Empire Garden

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

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Checks marked passed

• ✓Removal Adjustment or Retention of Exclusions & Restrictions (P)critical
  Inspector note: Employee working with symptoms and illness without notifying person in charge. Review illness policy with employees and ensure employees with symptoms are excluded.
  code 590.002(F)/2-201.13-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Card board being used to line shelving in the main kitchen area. Discontinue and ensure all surfaces remain cleanable durable and smooth.
  code 590.004/4-202.16-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Door handles to the walk-in cooler with cacked on foods. Clean to remove. Roll away racks for equipment and foods with ccacked on foods. Clean to remove.
  code 590.004/4-602.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
  Inspector note: Floor under and around the Wok stations visibly soiled and with food debris. Clean to remove. Floor under the BBQ box with grease/food build-up. Clean to remove.
  code 590.006/6-201.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Controlling Pests (C)
  Inspector note: Evidence of roach activity noted in the the upstairs dry storage area's. Address. Provide and up to pest control report for the re-inspection.
  code 590.006/6-501.111-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on June 27, 2025: 5 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.

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