Machine

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 4, 2019
• address1254 Boylston St, Boston 02215

Is Machine clean?

Machine is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 4, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Machine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 4, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Interior panels of 2 ice machines observed soiled.Clean to remove soils
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Interior panels of 2 ice machines observed soiled.Clean to remove soils
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Hand sink leaking from drain.Repair Bar #7:Hand sink leaking from drain .Repair Fixture at 3 bay sink leaking.Repair
  Installed and Maintained • Hand sink leaking from drain.Repair Bar #7:Hand sink leaking from drain .Repair Fixture at 3 bay sink leaking.Repair
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Toilet seat cover missing from large stall.Replace Behind stage: 3rd stall missing a door.Replace Hole observed in 2nd stall rear wall.Repair
  Toilet Enclosed Clean • Toilet seat cover missing from large stall.Replace Behind stage: 3rd stall missing a door.Replace Hole observed in 2nd stall rear wall.Repair
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Peeling & chipped paint observed on wall behind the bar.Repair Maintain smooth durable cleanable surface Vent above office door near bar 6 soiled with heavy dust build up.Clean to remove soils
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Peeling & chipped paint observed on wall behind the bar.Repair Maintain smooth durable cleanable surface Vent above office door near bar 6 soiled with heavy dust build up.Clean to remove soils

When was Machine last inspected?

Machine has 11 inspections on record going back to December 2, 2016.

Machine vs Fenway

Fenway runs 89% clean across 433 tracked restaurants — 379 clean, 23 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 433 spots Cooked tracks in Fenway, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 January 4, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.