Noon Mediterranean Grill

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 26, 2018
• address545 Boylston St, Boston 02116

Is Noon Mediterranean Grill clean?

Noon Mediterranean Grill is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 26, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Noon Mediterranean Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Container Labels • Provide labels on bulk storage bins
  Food Container Labels • Provide labels on bulk storage bins
• ⚠️Hot Holding • Cooked beef meatballs turkey meatballs beef steak & cooked chicken reading 110-125F for 30-40 min per PIC.Maintain hot holding on fully cooked items 140F or above. PIC removed to re-heat to proper temps & hold 140F or above.critical
  Hot Holding • Cooked beef meatballs turkey meatballs beef steak & cooked chicken reading 110-125F for 30-40 min per PIC.Maintain hot holding on fully cooked items 140F or above. PIC removed to re-heat to proper temps & hold 140F or above.
• ⚠️Food Utensil Storage • In use utensils observed stored on lower shelf of prep table.Discontinue.Maintain proper storage clean & dry in a designated area.
  Food Utensil Storage • In use utensils observed stored on lower shelf of prep table.Discontinue.Maintain proper storage clean & dry in a designated area.
• ⚠️Test Kit Provided • Provide Quats test kit
  Test Kit Provided • Provide Quats test kit
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Back up hot wells soiled with excess water & debris.Clean to remove.Maintain clean & dry when not in use.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Back up hot wells soiled with excess water & debris.Clean to remove.Maintain clean & dry when not in use.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor observed unsecured.Repair. maintain floor smooth/durable/cleanable
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor observed unsecured.Repair. maintain floor smooth/durable/cleanable
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood filters above flat top grill soiled with excess grease.Clean to remove all soils. Rear splash plate behing grill soiled with grease buildup.Clean to remov soils.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Hood filters above flat top grill soiled with excess grease.Clean to remove all soils. Rear splash plate behing grill soiled with grease buildup.Clean to remov soils.
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting • Several light bulbs mising.Repair
  Inadequate Lighting • Several light bulbs mising.Repair
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Provide full time employee Allergen awareness certificate.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • Provide full time employee Allergen awareness certificate.
• ⚠️Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • PIC states that fresh pressed fountain juices come from a juicer located at the front counter.No expiration dates or disclosure stating that it is an un-pasteurized product observed.Discontinue using. PIC must provide SOP's for process to the health department for review of procedures.critical
  Conformance w/ Approved Procedures • PIC states that fresh pressed fountain juices come from a juicer located at the front counter.No expiration dates or disclosure stating that it is an un-pasteurized product observed.Discontinue using. PIC must provide SOP's for process to the health department for review of procedures.

When was Noon Mediterranean Grill last inspected?

Noon Mediterranean Grill has 8 inspections on record going back to March 2, 2017.

Noon Mediterranean Grill vs Back Bay

Back Bay runs 78% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 402 clean, 46 mid, 65 cooked.

Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 26, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.