The Playwright

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings1
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)
  Inspector note: Observed heavy grease build up and broken equipment stored outside. Clean to remove
  code 590.005/5-501.115-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
  Inspector note: Observed plastic dispensing bottles w/out proper labels. Provide at all times
  code 590.003/3-302.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Observed debris and food soils under the ice machine. Clean to remove
  code 590.004/4-602.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on May 28, 2025: 1 finding recurred. 2 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.