Model Cafe

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

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Checks marked passed

• ✓Ice Used as Exterior Coolant Prohibited as Ingredient (P)critical
  Inspector note: Ice for cooling soda lines used for beverage ice. PRovide barrier to protect beverage ice from contamination.
  code 590.003/3-303.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Warewashing Machines Automatic Dispensing of Detergents and Sanitizers (Pf)
  Inspector note: PIC stated he is hand feeding detergent into dish machine. Connect automatic feeder for dish machine detergent
  code 590.004/4-204.117-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
  Inspector note: No irreversible thermometer or thermal strips for testing dish machine rinse temperature. Provide either thermometer or strips.
  code 590.004/4-302.13-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
  Inspector note: No test strips for quats sanitizer. Provide quats sanitizer test strips not pH strips.
  code 590.004/4-302.14-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Wash Solution Temperature (Pf)
  Inspector note: Dish machine wash temperature at 125F. Calibrate as needed for wash temperature of 150F
  code 590.004/4-501.110-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)
  Inspector note: Food handler without hat. Provide hat or hairnet for food handlers.
  code 590.002/2-402.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
  Inspector note: Wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution. Store wiping cloths in sanitizing solution between uses to prevent contamination.
  code 590.003/3-304.14-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Toilet Room Receptacle Covered (C)
  Inspector note: No covers on bathroom trash cans. Provide covered bins.
  code 590.005/5-501.17-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
  Inspector note: Hood sticker expired. Provide cleaning date.
  code 590.006/6-501.14-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 2, 2024: 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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