El Barco

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
  Inspector note: cole slaw/sliced tomato/potato/50 degrees
  code 590.003/3-501.16-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
  Inspector note: provide kit and written procedures
  code 590.002/2-501.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
  Inspector note: properly date mark all tcs foods
  code 590.003/3-501.17-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
  Inspector note: provide quat test kit with guide
  code 590.004/4-302.14-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
  Inspector note: clean interior of bar/bakery ice machine clean/sanitize knives/cutting boards between use clean/sanitize can opener blade
  code 590.004/4-601.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C)
  Inspector note: discontinue storing juice bottle in ice for drinks bar/provide scoop with handle for ice and proper dispensing utensil for fruits remove dunkin coffee cups from storage on cutting boards
  code 590.003/3-302.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
  Inspector note: bar/shucking station/provide wiping cloths in sanitizer
  code 590.003/3-304.14-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Thawing (C)
  Inspector note: properly thaw frozen tortillas under refrigeration
  code 590.003/3-501.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Cutting Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: resurface worn cutting boards
  code 590.004/4-501.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: bar walk in/clean all shelving hot line/clean all cooking equipment/reach in units/silver shelving
  code 590.004/4-602.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
  Inspector note: ice machine/clean floor area bar/remove stagnate water kitchen/remove stagnate water from floor storage room/clean floor
  code 590.006/6-101.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Handwashing Signage (C)
  Inspector note: lobster tank handsink/provide proper handwash signage
  code 590.006/6-301.14-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Intensity-Lighting (C)
  Inspector note: hot line/replace burnt out lights
  code 590.006/6-303.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
  Inspector note: bar/provide drain hoses to soda guns resurface worn shelving at wait station
  code 590.006/6-501.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓flagged at inspection
  Inspector note: post signage that a customer can request copy of last inspection
  code L1status: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 2, 2019: 15 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.

Source: Analyze Boston.