Union Oyster House

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Bar-clean tonic hose holder. • Basement - Clean interior of ice machines. • Main-clean mixer
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Protection
  Inspector note: Union Bar-cover open foods in reach ins.
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: Bar - Refinish oyster bar where necessary. Flaking Paint • Dry storage - Refinish door to walk in freezer. • Dry storage Refinish rusted shelving in walk in. • Main - Repair insulation around ice machine. • Union bar-refinish rusted interior of beer chest
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: Union bar-provide visible thermometers where necessary
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
  Inspector note: Keep wiping cloths in sanitizer
  code 21-3-304.14* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 1st floor kitchen -Clean underside of shelving over prep tables. • Bar -Clean the. clean glass reach in • Main -Clean interior of salad reach in. • Main -Clean underside of shelving over prep tables. • Service bar-clean bottom shelf of 3 door reach in.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: Basement -Repair drain to slop sink.
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Dry storage-clean floor in walk in.
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Main -Clean between vent hoods. • Main-clean door seals and ceiling to main walk in.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on April 24, 2012: 9 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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