Plaza Deli

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2012
• address2 Center Plaza, Boston 02108

Is Plaza Deli clean?

Plaza Deli is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on August 28, 2012. 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 Plaza Deli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Hot Holding • Whole turkey 111 °Fcritical
  Hot Holding • Whole turkey 111 °F
• ⚠️Cold Holding • Feta cheese 59 ° F • Liquid Eggs 72 °Fcritical
  Cold Holding • Feta cheese 59 ° F • Liquid Eggs 72 °F
• ⚠️PHF's Properly Thawed • Thawing at room temperature.
  PHF's Properly Thawed • Thawing at room temperature.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Open foods not stored in covered food grade containers.
  Food Protection • Open foods not stored in covered food grade containers.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Worn cutting boards
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Worn cutting boards
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Repair/Resurface shelving • Resurface top of chest type freezer. • Rusted shelving. • Rusted shelving in walk in refrig. • Rusted shelving under oven
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Repair/Resurface shelving • Resurface top of chest type freezer. • Rusted shelving. • Rusted shelving in walk in refrig. • Rusted shelving under oven
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean interior of Blodgett oven • Clean interior of Blodgett ovens • Clean shelving interior of Pepsi Refrig.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Clean interior of Blodgett oven • Clean interior of Blodgett ovens • Clean shelving interior of Pepsi Refrig.
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Post employee hand wash sign.
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Post employee hand wash sign.
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Post employee hand wash sign
  Toilet Enclosed Clean • Post employee hand wash sign
• ⚠️Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • No cover for waste receptacle.
  Adequate Number Frequency Vermin Proof • No cover for waste receptacle.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor under & behind all equipment throughout.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Clean floor under & behind all equipment throughout.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls and all attachments • Resurface wall outside of walk in refrig.
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • Clean walls and all attachments • Resurface wall outside of walk in refrig.
• ⚠️Labeled Common Name • Spray bottles not labeled.critical
  Labeled Common Name • Spray bottles not labeled.

When was Plaza Deli last inspected?

Plaza Deli has 34 inspections on record going back to June 19, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Plaza Deli 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 0% 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 August 28, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.