Joe's American Bar & Grill

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings10
• critical findings0

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Protection
  Inspector note: Kitchen -Cover all open foods in reach ins.
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: Kitchen-clean and repair ice cream freezer. • Kitchen -Replace worn cutting boards
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: Kitchen -Repair door seal to salad prep reach in.
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: Bar- Provide visible thermometer for reach in.
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided
  Inspector note: Bar Provide test kit for sanitizer in low temps dishwasher
  code 17-4-302.14* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Pre-Flushed Scrapped Soaked
  Inspector note: Kitchen -Provide proper operation of 2 bay sink
  code 18-4-603.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Kitchen -Clean underside of shelving over prep tables.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: Upstairs kitchen. -repair. insulation on plumbing to ceiling heater.
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: Bar- Provide soap and paper towels for hand sink. • Kitchen - Provide soap for hand sink. • Prep kitchen - Repair paper towel dispenser.
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting
  Inspector note: Kitchen -repair light invent hood.
  code 38-6-303.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 9, 2012: 10 findings appeared for the first time.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in North End

• ✓ Honey Dew Donuts
  clean · 14 Maverick Sq · inspected January 27, 2016
• ✓ Domenics
  clean · 54 Salem St · inspected April 23, 2021
• ✕ Nunzio's Pizzeria
  cooked · 195 State St · inspected September 18, 2017
• ✓ Boston Marriott Long Wharf (Rf)
  clean · 296 State St · inspected June 21, 2018
• ✓ Pulcinella Mozzarella Bar And Restaurant
  clean · 78 Salem St · inspected July 27, 2012
• ✓ Peter Pan @ City Hall Plaza
  clean · 1 City Hall Pz · inspected October 28, 2011

See every restaurant in North End →

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.