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Pabu Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 8, 2020
- address1 Franklin St, Boston 02110
Is Pabu Restaurant clean?
Pabu Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 8, 2020. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pabu Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide full clean up kitClean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf) • provide full clean up kit
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • provide employee break areas not in kitchen(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • provide employee break areas not in kitchen
- ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • walk in/properly store all raw foodscriticalPackaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • walk in/properly store all raw foods
- ⚠️Thawing (C) • properly defrost all frozen seaweed under refrigeration or proper container with running waterThawing (C) • properly defrost all frozen seaweed under refrigeration or proper container with running water
- ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • egg/cake flour 61 degreescritical(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • egg/cake flour 61 degrees
- ⚠️Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf) • provde properly worded consumerr advisory and allergen warning with asterikConsumption of Animal Foods that are Raw Undercooked or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens (Pf) • provde properly worded consumerr advisory and allergen warning with asterik
- ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) • sushi station/observed employee handling ready to eat foods with bare hands/properly train staffcriticalPreventing Contamination from Hands (P) • sushi station/observed employee handling ready to eat foods with bare hands/properly train staff
- ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • provide 160 strips or irreversible mechanical thermometer repair rinse gauge to both high temp unitsTemperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf) • provide 160 strips or irreversible mechanical thermometer repair rinse gauge to both high temp units
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • bar/provide chlorine test kitSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • bar/provide chlorine test kit
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • ice machines/clean/sanitize interior of unit to remove mold like substance(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • ice machines/clean/sanitize interior of unit to remove mold like substance
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • bar/clean interior of reach in units and silver cabinetsNonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • bar/clean interior of reach in units and silver cabinets
- ⚠️Handwashing Sinks Installation (C) • provide divider around sushi/wait station handsinkHandwashing Sinks Installation (C) • provide divider around sushi/wait station handsink
- ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • sushi/wait station handsink/provide liquid soapHandwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf) • sushi/wait station handsink/provide liquid soap
- ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf) • sushi/wait station handsink/provide paper towelsHand Drying Provision (Pf) • sushi/wait station handsink/provide paper towels
- ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • restooms/provide handwash signageHandwashing Signage (C) • restooms/provide handwash signage
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • dishroom/repair leak from ceiling/replace missing ceilng tile/remove mold like substance from walls behind 3 bay sink dry storage/provide smooth non porous ceiling tilesRepairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • dishroom/repair leak from ceiling/replace missing ceilng tile/remove mold like substance from walls behind 3 bay sink dry storage/provide smooth non porous ceiling tiles
- ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • provide employee training sign off sheets resubmit haccp plan to health dept provide update confirmation letters and lab test for ph of rice provide distilled waterConformance with Approved Procedures (Pf) • provide employee training sign off sheets resubmit haccp plan to health dept provide update confirmation letters and lab test for ph of rice provide distilled water
When was Pabu Restaurant last inspected?
Pabu Restaurant has 14 inspections on record going back to October 20, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 14, 2022 | — | |
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| December 27, 2021 | — | |
| January 8, 2020 | Pass | |
| December 31, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2019 | — | |
| January 17, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 3, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 29, 2018 | Pass | |
| August 14, 2018 | Fail | |
| April 28, 2017 | — |
Pabu Restaurant vs Downtown
Downtown runs 89% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 851 clean, 49 mid, 61 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 8, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.