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Patriot News Inc. (1 Beacon St.)
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 17, 2013
- address1 Beacon St, Boston 02108
Is Patriot News Inc. (1 Beacon St.) clean?
Patriot News Inc. (1 Beacon St.) is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 17, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Patriot News Inc. (1 Beacon St.)?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 17, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food Protection • Provide use utensil sign at self service bulk candyFood Protection • Provide use utensil sign at self service bulk candy
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Raise all items 6'' above the floor on shelvingNon-Food Contact Surfaces • Raise all items 6'' above the floor on shelving
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean plastic shelving • Defrost ice cream chest.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean plastic shelving • Defrost ice cream chest.
- ⚠️Premises Maintained • Remove all debris from behind Snapple unitPremises Maintained • Remove all debris from behind Snapple unit
When was Patriot News Inc. (1 Beacon St.) last inspected?
Patriot News Inc. (1 Beacon St.) has 18 inspections on record going back to September 20, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 3, 2013 | — | |
| May 17, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| August 16, 2012 | Pass | |
| August 2, 2012 | — | |
| July 19, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2011 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2010 | Pass | |
| October 26, 2009 | Pass | |
| May 18, 2009 | Pass | |
| October 23, 2008 | Pass | |
| May 28, 2008 | Pass |
Patriot News Inc. (1 Beacon St.) vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, 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 May 17, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.