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Peter's Delicatessen
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 19, 2010
- address71 Broad St, Boston 02109
Is Peter's Delicatessen clean?
Peter's Delicatessen is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 19, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Peter's Delicatessen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Hot Holding • Quiche holding at ambient air temperature at service line(sitting on shelf at 77F).BBQ chix in steamtable at 98F.Stuffed chix(w/potato) at 103F Chix parm at 107.9F rice at 113.3F and haddock at 123.3F.Steam table set too low(able to touch with hand(slighty warm to touch).criticalHot Holding • Quiche holding at ambient air temperature at service line(sitting on shelf at 77F).BBQ chix in steamtable at 98F.Stuffed chix(w/potato) at 103F Chix parm at 107.9F rice at 113.3F and haddock at 123.3F.Steam table set too low(able to touch with hand(slighty warm to touch).
- ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Water temperature at handsinks at 140F+(Temperature should be 110F).Installed and Maintained • Water temperature at handsinks at 140F+(Temperature should be 110F).
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Stained wet ceiling tiles in rear areas.Repair leak and resurface ceiling area.Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Stained wet ceiling tiles in rear areas.Repair leak and resurface ceiling area.
When was Peter's Delicatessen last inspected?
Peter's Delicatessen has 21 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2022 | — | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| November 8, 2010 | closed by the city | |
| October 28, 2010 | — | |
| October 19, 2010 | Fail | |
| February 26, 2010 | Pass | |
| February 19, 2010 | Fail | |
| February 18, 2010 | Fail | |
| October 30, 2009 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2009 | Fail | |
| April 14, 2009 | Pass | |
| April 7, 2009 | Fail |
Peter's Delicatessen 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 3% 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 October 19, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.