Firehouse Subs

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 30, 2015
• address543 Boylston St, Boston 02116

Is Firehouse Subs clean?

Firehouse Subs is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 30, 2015. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Firehouse Subs?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holding • Ham 46F Roast Beef 47F Turkey 47F. Unit 48. Turned higher the cooling switch inside unit and temperature lowered below 41F.Maintain at 41F or below.critical
  Cold Holding • Ham 46F Roast Beef 47F Turkey 47F. Unit 48. Turned higher the cooling switch inside unit and temperature lowered below 41F.Maintain at 41F or below.
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Sanitizing containers for wiping cloths not registering any sanitizer level. Provide proper sanitizer solution for wiping cloths.
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • Sanitizing containers for wiping cloths not registering any sanitizer level. Provide proper sanitizer solution for wiping cloths.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Knife stored soiled on magnetic knife holder. Magnetic strip rusted. Clean and sanitize properly. Store clean and sanitize knifes only. Can opener soiled. Clean and sanitize properly.
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Knife stored soiled on magnetic knife holder. Magnetic strip rusted. Clean and sanitize properly. Store clean and sanitize knifes only. Can opener soiled. Clean and sanitize properly.
• ⚠️Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Boxes with equipment stored on the floor in the storage area. Elevate 6 inches or above.
  Clean Equipment & Utensils Storage • Boxes with equipment stored on the floor in the storage area. Elevate 6 inches or above.
• ⚠️Number Convenient • Hand wash sink used to dump ice. Use for hand washing only.critical
  Number Convenient • Hand wash sink used to dump ice. Use for hand washing only.
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Toilet in the Women's Room broken. Repair. Waste bin in the Women's room without a lid. Provide covered waste bin.
  Toilet Enclosed Clean • Toilet in the Women's Room broken. Repair. Waste bin in the Women's room without a lid. Provide covered waste bin.
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Area around the dumpster soiled. Clean properly.
  Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Area around the dumpster soiled. Clean properly.
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Personal clothes and objects stored on the equipment /utensils boxes. Store properly at the designated place.
  Premises Maintained • Personal clothes and objects stored on the equipment /utensils boxes. Store properly at the designated place.
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • Re-train staff with regard to cold holding and hand wash sink usage.critical
  PIC Knowledge • Re-train staff with regard to cold holding and hand wash sink usage.

When was Firehouse Subs last inspected?

Firehouse Subs has 9 inspections on record going back to September 18, 2012.

Firehouse Subs vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 30, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.