J. Pace & Son Downtown Inc.

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings5
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Hot Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: Stuffed shells holding at 135F in kitchen(chef turned down table but didn't necessarily monitor food product temperature(?????)Sauasage caciatore at service line was 111.7F.Chicken cutlet strips sitting on cutting board area of cold sandwich station at 95.5F(????????).Cut chicken in sandwich station above 50F(???????).PIC must verify temperatures.PIC states that product stays alittle warm(????Customers don't like the product cold?????????).PIC must follow required codes.Hot foods hot at 140F or above and cold foods cold at 41F and/or below.At some point in the future when the proper food safety training is in place the establishment may want to pursue using Time as a Public Health Control for specific product.
  code 03-3-501.16*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Separation Segregation Cross Contaminationcritical
  Inspector note: Raw salmon stored over vegetables in Walk-in.PIC/staff want to explain that the product just came in.The storage practice is wrong!Please set up proper procedures to accomodate the many inconvienent interruptions that occur throughout the aily operation.These are called standard operating procedures(Thankyou!!).
  code 08-3-302.11/3-304.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteriacritical
  Inspector note: Chlorine sanitizer set up by staff at a concentration over 200ppm.Staff didn't check efficacy rate of sanitizer to ensure proper criteria.Only at the request during the Inspection did the chef verify.I had to explain to dilute the product.Please have the certified food handler set up proper procedures.
  code 41-7-201/04.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods
  Inspector note: Cooked cut up chicken covered in Walk-in at 68.7F.Provide proper cooling procedures.
  code 04-3-501.15/4-301.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
  Inspector note: Wiping cloths lying on shelving throughout(sanitizer not available in some prep areas)>Provide proper buckets of sanitizer in all areas to store cloths in.
  code 21-3-304.14* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 1, 2010: 5 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.

Source: Analyze Boston.