Equator Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
  Inspector note: dishroom and kitchen/remove fruit flies
  code 35-6-501.111/.115** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods
  Inspector note: 2 door reach in/repair unit to operate at 41 degrees or below
  code 04-3-501.15/4-301.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Food Protection
  Inspector note: discontinue food prep in rear storage room rear storage room/properly cover all bulk vegetable bins and food trays in freezer
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: bar/provide drain hose to soda gun
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: bar/provide internal thermometer to 3 door reach in
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Test Kit Provided
  Inspector note: provide new quat test kit
  code 17-4-302.14* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: remove soiled cloth from top of microwave
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: bar handsink/provide employee must wash hands signage kitchen handsink/provide refill of paper towels and liquid soap
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: rear storage area/resurface worn floor
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: kitchen/clean all light shields rear storage room/clean walls behind all reach in freezers
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on February 8, 2016: 2 findings recurred. 8 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.

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