Pressed Boston

• resultFail
• critical violations5
• last inspectedNovember 20, 2018
• address643A Tremont St, Roxbury 02118

Is Pressed Boston clean?

Pressed Boston is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 20, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Pressed Boston?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • upper ice bin/provide scoop with handle
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • upper ice bin/provide scoop with handle
• ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • provide metal stem cooks thermometer
  Food Thermometers Provided • provide metal stem cooks thermometer
• ⚠️Food Protection • upper level/remove knives/utensils from stagnate water
  Food Protection • upper level/remove knives/utensils from stagnate water
• ⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • display case/provide proper labels on all pre-packaged self serve containerscritical
  Labeling of Ingredients • display case/provide proper labels on all pre-packaged self serve containers
• ⚠️Cold Holding • superfood sushi 46 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or belowcritical
  Cold Holding • superfood sushi 46 degrees/provide proper temperature of 41 degrees or below
• ⚠️Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • upper level/repair non working 1 door reach in/to operate at 41 degrees or below
  Inadequate Facilities/Cooling Methods • upper level/repair non working 1 door reach in/to operate at 41 degrees or below
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • walk in/remove cardboard from shelving orange juicer/provide food service grade shelving
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • walk in/remove cardboard from shelving orange juicer/provide food service grade shelving
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/provide 3rd drain plug
  Dishwashng Facilities • 3 bay sink/provide 3rd drain plug
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • dishmachine/repair gauges to unit to operate at proper ranges per manufacturers instructions
  Equipment Thermometers • dishmachine/repair gauges to unit to operate at proper ranges per manufacturers instructions
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
  Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize • properly store all wiping cloths in a sanitizing solution
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize all knives and scoops stored in 1 door reach in ice machine upper level/clean and sanitize interior/exterior of unit to remove staining
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • clean/sanitize all knives and scoops stored in 1 door reach in ice machine upper level/clean and sanitize interior/exterior of unit to remove staining
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • repair vegetable wash to test properly
  Installed and Maintained • repair vegetable wash to test properly
• ⚠️Location Accessible • upper handsink/remove strainer from interior of sink remove brooms from front of sink/provide clear access to sinkcritical
  Location Accessible • upper handsink/remove strainer from interior of sink remove brooms from front of sink/provide clear access to sink
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • upper handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser
  Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • upper handsink/provide paper towels in dispenser
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals • kitchen/remove fly paper during service hours
  Insects Rodents Animals • kitchen/remove fly paper during service hours
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • lower restroom/repair/remve flaking paint from wall around handsink
  Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings • lower restroom/repair/remve flaking paint from wall around handsink
• ⚠️Labeled Common Name • properly label all spray bottlescritical
  Labeled Common Name • properly label all spray bottles
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • provide standard operating procedures in writing for vegetable roll and for fresh orange juice machinecritical
  PIC Performing Duties • provide standard operating procedures in writing for vegetable roll and for fresh orange juice machine

When was Pressed Boston last inspected?

Pressed Boston has 7 inspections on record going back to June 28, 2018.

Pressed Boston vs South End

South End runs 81% clean across 691 tracked restaurants — 498 clean, 63 mid, 54 cooked.

Against the 691 spots Cooked tracks in South End, 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 November 20, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.