Laz Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 12, 2013
• address1744 Washington St, Roxbury 02118

Is Laz Cafe clean?

Laz Cafe is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 12, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Laz Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Protection • properly cover all foods in reach in unit ice cream machine/provide covered containers for opened bulk food bags
  Food Protection • properly cover all foods in reach in unit ice cream machine/provide covered containers for opened bulk food bags
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • replace/resurface all worn white cutting boards replace all cracked food bins provide scoop with handle for bulk food bins
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • replace/resurface all worn white cutting boards replace all cracked food bins provide scoop with handle for bulk food bins
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • defrost all reach in freezer units and replace worn freezer doors 2 door reach in and pizza reach in/replace worn door gaskets
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • defrost all reach in freezer units and replace worn freezer doors 2 door reach in and pizza reach in/replace worn door gaskets
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • 1 door pepsi 2 door pizza/provide internal thermometer
  Equipment Thermometers • 1 door pepsi 2 door pizza/provide internal thermometer
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean flour container by friolator clean interior/exterior of pizza oven clean/sanitize floor mixer attachments clean/sanitize ice cream machine
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean flour container by friolator clean interior/exterior of pizza oven clean/sanitize floor mixer attachments clean/sanitize ice cream machine
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • hot cooking line/clean interior/exterior of all cooking equipment and tables clean exterior of all waste receptacles clean all reach in freezer units clean exterior of all bulk food containers next to 2 bay prep sink and under prep table clean floor mixer
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • hot cooking line/clean interior/exterior of all cooking equipment and tables clean exterior of all waste receptacles clean all reach in freezer units clean exterior of all bulk food containers next to 2 bay prep sink and under prep table clean floor mixer
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • repair leak to piping under 3 bay sink
  Installed and Maintained • repair leak to piping under 3 bay sink
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • handsinks/provide refill of paper towels
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • handsinks/provide refill of paper towels
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • clean grounds at trash area
  Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • clean grounds at trash area
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • replace missing/worn floor tile clean floor area under pizza oven
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • replace missing/worn floor tile clean floor area under pizza oven
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • clean white walls around hot cooking line replace missing wall tile at sandwich station clean interior of hot line hood and filters
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • clean white walls around hot cooking line replace missing wall tile at sandwich station clean interior of hot line hood and filters
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • clean/organize ice cream area basement/clean/organize all rooms
  Premises Maintained • clean/organize ice cream area basement/clean/organize all rooms

When was Laz Cafe last inspected?

Laz Cafe has 31 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Laz Cafe vs South End

South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 12, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.