Giacomo's

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 27, 2018
• address353 Hanover St, Boston 02113

Is Giacomo's clean?

Giacomo's is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 27, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Giacomo's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 27, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cooling • The sauce made earlier in the day is cooling on the floor in the basement in deep containers at room temperature the sauce is still 76F. Properly cool items from 140F to 70F in two hours and then from 70F to 41F in an additional four hours.critical
  Cooling • The sauce made earlier in the day is cooling on the floor in the basement in deep containers at room temperature the sauce is still 76F. Properly cool items from 140F to 70F in two hours and then from 70F to 41F in an additional four hours.
• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • They are thawing fish in buckets of stagnant water in the basement. Properly thaw items.
  PHF's Properly Thawed • They are thawing fish in buckets of stagnant water in the basement. Properly thaw items.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Buckets of sauce and thawing fish are stored uncovered in an unfinished area of the basement. Keep items properly covered or protected.
  Food Protection • Buckets of sauce and thawing fish are stored uncovered in an unfinished area of the basement. Keep items properly covered or protected.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • They are using Home Depot plastic containers to store the sauce. Provide food grade equipment that is designed to be cleaned and sanitized.
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • They are using Home Depot plastic containers to store the sauce. Provide food grade equipment that is designed to be cleaned and sanitized.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • The refrigerator gaskets are broken on the upstairs refrigerators. Repair or replace. The handle is broken off the upstairs undercounter unit and they are using a tied piece of plastic bag as a handle. Repair to provide a smooth cleanable durable handle. The shelving in the upright refrigerator and the bottom of the unit is rusting. Resurface or replace.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • The refrigerator gaskets are broken on the upstairs refrigerators. Repair or replace. The handle is broken off the upstairs undercounter unit and they are using a tied piece of plastic bag as a handle. Repair to provide a smooth cleanable durable handle. The shelving in the upright refrigerator and the bottom of the unit is rusting. Resurface or replace.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • The dishwasher is washing at 156F and rinsing at 120F but there is no sanitizer reading. Provide proper sanitizer levels to be sure that items are getting cleaned and sanitized. The location is not for another few hours so the manager called the dishwasher company to come in and repair the machine before service. Email paperwork to show the machine was repaired before service.critical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • The dishwasher is washing at 156F and rinsing at 120F but there is no sanitizer reading. Provide proper sanitizer levels to be sure that items are getting cleaned and sanitized. The location is not for another few hours so the manager called the dishwasher company to come in and repair the machine before service. Email paperwork to show the machine was repaired before service.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Refrigerators are soiled with food buildup. Clean to remove.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Refrigerators are soiled with food buildup. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • The floors in the kitchen and basement have missing grout and tiles. Repair or replace damaged floors to provide a surface that is smooth cleanable and durable.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • The floors in the kitchen and basement have missing grout and tiles. Repair or replace damaged floors to provide a surface that is smooth cleanable and durable.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • There is dust buildup on the ceilings and light fixtures. Clean to remove.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • There is dust buildup on the ceilings and light fixtures. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Fixture's not properly shielded • Basement light is unshielded. Provide guarded light fixtures.
  Fixture's not properly shielded • Basement light is unshielded. Provide guarded light fixtures.
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • The certified food manager at this location works at another location. Provide a full time certified food manager at this location to supervise food safety and train the staff.critical
  PIC Knowledge • The certified food manager at this location works at another location. Provide a full time certified food manager at this location to supervise food safety and train the staff.

When was Giacomo's last inspected?

Giacomo's has 19 inspections on record going back to April 15, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Giacomo's vs North End

North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 April 27, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.