Potluck Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: The wood-laminate table in the middle room is worn and cannot be utilized for food preparation. Food preparation surfaces must be durable smooth readily cleanable and non-absorbent.
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: The use of cardboard to line shelving is not acceptable. The cardboard must be removed and discarded.
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Clean the shelving to the left of the three-basin sink.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 13, 2011: 3 findings appeared for the first time.

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About this record

This record comes from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Analyze Boston.