Merengue Restaurant

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
  Inspector note: Hand sink on cooking line blocked with a low shelf and bucket on it. Sink must be accessible for staff to wash hands at all times.
  code 590.005/5-205.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
  Inspector note: Bulk food containers must be labeled to what is in the container. Found sugar in a garlic container with no lid and cracked. Discontinue
  code 590.003/3-302.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C)
  Inspector note: Discontinue to store tongs on oven door handle. Must be store in a cleanable area or in the food.
  code 590.003/3-304.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
  Inspector note: Discontinue to mop the floor in basement when doing prep. Container of raw chicken being prep in a bucket low to the floor. Boxes of veg and fruits in basment on the floor while mopsing. Discontinue.
  code 590.003/3-307.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Clean shelves and ledges in Kitchen area. Clean up right freezer in basement storage next to Polar Spring Refrigerator of ice build up. Clean exterior of equipment in the kitchen and basement storage.
  code 590.004/4-202.16-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C)
  Inspector note: Clean hood filters on coking line. Soiled with build up. Hood sticker good until Aug.
  code 590.004/4-202.18-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
  Inspector note: Provide three drain plugs for three bay sink. Discontinue to use plastic bags as drain plugs
  code 590.005/5-205.15-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
  Inspector note: Repair wall above three bay sink and hand sink. Panel is coming apart. Clean off mold. Paint to seal window ledge on cooking line. Soiled and peeling.
  code 590.006/6-101.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
  Inspector note: Clean floor in storage area walk ins restrooms and under cooking equipment. Soiled.
  code 590.006/6-201.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on June 6, 2022: 9 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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