato 120 degrees/provide proper temperature of 140 degrees or above
- ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • white reach in/properly store all raw meatscriticalSeparation Segregation Cross Contamination • white reach in/properly store all raw meats
- ⚠️Food Protection • provide covers to all employee drinks discontinue re-use of shellfish containersFood Protection • provide covers to all employee drinks discontinue re-use of shellfish containers
- ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • ice bin/provide proper scoop with handleFood Utensil Storage • ice bin/provide proper scoop with handle
- ⚠️Prevention of Contamination from Hands • observed employee placing cut bread in basket with bare hands/provide proper barrier when handling ready to eat foodscriticalPrevention of Contamination from Hands • observed employee placing cut bread in basket with bare hands/provide proper barrier when handling ready to eat foods
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide proper hair restraints for all cooksClean Cloths Hair Restraint • provide proper hair restraints for all cooks
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • replace all damaged white storage containers bar/provide drain hoses to soda gunFood Contact Surfaces Design • replace all damaged white storage containers bar/provide drain hoses to soda gun
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • properly secure all c02 tanks 2 door undercounter/replace worn door gasketNon-Food Contact Surfaces • properly secure all c02 tanks 2 door undercounter/replace worn door gasket
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/provide proper set up of sink • 3 bay sink/provide 3 drain plugsDishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/provide proper set up of sink • 3 bay sink/provide 3 drain plugs
- ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • 1 door glass reach in/provide internal thermometer provide internal thermometer to 1 door white reach in all reach in units/provide internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or belowEquipment Thermometers • 1 door glass reach in/provide internal thermometer provide internal thermometer to 1 door white reach in all reach in units/provide internal thermometer to register 41 degrees or below
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • priperly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solutionWiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • priperly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize prep sink clean interior of ice machineFood Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize prep sink clean interior of ice machine
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean top of 1 door white reach inNon-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean top of 1 door white reach in
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • repair faucet handle to bar handsink repair leak to water boilerInstalled and Maintained • repair faucet handle to bar handsink repair leak to water boiler
- ⚠️Location Accessible • provide proper access to rear handsinkcriticalLocation Accessible • provide proper access to rear handsink
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • handsink/provide refill of paper towels and employee must wash hands signageHand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • handsink/provide refill of paper towels and employee must wash hands signage
- ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • restroom/provide self closing doorToilet Enclosed Clean • restroom/provide self closing door
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • Properly clean and remove all evidence of numerous live fruit flies at bar area.Insects Rodents Animals • Properly clean and remove all evidence of numerous live fruit flies at bar area.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • kitchen/resurface worn floorImproper Maintenance of Floors • kitchen/resurface worn floor
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • kitchen/clean all window ledges clean ceiling walls throughout kitchenImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • kitchen/clean all window ledges clean ceiling walls throughout kitchen
- ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • kitchen/provide adequate lightingInadequate Lighting • kitchen/provide adequate lighting
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • basement/clean/organize basement/remove items from top of walk inPremises Maintained • basement/clean/organize basement/remove items from top of walk in
When was Columbus Cafe & Bar last inspected?
Columbus Cafe & Bar has 21 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| October 19, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| May 11, 2012 | — | |
| May 4, 2012 | Fail | |
| April 20, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 11, 2011 | Fail | |
| September 9, 2010 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2010 | Fail | |
| July 7, 2009 | — | |
| June 29, 2009 | — |
Columbus Cafe & Bar 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 9% 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 May 4, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.