Cosi No. 312 (Hood Park Cafe)

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 30, 2019
• address500 Rutherford Av, Charlestown 02129

Is Cosi No. 312 (Hood Park Cafe) clean?

Cosi No. 312 (Hood Park Cafe) is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 30, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Cosi No. 312 (Hood Park Cafe)?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Reheating • The white rice is in the hot holding unit at 74F. The employees explained they are heating it up in there. Provide proper reheating equipment and make sure items are reheated properly. (Item discarded)critical
  Reheating • The white rice is in the hot holding unit at 74F. The employees explained they are heating it up in there. Provide proper reheating equipment and make sure items are reheated properly. (Item discarded)
• ⚠️Hot Holding • The egg and cheese sandwich in the hot holding unit is 90F.n Provide proper hot holding of 135F or above. (Items discarded)critical
  Hot Holding • The egg and cheese sandwich in the hot holding unit is 90F.n Provide proper hot holding of 135F or above. (Items discarded)
• ⚠️Cold Holding • The butternut squash cooked earlier in the day is on the top of the sandwich unit for service at 60F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below and if items are made the morning of service make sure they are cooled before setting up the refrigerators.critical
  Cold Holding • The butternut squash cooked earlier in the day is on the top of the sandwich unit for service at 60F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below and if items are made the morning of service make sure they are cooled before setting up the refrigerators.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • There are no test kits available to test the sanitizer levels. Provide test kits and train employees to test sanitizer.
  Test Kit Provided • There are no test kits available to test the sanitizer levels. Provide test kits and train employees to test sanitizer.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • There is no sanitizer at the three bay sink and employees are washing dishes. Provide proper sanitizer levels to be sure equipment is being sanitized (instructed employees to replace the sanitizer bottle and properly setup the sink)critical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • There is no sanitizer at the three bay sink and employees are washing dishes. Provide proper sanitizer levels to be sure equipment is being sanitized (instructed employees to replace the sanitizer bottle and properly setup the sink)
• ⚠️Person in charge Assigned • There is no person in charge assigned. Provide a person trained by the certified food manager to supervise the food safety during all operating hours.critical
  Person in charge Assigned • There is no person in charge assigned. Provide a person trained by the certified food manager to supervise the food safety during all operating hours.

When was Cosi No. 312 (Hood Park Cafe) last inspected?

Cosi No. 312 (Hood Park Cafe) has 9 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2018.

Cosi No. 312 (Hood Park Cafe) vs Charlestown

Charlestown runs 92% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 178 clean, 7 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Charlestown, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 30, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.