Red Hat Cafe

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

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Bar-clean ice cream chest and interior of beer chest.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: Kitchen -Repair faucet to hand sink.Bar - Repair insulation on plumbing over sinks.
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Kitchen -Provide floor drain cover at dishwasher
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Food Protection
  Inspector note: Kitchen-cover all open foods in reach ins.
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: Downstairs ladies-repair hand sink cabinet.Remove all old glue boards. upstairs.
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Outside Storage Improperly Maintained
  Inspector note: Rubbish - Clean grease band area and remove stagnant water at rear door.
  code 34-5-501.111/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Beer keg walk in-clean ceiling.Kitchen clean and repair yellowed ceiling and overhead pipes.(Clean cooking vent hood
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 8, 2009: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 6 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.