Contessa

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
  Inspector note: Pizza oven site of previous fire has been walled off and sealed behind a door and cleanable surfaces. Make all necessary repairs. Contact health division prior to any equipment changes submit plans and equipment spec sheets for review to isdhealth@boston.gov.
  code 590.006/6-501.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Preventing Contamination from Hands (Pf)
  Inspector note: Observed a food employee handling ready to eat foods with bare hands. Product voluntarily discarded. Food worker washed hands and donned gloves and returned to work. Corrected on site.
  code 590.003(C)/3-301.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
  Inspector note: Peeling paint near wall outside walkin freezer. Clean and seal. Exposed putty unfinished around pipes and in hole that was filled. Seal with cleanable materials. Walkin freezer floor insecure repair.
  code 590.006/6-101.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓flagged at inspection
  Inspector note: Menu missing allergen statement. Provide. Notice on printed menus and menu boards. Such food establishments shall include on all printed menus and menu boards a clear and conspicuous notice requesting a customer to inform the server before placing an order about the customer's allergy to a major food allergen. The notice shall state: Before placing your order please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.
  code L1status: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on February 8, 2024: 1 finding recurred. 3 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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