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The Upper Crust
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 5, 2014
- address20 Charles St, Boston 02108
Is The Upper Crust clean?
The Upper Crust is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on November 5, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Upper Crust?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Cold Holding • Two door under counter refrigerating unit at the serving line. Unit 49F. Ham 56F Chicken 50F Ground Beef 48F Steak 44F. Maintain at 41F or below.criticalCold Holding • Two door under counter refrigerating unit at the serving line. Unit 49F. Ham 56F Chicken 50F Ground Beef 48F Steak 44F. Maintain at 41F or below.
- ⚠️Food Thermometers Provided • No food thermometer on site. PIC bought a new one. Keep a food thermometer on site.Food Thermometers Provided • No food thermometer on site. PIC bought a new one. Keep a food thermometer on site.
- ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Staff working without hair restraint. Provide.Clean Cloths Hair Restraint • Staff working without hair restraint. Provide.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Basement-Interior of ice machine soiled. Clean properly. • Heavily scored cutting boards in the serving line. Resurface or replace.Food Contact Surfaces Design • Basement-Interior of ice machine soiled. Clean properly. • Heavily scored cutting boards in the serving line. Resurface or replace.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Two door undercounter refrigerating unit registering 49F. Repair to maintain at 41F or below.Non-Food Contact Surfaces • Two door undercounter refrigerating unit registering 49F. Repair to maintain at 41F or below.
- ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • The exterior of two doors upright refrigerating units at the serving line and lower level soiled. Clean properly.Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • The exterior of two doors upright refrigerating units at the serving line and lower level soiled. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean • Waste bin without lid inside women's rest room. Provide.Toilet Enclosed Clean • Waste bin without lid inside women's rest room. Provide.
- ⚠️Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor at the serving line and prep area under and around equipments soiled.Clean properly.Improper Maintenance of Floors • Floor at the serving line and prep area under and around equipments soiled.Clean properly.
When was The Upper Crust last inspected?
The Upper Crust has 28 inspections on record going back to July 9, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2022 | — | |
| November 5, 2014 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2013 | — | |
| April 3, 2013 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2013 | Fail | |
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| September 12, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 5, 2012 | Fail | |
| August 24, 2012 | Fail | |
| March 21, 2012 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2011 | — |
The Upper Crust vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 November 5, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.