The Upper Crust

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓uspension of Permit with Notice (P)critical
  Inspector note: Opertating without a permit. Pay ASAP at 1010 Massachusetts Avenue 4th floor health division. Issued next day notice of closure.
  code 590.014(B)/SummaryS-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf)
  Inspector note: Priority violations cited. Provide active managerial control.
  code 590.002(D)/2-103.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)
  Inspector note: Multiple foods in coolers not date marked. Provide.
  code 590.003/3-501.17-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Time as a Public Health Control ( Pf)
  Inspector note: Offering pizza using TPHC provide procedures or hot hold at above 135F. COS
  code 590.003(D)/3-501.19-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
  Inspector note: Cookline handsink obstructed by pizza box. Maintain free access. COS.
  code 590.005/5-205.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Controlling Pests (Pf)
  Inspector note: Observed serveral flies in dining area and basment. Provide updated IPM pest control report.
  code 590.006/6-501.111-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
  Inspector note: Glass mirror stored near ice machine in basement. REMOVE.
  code 590.003/3-305.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C)
  Inspector note: Broken gaskets at cookline reach in coolers. Replace. Units holding at below 41F.
  code 590.004/4-501.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Cookline floors with crumbs and food soils. Inside refrigerator doors with food debri. Clean to remove.
  code 590.004/4-602.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
  Inspector note: Hole observed on floor in basment prep room. Repair. Floors in basement with worn paint and exposed concrete. Seal.
  code 590.006/6-201.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
  Inspector note: Propane tanks stored in alleway. Remove. Store properly.
  code 590.006/6-501.114-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓flagged at inspection
  Inspector note: No allergen statement on menu. Provide
  code L1status: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on June 14, 2021: 12 previous findings did not recur.

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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.

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