Subway

• resultFail
• critical violations3
• last inspectedApril 18, 2018
• address560 Washington St, Dorchester 02124

Is Subway clean?

Subway is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 18, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Subway?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Cold Holding • Shaved steak tuna salad and chicken breasts inside of the open air cooler with elevated temperatures of 49F. Disconitnue and ensure all potentially hazardous foods are being maintained at below 41F. All other foods inside of the unit were at below 41F.critical
  Cold Holding • Shaved steak tuna salad and chicken breasts inside of the open air cooler with elevated temperatures of 49F. Disconitnue and ensure all potentially hazardous foods are being maintained at below 41F. All other foods inside of the unit were at below 41F.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Home style hand sink being used in the back preparation room. Discontinue and provide proper commercial gradfe equipment. Compressor of the walk-in freezer with ice build-up. Defrost to remove and make any necessary repairs. First open air deli style cooler does not appear to be operating properly. Address make any necessary repairs and disconitnue use unless the unit is able to maintain a temperature below 41F.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Home style hand sink being used in the back preparation room. Discontinue and provide proper commercial gradfe equipment. Compressor of the walk-in freezer with ice build-up. Defrost to remove and make any necessary repairs. First open air deli style cooler does not appear to be operating properly. Address make any necessary repairs and disconitnue use unless the unit is able to maintain a temperature below 41F.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Interior of the 2 door deli cooler visibly soiled and with excess moisture. Clean to remove.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Interior of the 2 door deli cooler visibly soiled and with excess moisture. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed • Single use plastic bags being stored under the drainage pipe of the hand sink near the main service counter. Discontinue and store all single service articles in a clean and protected area.
  Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed • Single use plastic bags being stored under the drainage pipe of the hand sink near the main service counter. Discontinue and store all single service articles in a clean and protected area.
• ⚠️Installed and Maintained • Hand sink in the back preparation room not operating. Address and make nay necessary repairs. Additional hand sink in the front service area being used until repairs are made.
  Installed and Maintained • Hand sink in the back preparation room not operating. Address and make nay necessary repairs. Additional hand sink in the front service area being used until repairs are made.
• ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Several tiles near the side entrance cracked and damaged. Replace.
  Improper Maintenance of Floors • Several tiles near the side entrance cracked and damaged. Replace.
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • No one on site with a current Food Allergen Certification. Provide at least on e full time employee who has a Food Allergen Certification.critical
  PIC Knowledge • No one on site with a current Food Allergen Certification. Provide at least on e full time employee who has a Food Allergen Certification.
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Next Day Notice beuing issued for new owner operating under old permit holder. Address and and new owner is to show up at 1010 Massachusetts Ave. in order to fill out application for the proper change of ownership.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • Next Day Notice beuing issued for new owner operating under old permit holder. Address and and new owner is to show up at 1010 Massachusetts Ave. in order to fill out application for the proper change of ownership.

When was Subway last inspected?

Subway has 19 inspections on record going back to February 5, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Subway vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

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• ✓ Coffee Cup (Ashmont Station Southbound Side)
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• ✓ Mud House
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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 18, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.