Robeks

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 1, 2010
• address150 Oliver St, Boston 02110

Is Robeks clean?

Robeks is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 1, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Robeks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • No effective approved hair restraint on PIC as she was observed handling and/or working over exposed food products.
  Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • No effective approved hair restraint on PIC as she was observed handling and/or working over exposed food products.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Interior gaurd to freezer unit in retail area worn.Repair.Ice build-up also.Defrost.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Interior gaurd to freezer unit in retail area worn.Repair.Ice build-up also.Defrost.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Basement floor in storage area dirty as well as in Walk-ins.Clean.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Basement floor in storage area dirty as well as in Walk-ins.Clean.
• ⚠️Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • PIC onsite at time of Inspection didn't know type of sanitizer used or manufactuers suggested/recommended usage.Sanitizer tested at 400ppm.Provide instructions and proper criteria(PPM).critical
  Separation/Sanitizer Criteria • PIC onsite at time of Inspection didn't know type of sanitizer used or manufactuers suggested/recommended usage.Sanitizer tested at 400ppm.Provide instructions and proper criteria(PPM).

When was Robeks last inspected?

Robeks has 8 inspections on record going back to February 29, 2008.

Robeks vs Downtown

Downtown runs 89% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 851 clean, 49 mid, 61 cooked.

Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 April 1, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.