Potluck Cafe

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓Where to Wash (Pf)
  Inspector note: Employee observed washing hands in three bay sink. Use hand sinks for hand washing.
  code 590.002/2-301.15-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
  Inspector note: Multiple prepped meats in walk in cooler observed without date marking. Provde for all foods held longer than 24 hours.
  code 590.003/3-501.17-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
  Inspector note: Slicer observed with food soils. Clean to remove.
  code 590.004/4-601.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Common Name-Working Containers (Pf)
  Inspector note: Unlabled chemical spray bottle observed in bathroom. Provide label.
  code 590.007/7-102.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)
  Inspector note: Multiple employees observed without hair restraints. Provide.
  code 590.002/2-402.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (C)
  Inspector note: Multiple containers of uncovered food product in stand up refrigerator. Cover to prevent potential contamination.
  code 590.003/3-302.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
  Inspector note: Food product observed stored on ground. Elevate to prevent potential contamination.
  code 590.003/3-305.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Soiled cardboard observed inside freezer unit and on the floor of cookline. Remove. Surfaces must be easily cleanable.
  code 590.004/4-101.19-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C)
  Inspector note: Hood filters observed soiled with grease. Clean to remove.
  code 590.004/4-202.18-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Sides of oven are soiled with food debris. Under cookline observed with soils. Sides of fryolater observed with soils. Clean to remove.
  code 590.004/4-602.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C)
  Inspector note: Hood sticker observed expired. Schedule cleaning appointment.
  code 590.006/6-501.14-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on November 17, 2025: 11 previous findings did not recur.

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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.