Great Taste Italian & Mexican

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Protection
  Inspector note: Sugar being stored in open bag. Open box of rice on dry storage rack. Store all bulk dry goods in NSF grade food storage containers. Observed raw shell eggs stored above ready to eat sliced roast beef in walkin cooler. Store raw and cooked PHF foods seperately to avoid potential cross contamination.
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: No knife rack at front servicing line. Provide for proper knife storage between use.
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Improper Storage of Re-usable Utensils
  Inspector note: Tongs and pizza cutter observed being stored in pan of standing water at front servicing line. Dip well not running with ice cream scoops being stored in standing water at the time of inspection. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry/store properly. Maintain ice cream scoops in dipwell in continous running water. PIC corrective action taken and turned on dip well.
  code 24-4-904.11AB* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: Customer restroom toilet in disrepair and improperly flushing with cracked tank cover. Repair toilet.
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Hood sticker expired in August 2016. Provide current properly hole punched hood sticker from licensed BFD hood maintenance company. Back door being propped open with piece of cardboard at the time of inspection. Provide screen or maintain closed.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: clean floor area under all shelving and under hot line
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 6, 2016: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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About this record

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.