The Breakfast Club

• resultFail
• critical violations4
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2021
• address270 Western Av, Allston 02134

Is The Breakfast Club clean?

The Breakfast Club is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 8, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at The Breakfast Club?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️When to Wash (P) • Food workers are not washing hands with the proper frequency between changing tasks and gloves. Retrain staff.critical
  When to Wash (P) • Food workers are not washing hands with the proper frequency between changing tasks and gloves. Retrain staff.
• ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Priority violations cited. Provide active managerial control.
  (A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • Priority violations cited. Provide active managerial control.
• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Observed raw sausage being stored above container of cooked meat and ready to eat bacon. Store properly.critical
  Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P) • Observed raw sausage being stored above container of cooked meat and ready to eat bacon. Store properly.
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Diced tomatoes 44F Raw shell eggs 64F sausage links 63F. Maintain cold holding below 41F. Product placed under refrigeration at below 41F.critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Diced tomatoes 44F Raw shell eggs 64F sausage links 63F. Maintain cold holding below 41F. Product placed under refrigeration at below 41F.
• ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several prepared foods not date marked in walkin and reach in coolers. Provide.
  Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several prepared foods not date marked in walkin and reach in coolers. Provide.
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Walkin cooler wooden walls with worn finish on wood surfaces and visible soils. Clean and resurface.
  Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • Walkin cooler wooden walls with worn finish on wood surfaces and visible soils. Clean and resurface.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean under cookline of visible grease and soils clean walkin floor and equipment motor of visible food debri an soils. Clean walls with visible food spatters and greasy soils surrounding both cooklines. Thoroughly clean floors under around and behind equipment.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean under cookline of visible grease and soils clean walkin floor and equipment motor of visible food debri an soils. Clean walls with visible food spatters and greasy soils surrounding both cooklines. Thoroughly clean floors under around and behind equipment.
• ⚠️Handwashing Sinks Installation (Pf) • Hot water faucet at front cookline handsink inoperable.
  Handwashing Sinks Installation (Pf) • Hot water faucet at front cookline handsink inoperable.
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • What appears to be waste drains leaking in basement with waste water puddling on basement floor. Provide repair at once and report from licensed plumber. Clean and disinfect all affected areas. Move all dry food goods away from the area as a precaution.critical
  System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • What appears to be waste drains leaking in basement with waste water puddling on basement floor. Provide repair at once and report from licensed plumber. Clean and disinfect all affected areas. Move all dry food goods away from the area as a precaution.
• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Boxes accumulating near trash area. Remove. Remove bread racks from outside area.
  Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C) • Boxes accumulating near trash area. Remove. Remove bread racks from outside area.
• ⚠️Cleaning Receptacles (C) • Waste oil container with caked on soils and filth. Clean to remove or contact company for replacement container.
  Cleaning Receptacles (C) • Waste oil container with caked on soils and filth. Clean to remove or contact company for replacement container.
• ⚠️Outdoor Storage Surface (C) • Waste oil container on earth surface. Provide properly constructed surface.
  Outdoor Storage Surface (C) • Waste oil container on earth surface. Provide properly constructed surface.
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Flies evident in basment. Provide updated integrated pest management report.
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Flies evident in basment. Provide updated integrated pest management report.
• ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Fly paper in basment with dead flies. Remove.
  Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C) • Fly paper in basment with dead flies. Remove.
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood vents with visible buildup of grease and soils on filters and exterior stack. Clean to remove.
  Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood vents with visible buildup of grease and soils on filters and exterior stack. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Anti-Choking • No current choke save certificate on site. Provide.
  Anti-Choking • No current choke save certificate on site. Provide.
• ⚠️Allergen awareness certificate is expired. Provide current. • Issued verbal warning. Corrected on site.
  Allergen awareness certificate is expired. Provide current. • Issued verbal warning. Corrected on site.

When was The Breakfast Club last inspected?

The Breakfast Club has 48 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Breakfast Club vs Allston

Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 414 clean, 32 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, 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 October 8, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.