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Roche Bros. Supermarket
- resultFail
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 27, 2023
- address1800 Centre St, West Roxbury 02132
Is Roche Bros. Supermarket clean?
Roche Bros. Supermarket is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 27, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Roche Bros. Supermarket?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 27, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️When to Wash (P) • Deli employee left area and returned with same gloves and did not wash hands after touching unclean surfaces. Person in charge to retrain staff.criticalWhen to Wash (P) • Deli employee left area and returned with same gloves and did not wash hands after touching unclean surfaces. Person in charge to retrain staff.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Monitor employee hand washing glove changes with ensure equipment is cleaned and and sanitized with proper frequency. Monitor pests.(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Monitor employee hand washing glove changes with ensure equipment is cleaned and and sanitized with proper frequency. Monitor pests.
- ⚠️(A) Gloves Use Limitation (P) • Gloves not changed with proper frequency.critical(A) Gloves Use Limitation (P) • Gloves not changed with proper frequency.
- ⚠️Characteristics-Materials for Construction and Repair (C) • Coating on Deli case shelving is peeling. Metal surfaces are rusting. Door handle on unit is broken. Repair or replaceCharacteristics-Materials for Construction and Repair (C) • Coating on Deli case shelving is peeling. Metal surfaces are rusting. Door handle on unit is broken. Repair or replace
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Gaskets torn on double door back wall unit. Repair or replace.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Gaskets torn on double door back wall unit. Repair or replace.
- ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Soiled knife returned to clean storage knife holders in deli and rear prep. Person in charge to remove holders and knives to be cleaned and sanitized between use. Interior of refrigerated deli case shelving with food debris cutting boards soiled Clean to remove. Replace cutting boards if unable to clean or heavily scored. Soiled pan placed in prep sink. Remove and wash rinse sanitize prep sink.(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Soiled knife returned to clean storage knife holders in deli and rear prep. Person in charge to remove holders and knives to be cleaned and sanitized between use. Interior of refrigerated deli case shelving with food debris cutting boards soiled Clean to remove. Replace cutting boards if unable to clean or heavily scored. Soiled pan placed in prep sink. Remove and wash rinse sanitize prep sink.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Deli Refrigeration- Vents of deli case wooden shelving exterior doors and gaskets interior bottoms with food soils. Clean to remove. Prep area /warewash- Exterior of 3 bay sink interior of hand sink steamer exterior are soiled. Floors in both areas in need of cleaning.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Deli Refrigeration- Vents of deli case wooden shelving exterior doors and gaskets interior bottoms with food soils. Clean to remove. Prep area /warewash- Exterior of 3 bay sink interior of hand sink steamer exterior are soiled. Floors in both areas in need of cleaning.
- ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Flies observed in prep / warewash area. Provide current detailed pest control reportControlling Pests (Pf) • Flies observed in prep / warewash area. Provide current detailed pest control report
When was Roche Bros. Supermarket last inspected?
Roche Bros. Supermarket has 52 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2008. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 4, 2023 | — | |
| September 27, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| January 30, 2020 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2020 | Fail | |
| December 2, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 22, 2019 | Pass | |
| August 13, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 31, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2019 | Fail | |
| October 26, 2018 | Pass |
Roche Bros. Supermarket vs West Roxbury
West Roxbury runs 86% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 165 clean, 15 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 September 27, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.