Espresso Love Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint
  Inspector note: Employees doing prep are working without hair restraints. Provide hair restraints in prep areas.
  code 13-2-304/402.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: There is some food buildup in beteween equipment and on shelving. Clean to remove. There is food buildup on the knobs to the slicer. Clean to remove. Refrigerator exteriors are soiled with debris. Clean to remove.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: The hood vents are dusty. Clean to remove.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
  Inspector note: Brooms are stored on the ground. Store elevated.
  code 42-6-501.113/.114* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 2, 2011: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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.