Joe's American Bar & Grill

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Cleancritical
  Inspector note: Provide proper chlorine reading to low temp dishwasher in front bar area
  code 20-4-703.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Labeled Common Namecritical
  Inspector note: Properly label all chemical spraybottles in kitchen and bar area.
  code 41-7-102.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Properly clean soda gun spigots and holders at bar area. Properly clean all keg beer lines in Walk-In cooler.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
  Inspector note: Properly remove all evidence of live fruit flies at front bar area.
  code 35-6-501.111/.115** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: Properly resurface or replace all badly stained and scarred cutting boards in kitchen area.
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities
  Inspector note: Properly repair temperature gauges on high temp dishwasher in kitchen and low temp dishwasher at bar area.
  code 16-4-501.11/.15* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Premises Maintained
  Inspector note: Properly clean and organize rear trash storage area in establishment. Keep CO2 tanks chained and secured.
  code 42-6-501.113/.114* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 5, 2007: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 13 previous findings did not recur.

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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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