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Panera Bread
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 31, 2019
- address201 Brookline Av, Boston 02215
Is Panera Bread clean?
Panera Bread is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 31, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Panera Bread?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 31, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Sandwich Unit- Steak 48F Chicken 53F Ham 47F. Unit 38F. Maintain TCP foods at 41F or below.criticalCold Holding • Sandwich Unit- Steak 48F Chicken 53F Ham 47F. Unit 38F. Maintain TCP foods at 41F or below.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Catering order placed on the floor. Keep properly elevated 6 inches or above.Food Protection • Catering order placed on the floor. Keep properly elevated 6 inches or above.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting board at the prep area heavily scored. Resurface or replace.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting board at the prep area heavily scored. Resurface or replace.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Can opener soiled with dried up food debris. Clean and sanitize properly.Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Can opener soiled with dried up food debris. Clean and sanitize properly.
When was Panera Bread last inspected?
Panera Bread has 12 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2016.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| January 31, 2019 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2019 | Fail | |
| February 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2018 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2017 | — | |
| January 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 20, 2016 | Fail | |
| September 8, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2016 | Fail | |
| July 20, 2016 | Pass | |
| July 6, 2016 | Fail |
Panera Bread 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 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 31, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.