Equator Restaurant

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

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Failed findings

• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Exhausthood sticker expired must be serviced by license cleaner and provide current sticker.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Ice unit interior panel soiled clean and sanitize.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Utensil Storage
  Inspector note: prep knives stored inbetween equipment discontinue practice store clean and dry in knife rack or magnant strip.
  code 10-3-304.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Dishwashng Facilities
  Inspector note: provide additional dish rack cart for storage of dish racks.
  code 16-4-501.11/.15* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Clean hand sink to remove visible soil near cooking line. • encrusted grease inbetween equipment clean to remove visible soil.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: No paper towels at sink provide.
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Floor soiled below cooking line equipment clean to remove visible soil.
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on December 22, 2015: 1 finding recurred. 6 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.

Source: Analyze Boston.