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Griddler's Burgers & Dogs
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 14, 2016
- address204 Cambridge St, Boston 02114
Is Griddler's Burgers & Dogs clean?
Griddler's Burgers & Dogs is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 14, 2016. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Griddler's Burgers & Dogs?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 14, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Dry food goods being stored on floor in basement. Store all foods elevated atleast 6" off the floor.Food Protection • Dry food goods being stored on floor in basement. Store all foods elevated atleast 6" off the floor.
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Dishwasher not registering presence of chlorine santizer. Repair. Data plate on machine indecipherable. Provide legible data plate on unit. Alternative means to sanitize equipment in place at three compartment sink with quats sanitizer reading 200PPM at the time of inspection. Establishment to discontinue using dishwasher until unit is repaired. Provide detailed report from dishwasher maintenance company upon reinspection.Dishwashng Facilities • Dishwasher not registering presence of chlorine santizer. Repair. Data plate on machine indecipherable. Provide legible data plate on unit. Alternative means to sanitize equipment in place at three compartment sink with quats sanitizer reading 200PPM at the time of inspection. Establishment to discontinue using dishwasher until unit is repaired. Provide detailed report from dishwasher maintenance company upon reinspection.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Equipment not being sanitized properly at the time of inspection. PIC took corrective action to sanitize equipment properly. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry.criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • Equipment not being sanitized properly at the time of inspection. PIC took corrective action to sanitize equipment properly. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry.
- ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Outside trash area with trash and debri on ground and old shelving. Clean area thoroughly and remove items not necessary to the business.Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Outside trash area with trash and debri on ground and old shelving. Clean area thoroughly and remove items not necessary to the business.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Stairs leading to basement with buildup on treads. Clean to remove. Basement floor soiled. Clean floors in basement.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Stairs leading to basement with buildup on treads. Clean to remove. Basement floor soiled. Clean floors in basement.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Ceiling water damaged in bathroom from previous leak from last winters snow per PIC. Repair ceiling. Drop ceiling tile above cookline missing. Replace. Celing tiles missing in basement drop ceiling replace. • Cookline hood with grease buildup on filters. Clean to remove. Clean hood with proper frequency.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Ceiling water damaged in bathroom from previous leak from last winters snow per PIC. Repair ceiling. Drop ceiling tile above cookline missing. Replace. Celing tiles missing in basement drop ceiling replace. • Cookline hood with grease buildup on filters. Clean to remove. Clean hood with proper frequency.
When was Griddler's Burgers & Dogs last inspected?
Griddler's Burgers & Dogs has 46 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2009. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| June 14, 2016 | Fail | |
| February 4, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2016 | Fail | |
| January 14, 2016 | Fail | |
| December 3, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 17, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 10, 2015 | — | |
| August 3, 2015 | Fail | |
| May 13, 2015 | Pass | |
| May 6, 2015 | Fail |
Griddler's Burgers & Dogs vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 June 14, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.