Grass Roots Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Protection
  Inspector note: Provide protection for cookies on display at the register area. Provide a sneeze guard or keep cookies wrapped.
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: resurface or replace scoured and heavily stained cutting board on cold unit.
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: replace worn and damaged shelf below the toaster in the kitchen.
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Remove dust on wall next to the breakfast menu board.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 23, 2019: 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.

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