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Copley Plaza Hotel
- resultFail
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2019
- address138 St James Av, Boston 02116
Is Copley Plaza Hotel clean?
Copley Plaza Hotel is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 29, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Copley Plaza Hotel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • oak bar/jams 55/pickled veg 55 degrees/cauliflower cooked 60 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below oak kitchen/feta cheese 47/guacamole 45/50 at 2 locations/crab meat 45 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or belowcriticalCold Holding • oak bar/jams 55/pickled veg 55 degrees/cauliflower cooked 60 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below oak kitchen/feta cheese 47/guacamole 45/50 at 2 locations/crab meat 45 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below
- ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • oak bar/repair2 door drawer to operate at 41 degrees or below oak kitchen/repair 2 door reach inInadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • oak bar/repair2 door drawer to operate at 41 degrees or below oak kitchen/repair 2 door reach in
- ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contamination • oak room/2 door grill/properly store all raw meatscriticalSeparation Segregation Cross Contamination • oak room/2 door grill/properly store all raw meats
- ⚠️Food Protection • do not refreeze french fries oak room storage/store all opened bulk food bags in covered containersFood Protection • do not refreeze french fries oak room storage/store all opened bulk food bags in covered containers
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • oak room and main kitchen/replace worn white cutting boardsFood Contact Surfaces Design • oak room and main kitchen/replace worn white cutting boards
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • oak room storage/clean/sanitize interior/exterior of ice machinesFood Contact Surfaces Clean • oak room storage/clean/sanitize interior/exterior of ice machines
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • oak kitchen handsink/repair mixing valve at sink/hot water 81 degrees/use second handsink mens restroom/repair mixing valves to two of four handsinksInstalled and Maintained • oak kitchen handsink/repair mixing valve at sink/hot water 81 degrees/use second handsink mens restroom/repair mixing valves to two of four handsinks
- ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • oak room storage/remove fly paperInsects Rodents Animals • oak room storage/remove fly paper
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • oak room storage and walk in/resurface worn floor/clean floor area under all shelvingImproper Maintenance of Floors • oak room storage and walk in/resurface worn floor/clean floor area under all shelving
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • oak kitchen/remove wrap from ansul piping oak room storage/provide smooth non porous ceiling and walls oak room storage/clean stained ceiling tiles storage area/resurface ceiling to remove flaking paintImproper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • oak kitchen/remove wrap from ansul piping oak room storage/provide smooth non porous ceiling and walls oak room storage/clean stained ceiling tiles storage area/resurface ceiling to remove flaking paint
- ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • in room dining/provide light shieldFixture's not properly shielded • in room dining/provide light shield
- ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • oak kitchen and oak room storage/replace burnt out lightInadequate Lighting • oak kitchen and oak room storage/replace burnt out light
- ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • provide documentation on dehydrated vegetables and pickled vegetables provide proper payment of 2019 health permit/8-303.20criticalPIC Performing Duties • provide documentation on dehydrated vegetables and pickled vegetables provide proper payment of 2019 health permit/8-303.20
When was Copley Plaza Hotel last inspected?
Copley Plaza Hotel has 58 inspections on record going back to June 29, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2019 | — | |
| January 29, 2019 | Fail | |
| July 27, 2018 | — | |
| July 19, 2018 | Fail | |
| January 31, 2018 | — | |
| January 24, 2018 | Fail | |
| December 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2017 | Fail | |
| June 6, 2017 | — | |
| November 30, 2016 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2016 | Fail | |
| March 22, 2016 | Pass |
Copley Plaza Hotel vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 January 29, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.