Grass Roots Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Cold Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: The items on the top of the sandwich unit are warm chicken salad 68F tuna 50F and ham 45F. Provide proper cold holding of 41F or below.
  code 03-3-501.16(A)*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: The slicer is soiled. Clean.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods
  Inspector note: The chicken salad was made in the morning and cooling on the top of the sandwich unit and the turkey cooked earlier in the day is cooling in a deep covered container. Review cooling procedures and verify that items cool from 140F to 70F in two hours and then from70F to 41F in an additional four hours.
  code 04-3-501.15/4-301.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 22, 2012: 3 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.

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